John McAslan + Partners | University of Lancaster Masterplan

University of Lancaster Masterplan

The campus of Lancaster University has an impressive setting with views over the surrounding landscape. The original 1963 masterplan by Sheppard Epstein Hunter took its reference from Italian hill-top villages and proposed a compact arrangement of connected buildings. However, the original design changed throughout its implementation and recent pressure for expansion and replacement has resulted in an unstructured campus.

John McAslan + Partners' masterplan aims to reconstitute the original structure by establishing clear building groups accessed by landscaped roads. The improvement of the public realm and the connectivity of the perimeter road with the central pedestrian spine are the first significant steps on the path to a revitalised campus.

This strengthening of the spine is anchored by a number of key interventions: a new campus reception building of “gateway” quality, better landscaping, improved access roads and enhanced public spaces.

The spatial strategy will have the effect of “unbuttoning” the campus, creating a convivial place in which to study and live. A space management study identified areas of over- and under-capacity, informing the reorganisation of the University’s principal facilities.

This masterplan is one of a series of projects undertaken for Lancaster University, by this practice including a “learning zone”, a post-graduate statistics centre and a building for the university’s Management School.

Sector

Masterplan, Landscape + Public Realm, Higher Education
Location

Lancaster, UK
Description

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Client

Lancaster University
Size

7.4 ha
Cost

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Team

John McAslan + Partners, Masterplanner
Theobald and Gardner, Quantity Surveyor
Status

2006 Onwards

Project Name	Sector	Location	Date
Royal British Columbia Museum	Masterplan, Culture	Victoria, Canada	2017
Chhatrapati Shiavji Maharah Vastu Sangrahalaya	Masterplan, Conservation + Heritage, Culture	Mumbai, India	2014 Onwards
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus	Masterplan, Conservation + Heritage, Infrastructure	Mumbai, India	07/12/2014
Library & Student Hub, Ambleside Campus, University of Cumbria	Masterplan, Landscape + Public Realm, Higher Education	Cumbria, UK	2014
Natural History Museum	Masterplan, Conservation + Heritage, Culture	London, UK	2013 Onwards
Wood Wharf	Masterplan	London, UK	2012 Onwards
Olympia Park	Masterplan, Landscape + Public Realm, Russia, Commercial	Moscow, Russia	2012
The Burrell Collection	Masterplan, Culture	Glasgow, Scotland	2012 Onwards
St Paul's Girls' School	Masterplan, Conservation + Heritage, Schools	London, UK	2011 Onwards
Msheireb Residental Quarter, Doha	Masterplan, Doha, Residential, Commercial	Doha	2011 onwards
King's Cross Station Masterplan	Masterplan, Infrastructure	London, UK	2013
Stanislavsky Factory Masterplan	Masterplan, Russia	Moscow, Russia	2010
Tate Britain Masterplan	Masterplan, Culture	London, UK	2009 Onwards
University of Manchester Masterplan	Masterplan, Higher Education	Manchester, UK	2009
Oxford Road Corridor	Masterplan, Infrastructure	Manchester, UK	2007
Miroglio Headquarters	Masterplan, Landscape + Public Realm, Commercial	Alba, Italy	2007 Onwards
Marble Arch	Masterplan, Landscape + Public Realm, Infrastructure	London, UK	2005
10 Palace Gate	Masterplan, Conservation + Heritage, Residential	London, UK	2002
Fresh Kills	Masterplan, Landscape + Public Realm	New York, USA	2002
Yapi Kredi Bank Operations Centre	Masterplan, Commercial	Gebze, Turkey	1999

Project Name	Sector	Location	Date
Goldsmiths College Masterplan	Landscape + Public Realm, Higher Education, Masterplan	London, UK	2019
Crossrail Bond Street	Landscape + Public Realm, Infrastructure	London, UK	2018
Cultural Forum, Doha	Landscape + Public Realm, Doha, Culture, Residential	Doha, Qatar	2016
The British School, Rio de Janeiro	Landscape + Public Realm, Schools	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2016
Belfast Transport Hub	Landscape + Public Realm, Infrastructure, Mixed-Use, Masterplan	Belfast, Northern Ireland	2016
Lillie Square, London	Landscape + Public Realm, Residential	London, UK	2015
Mosfilm	Landscape + Public Realm, Russia, Mixed-Use, Culture, Commercial, Masterplan	Moscow, Russia	2014 Onwards
King's Cross Station Landscape	Landscape + Public Realm, Infrastructure	London, UK	2013
Sloane Street	Landscape + Public Realm, Infrastructure, Masterplan	London, UK	2013 Onwards
George Square	Landscape + Public Realm	Glasgow, Scotland	2012
Thomas Tallis School Landscape	Landscape + Public Realm, Schools	London, UK	2011
Stanislavsky Factory Landscape	Landscape + Public Realm, Russia, Mixed-Use	Moscow, Russia	2011
University of Manchester	Landscape + Public Realm, Higher Education	Manchester, UK	2009
British Embassy Algiers Landscape	Landscape + Public Realm	Algiers, Algeria	2009
Holland Park Villas	Landscape + Public Realm, Residential	London, UK	2009 Onwards
John Galsworthy Building	Landscape + Public Realm, Higher Education	Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey	2008
United World College East Africa	Landscape + Public Realm, Schools	Rift Valley, Kenya	2006 Onwards
Fenchurch Place	Landscape + Public Realm	London, UK	2004

Project Name	Sector	Location	Date
Haiti Faculty of Sciences	Higher Education	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	2014 onwards
University of Edinburgh - Geosciences Building	Higher Education	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom	2020
Engineering Building, Lancaster University	Higher Education	Lancaster, UK	2015
Lancaster Innovation Campus	Higher Education, Residential, Masterplan	Lancaster, UK	2014
Human Resources Building, University of Lancaster	Higher Education	Lancaster, UK	2011
SOAS Library Transformation Interiors	Higher Education, Conservation + Heritage	London, UK	-
Charles Carter Building, Lancaster University	Higher Education	Lancaster, UK	2011
Blackpool and The Fylde College	Higher Education	Blackpool, UK	2009
Wangari Maathai Institute	Higher Education, Initiatives	Kenya, Africa	2009 Onwards
University Place, Manchester	Higher Education	Manchester, UK	2008
Postgraduate Statistics Centre	Higher Education	Lancaster, UK	2008
EEE Building	Higher Education	Southampton, UK	2007
SOAS Library Terraces	Higher Education	London, UK	2006
Sandra Burslem Building	Higher Education	Manchester, UK	2003
Royal Academy of Music	Higher Education, Conservation + Heritage, Culture	London, UK	2002
Polk County Science Building	Higher Education, Conservation + Heritage	Florida, USA	2001
Imperial College Library	Higher Education, Culture	London, UK	2000

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