The Lahore University of Management Sciences campus was developed on a 60 acre site starting in 1990. The master plan features academic buildings arranged around a central courtyard, with administrative functions on the outer ring. Student housing and facilities are located between academic areas and administration. The buildings utilize skylights, corridors, and window placement to maximize natural light while avoiding direct sunlight. The campus design allows for future expansion zones and separates pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
The Lahore University of Management Sciences campus was developed on a 60 acre site starting in 1990. The master plan features academic buildings arranged around a central courtyard, with administrative functions on the outer ring. Student housing and facilities are located between academic areas and administration. The buildings utilize skylights, corridors, and window placement to maximize natural light while avoiding direct sunlight. The campus design allows for future expansion zones and separates pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
The Lahore University of Management Sciences campus was developed on a 60 acre site starting in 1990. The master plan features academic buildings arranged around a central courtyard, with administrative functions on the outer ring. Student housing and facilities are located between academic areas and administration. The buildings utilize skylights, corridors, and window placement to maximize natural light while avoiding direct sunlight. The campus design allows for future expansion zones and separates pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
The Lahore University of Management Sciences campus was developed on a 60 acre site starting in 1990. The master plan features academic buildings arranged around a central courtyard, with administrative functions on the outer ring. Student housing and facilities are located between academic areas and administration. The buildings utilize skylights, corridors, and window placement to maximize natural light while avoiding direct sunlight. The campus design allows for future expansion zones and separates pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
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LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES:
Architect Habib Fida Ali
Project started 1990 Site area 60 acres Percentage boys and girls R60:40 Degree offered MBA, B.Sc, and M.Sc
LAYOUT:
The school is essentially a cluster of semi independent block assemble around
the central courtyard. In developing an anomalous site, an axially-based layout has been followed, which has helped to regulate the site in a formal manner. It appears that the fundamental concept foe the master plan has been the orientation of the mosque, which faces west. The business school is the largest block and occupies a central location in the master plan.
View of departmental building
ZONING:
The separation and incorporation of student’s faculty, management and their
activities is considered and accomplished beautifully. A block at the plan of building forms three rings of activities:
Outer ring for administration, faculty and visitors
Circulation and gathering area for students Central courtyard for social gatherings Common facilities of students
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Master Plan of LUMS
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The teachers and administration forms the outer ring and visitors are restricted to this area for any information. The students use the middle and central rings for their activities and the central court is focus of their gathering.
View of different blocks
DIVISION OF SPACES:
The division of space is such that they can be easily categorized as open, semi covered and covered spaces. The semi covered spaces is the corridor around the central courtyard act as good transitional spaces between open and covered areas. So the different of moving from one space to another are very emphasizing. Infect, the way the impact of these spaces charges is good. According to our climate, as a direct contact to sunlight immediately coming out of a covered space causes strain over eyes, as one need to adapt him for a change. The semi-covered areas and the now conditioned covered areas are not only the traditional spaces but a source of natural light and air in the building. Skylight and punctures have been provided so that sunlight can reach to the deep areas of the building.
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View of internal spaces
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE PLANNING:
A true picture of any building with respect to its planning impact of spaces cannot be criticized by merely visiting a place. It is the experience of expanding sometimes in building moving from one space to another or sits for sometime in any space that gives one a true personal experience of that building.
One look at the building of academic block of LUMS and you are lost in the charm of a very traditional building reflecting in a modern idiom. It was after several visits to the campus of LUMS (phase I), that I came in contact with the real ups and downs in the planning of building and the impact of spaces on the students and new comers.
FUTURE GROWTH:
Campus design is essentially a growth oriented planning process. At LUMS the
dining centre on east and executive development centre on south of academic building strongly indicates the trends of future growth of the campus.
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ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS:
SKYLIGHT:
The college building has a number of skylights, placed in such a way that they not only invite natural light in the interior but also complement the overall form.
CORRIDORS:
The beauty of central courtyards has been utilizes by providing single loaded corridors around them. A refreshing view welcomes the students on coming out of the artificial lighted lecture rooms and halls. The wide corridor places under the library, on the ground floor offers a pleasant view of the ventral courtyard.
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WINDOWS SHAPE:
In most places, where a nice view is to be shown, windows have either been given in simple rectangular shape following some special sequence or pattern.
RECESSED WINDOWS:
Windows provided on the west side have been recessed to avoid direct sunlight, as those rooms cannot have curtains or blinds, but sunlight is required to be invited inside.
CONCLUSION:
From the observed data and analysis following major conclusions could be drawn:
Linear type of campus planning.
All of the services are placed around the centralized academia block. There is no proper space for administration block. Library serves as the most important gathering space in the campus. Well defined outdoor spaces. Well organized planned parking. Landscaping and plantation throughout the campus.
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Easy segregation between vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Well defined circulation. Defined areas for future growth. The present facilities will be disturbed if there will be construction of another academic block. Defined zoning of campus. Well segregated residential and educational space.
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