Bringing vitality to a campus environment

Abstract

This paper discusses the methodology and layout themes adopted in the new University of Liverpool Precinct Development Plan. The plan aims to give greater vitality to the spaces between buildings on the campus. In some areas this means introducing a coherent structure to the environment where none has previously occurred, but the principal themes of the plan focus on encouraging activity in existing public spaces adopting approaches to analysis and prescription based on the humanist tradition in urban design.