Highfield Campus

Highfield Campus

Highfield campus is the main campus of the University of Southampton; it is also the largest with the majority of University of Southampton students studying there as their main campus.

History

The first buildings were opened on 20th June 1914. The buildings were handed over by the college authorities for use as a military hospital during the First World War. In order to cope with the volume of casualties, wooden huts were erected at the rear of the building. The college continued to use these after the war, eventually replacing the makeshift extension with brick buildings. With the continuing expansion, an academic bookshop was built on the site of Church Farm and the Students' Union complex and refectory were built on the site of Sir Sidney Kimber's brickyard. The red brick buildings (Hartley library and West building of the Southampton University Students' Union) were designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and constructed in the 1930s. [Gavin Stamp, 'Giles Gilbert Scott' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.]

The majority of the buildings on the campus, including Nuffield Theatre, were designed by Sir Basil Spence and constructed in the 1950s. A new masterplan for the Highfield campus was drawn up in 1998 by renowned architect Rick Mather who has also contributed some of the newer buildings.Fact|date=October 2007 The campus has expanded rapidly over the last decade, with many notable new buildings including one designed by Norman Foster.Fact|date=October 2007 Construction of the EEE (Electronics, Education and Entrance) building started in December 2005 [ [http://www.bulletin.soton.ac.uk/1206/front.htm New gateway to the University under construction] dated 9-Dec-2005] and completed at the end of January 2007. [ [http://www.wessexscene.co.uk/article.php?sid=2014 Reduced to Bolders and Wood?] EEE building completion mentioned in paragraph 6, dated 23-Feb-2007] The refurbishment of the EEE building was 'topped out' on 9th May 2007. [ [http://www.bulletin.soton.ac.uk/1226/fronta.htm University celebrates EEE ‘topping out’] ]

The campus retains an area of parkland in which are scattered 20th century sculptures by Barbara Hepworth [Penelope Curtis, "Barbara Hepworth". Tate Publishing, ISBN 1-85437-225-4.] [Barbara Hepworth, "Hepworth, Barbara: A Pictorial Autobiography". Tate Publishing, ISBN 1-85437-149-5.] , FE McWilliams, Justin Knowles, Nick Pope and John Edwards.

Current situation

The rebuilding of Optoelectronics Research Centre, which was destroyed by fire in October 2005, is scheduled to be completed by summer 2008. [ [http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/vcmessage.html Update: fire at the University of Southampton] ] Some of the car parking spaces at the campus were replaced by temporary buildings to house computing and electronics labs.

References

External links

* [http://www.soton.ac.uk University of Southampton]


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