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Quadrangle of University of Sydney
In architecture, a quadrangle is a space or courtyard, usually rectangular (square or oblong) in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. The word is probably most closely associated with college or university campus architecture, but quadrangles may be found in other buildings such as palaces. Most quadrangles are open air, while a few have been glazed over often to provide additional space for social meeting areas or coffee shops for students.
The word "quadrangle" was originally synonymous with "quadrilateral", but this usage is now relatively uncommon.[1]
Some modern quadrangles resemble cloister gardens of medieval monasteries, called garths, which were usually square or rectangular, enclosed by covered arcades or cloisters. However, it is clear from the oldest examples (such as Mob Quad) which are plain and unadorned with arcades, that the medieval colleges in Oxford and Cambridge were creating practical accommodation for college members. Grander quadrangles that look like cloisters came later, once the idea of a college was well established and benefactors or founders wished to create more monumental buildings.[2]
An aerial view of Mob Quad, Merton College, Oxford
In America, Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia centered the housing and academic buildings in a Palladian form around three sides the Lawn, a huge grassy expanse. Later, some American college and university planners imitated the Jeffersonian plan, the Oxbridge idea, Beaux-Arts forms, and other models. The University of Chicago's Gothic campus is also notable for its innovative use of quadrangles.
Quadrangles are also found in traditional Kerala houses (Naalukettu) and is known as the Nadumittam ("Middle Space").[3]
1 Notable quadrangles
2.1 Educational establishments
2.2 Palaces
Saint David's Building Quadrangle, University of Wales, Lampeter
Reading School, Berkshire.
Blue Boar Quadrangle
David R. Francis Quadrangle
Memorial Quadrangle
Mob Quad in Merton College, Oxford is one of the oldest quads in existence.
Parliament Square, Trinity College, Dublin
Peckwater Quadrangle
Quadrangle (Harvard)
The Dartmouth Green
The Quadrangle
Radcliffe Quadrangle, University College, Oxford
Schenley Quadrangle, University of Pittsburgh
Bascom Hill, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Main Quad, Stanford University (pictured above)
The Citadel (military college)
Tom Quad
The Quadrangle, University of Pennsylvania
Upper Quad, Lincoln Hall, University of Nottingham
Beit Quad, Imperial College London
The Quadrangle, St. Joseph's College, London
The Quadrangle, Royal College, Colombo
The Terrazzo, United States Air Force Academy
The Medical Quandrangle, Queen's University
Lincoln Quadrangles, Indiana State University
Windsor Castle's Upper Ward
The Quadrangle ('the Quad'), University College London
Padmanabhapuram Palace
University of Alabama Quad
Balliol College, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
Oriel College, Oxford
Wadham College, Oxford
Newman College
United States Air Force Academy
Siheyuan
^ "Quadrangle, n." Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. OED Online Oxford University Press. 29 June 2006. http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50193968
^ See the references at Mob Quad
^ http://www.namboothiri.com/articles/illam-photos.htm
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