Joint Services Command & Staff College
Discipline: Landscape & Urban Design
Client: Secretary of State for Defence
The college provides secure, high quality training facilities for officers of all 3 Armed Services. The complex consists of lecture halls, study areas and living accommodation for officers.
The central concept of the HLM design scheme reflects the geometry and forms of the ancient standing stone circle. Neolithic earthworks, laylines and fortications form a major historic feature in the immediate surrounding landscape.
The HLM designed layout is based on a series of 3 storey cruciform buildings radiating from a circular rotunda with extensive use of courtyards to create a collegiate ambience. To complement the setting, natural materials and warm colours have been selected for the elevations.