Bulletin Number One 1987

arranging the tutorials, personal counselling and student-orientated teaching of the students assigned to the College. But the new College w ill nevertheless have its own distinctive features. It will, for instance, admit research students as well as undergraduates, and some of these w ill be from overseas countries. There will be a bias in favour of science and tech­ nology, and computer facilities w ill be available to all students. When the College opens its doors in 1988, it is expected to have 600 students. This number will grow progressively to a projected figure of 1,200. Of the first 600 students, 310 w ill be new entrants and 290 w ill be students transferred from the original Colleges. The College Campus Situated at the north-western part of the University on a site with an available area o f 4.5 hectares of land, the Shaw College campus overlooks the beautiful Tolo Harbour and the range of green hills beyond. The building programme w ill be carried out in two phases. Phase one which includes such teaching and learning facilities as computer laboratories, reading rooms and seminar rooms is expected to be ready by mid-1988. The student hostel which is also part of the phase one programme w ill comprise a tall block of fourteen storeys and a low block of seven storeys. It will provide residential accommodation for 600 students, mainly undergraduates though there will be rooms for postgraduate and foreign students. The blocks will also house various amenities and sports facilities including squash courts. Phase two of the building programme includes alarge lecture theatre seating 500 people, some staff housing as well as the overall landscaping. These w ill be completed just before the College is due to open. In its overall design, Shaw College takes the form of a reverse-V shaped development, with the high-rise wing of the student hostel situated at the south-western tip of the student amenities complex. The complex itself runs along the north-western edge of the upper platform and leads into the Education and Administration Building at the apex. This latter structure is built along the natural gradient of the upper platform as it descends into the platform below. It has five storeys and provides the link between the students on the one side and the low-rise staff resi­ dences on the other. These are lined along the edge of the upper platform in a south-easterly direction. All the buildings in Shaw College have been designed with a number of basic considerations in mind. The planners want, for instance, the maximum amount of natural lighting and ventilation for the buildings. They also want a high degree of privacy for students and staff, and a general feeling of openness and spaciousness. A ll that, moreover, has to be achieved within the general guiding principles of opti­ mum space utilization and basic economies. 4 NEWS