University of Liverpool Building

Abstract

The building has three wings, whose plan form resembles the letter H. It houses the sections of pure mathematics, applied mathematics, oceanography, and the departments of numerical and statistical calculus. There is an independent access to the calculus section. The wing occupied by the mathematics section includes a basement, a semibasement, five storeys and an attic. The first two are taken up with the heating installations and washrooms of the students. The ground floor houses the doorman's quarters, two large lecture halls, and an impressive entrance hall. The second and third floors are devoted to lecture rooms, and the two top storeys are divided into small rooms. The dean lives in the attic. The oceanography section, of a single floor level, including laboratories, connects the front and the rear parts of the building. The block facing Bedford Street has two storeys, and is devoted to numerical and statistical calculus work, except for an annex that belongs to the oceanography section. The communications of the various sections takes place along the ground floor. The various parts of this project constitute an organic whole, outstanding for its functional efficiency and good environmental adaptation, both towards exterior and interior.