LUMEN Winter 2019 - Flipbook - Page 21
CAMPUS
New life for
The Cloisters
and Union House
Taking the best of the past into the future.
STORY BY MICHAELA MCGRATH
T
he University of Adelaide’s campuses serve not only as its
footprints, but collectively as its beating heart and as places
for students, staff and community alike to come together over
academic, social and cultural endeavours.
This is particularly pertinent for The Cloisters, with a history as the
grounds of campus culture. Nestled against the North Terrace campus’
River Torrens border, The Cloisters are a perpetual link between the
University’s physical manifestation and community presence.
From solemn beginnings
The Cloisters were originally designed in 1928 as a memorial to
acknowledge the 470 University members who served overseas during
World War I.
With classically ordered Tuscan columns, arches of red brick,
timber-lined ceilings and a terracotta-tiled pitched roof, The Cloisters
exuded the Mediterranean-oriented architecture that was representative
of the Australian architectural zeitgeist at the time.
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