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A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: Site plan & elevation to University Avenue

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the site plan in scale 1:500, situated at Glasgow University campus surrounded by University Avenue, Oakfield Avenue, Gibson Street, and Southpark Avenue. The site plan is presented with the north sign, the main building, the surrounding blocks and the landscape. The architect created these drawings with coloured presentation. The sheet also includes the elevation to University Avenue showing the whole design of the project with the new one and the other existing building within the site.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: Ground floor

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the ground floor plan in scale 1:100, in which all the functional spaces have been identified with coded numbers, then addressed their titles, as below:
1 chapel, 2 sacristy, 3 lecture theatre, 4 projection, 5 store, 6 games, 7 chaplains' flat, 8 housekeeper, 9 priest's living/studying, 10 priest's bedroom, 11 guest suite, 12 reception rooms, reception, 14 entrance hall, 15 seminary entrance, 16 craft workshop, 17 boiler room, 18 laundry, 19 infirmary, and 20 courtyard.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: NW elevation to garden, and long section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the second part of both the north west elevation to garden and the long section in scale 1:100, in which this item has to be attached with the previous item from the left hand side to complete the whole elevation and section. It shows the differences between the modern architectural style of the new building comparing with the traditional style of the existing building. The long section shows the main structural elements and the building construction system.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Church at Glasgow University campus: Site plan

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper includes the main site plan related to the thesis project showing the main blocks and streets of the City of Glasgow focusing on Wellington Church at Glasgow University campus. This material is a copy from an official document related to The City of Glasgow urban site plan and has been used by the architect in the stage of the pre-design analysis study of the thesis project. It includes a few freehand sketches on the Wellington Church block, with some notes about: views, orientation, exits, pedestrian routes, and special places. This item has some torn edges.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Plan of basement floor

A copy of architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing the plan of basement floor of the Wellington Church. This material is a copy from an official document related to "Proposed new buildings Hillhead". There is a signature of T L Watson, Thomas Lennox Watson, the architect who designed this church, dated Oct. 1882, Glasgow. This material has been used by the architect in the stage of the pre-design analysis study of the thesis project. It originally comes from "Strathclyde Regional Archives" with reference of: H/HIL/1882/152.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Plan of gallery floor

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing the plan of gallery floor of the Wellington Church. This material is copy from an official document related to "Proposed new buildings Hillhead". There is a signature of T L Watson, Thomas Lennox Watson, the architect who designed this church, dated Oct. 1882, Glasgow. This material has been used by the architect in the stage of the pre-design analysis study of the thesis project. It originally comes from "Strathclyde Regional Archives" with reference of: H/HIL/1882/152.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Elevation to Ann street

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing the elevation to Ann street of the Wellington Church. This material is copy from an official document related to a "Proposed new buildings Hillhead". There is a signature of T L Watson, Thomas Lennox Watson, the architect who designed this church dated Oct. 1882, Glasgow. This material has been used by the architect in the stage of the pre-design analysis study of the thesis project. It originally comes from "Strathclyde Regional Archives" with reference of: H/HIL/1882/152. This item has a long tear on its right hand edge.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Section A-A

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing section A-A of the Wellington Church. It shows the architectural details of the main structural materials and construction system. This item has another section but without a title, however, its gives the architectural details of the building structure and comes from the original document designed by T. L. Watson.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Circulation & fire escapes

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing three isometric plans of the circulation and fire escapes from the second to first down to the basement floor, in scale 1:500, of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the second item on the left hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. The fire escapes have been coloured with red to identify these from the other vertical circulations within the building. This sheet also includes the upper part of the enlarge section, in scale 1:20, which has been presented with the lower part of the third item on the left hand side of this whole panorama.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: SW elevation to University Avenue

Architectural drawing on tracing paper includes the south west elevation in scale 1:100, showing the differences of the exterior design between the traditional building and the modern style of the new building. It shows the main entrance of the Wellington church, with six palladio columns. On the other side, the square windows show the simplicity of the new style representing the modern architectural movement at the time of designing this project. This elevation comes with coloured finishing.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Cross section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of a cross section, in scale 1:50, from the right hand side of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached to the previous item to complete the elevation/section panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details as this design stage presents the technical study. This drawing comes with no materials indicated, but the drawing is coloured.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Cross section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing an enlarged cross section, in scale 1:20, of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. It includes the whole construction details for: pitched roof construction, internal ceiling to main hall, flat roof construction, external walls, cavity blockwork, typical internal wall finish, upper floor - upper lounge, ground floor - circulation area under gallery, and ground floor - hall floor. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the third item on the left hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Roof structure, and warm air input & extract/structure

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing isometric section, in scale 1:20, of the roof structure of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. It includes the whole construction details for the central area of the hall's roof including the skylights. This sheet also shows the design of the heating system including the warm air input presented in red , and the extract air presenting in blue. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the fourth item on the right hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. Note: the roof structure comes with scale 1:100, the correct and actual scale shown in this drawing is 1:20.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: Second, third, and fourth floors

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the second, third and fourth floor plans, all in scale 1:100, in which all the functional spaces have been identified with coded numbers, then addressed their titles, as below:
1 student's bedroom, 2 bathroom, 3 terrace, and 4 pergola.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: Basement, Gallery, and fifth floors

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the second, third and fourth floor plans, all in scale 1:100, in which all the functional spaces have been identified with coded numbers, then addressed their titles, as below:
Basement floor consists of: 1 chapel entrance, 2 chaplaincy entrance, 3 coats, 4 hall / cafeteria, 5 sitting alcove, 6 servery, 7 chair store, and 8 garden. Gallery floor consists of: 9 terrace, and 10 gallery. Fifth floor consists of: 11 television, 12 music, 13 common room, 14 tanks, and 15 roof.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: SE elevation to Oakfield Avenue, and long section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the second part of both the south east elevation to Oakfield Avenue and the long section in scale 1:100, in which this item has to be attached with the previous item from the left hand side to complete the whole elevation and section. All architectural details of the new building showing the modern style are compared with the traditional style of the existing building, especially with the design of the windows. The long section presents the main structural elements and the building construction system used for the new building. The architect created this façade with coloured finishing.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: NW elevation to garden, and long section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the first part of both the north west elevation to garden and the long section in scale 1:100, in which this item has to be attached with the next item from the right hand side to complete the whole elevation and section. All the architectural details of the new building showing the modern style compared with the traditional style of the existing building, especially with the design of the windows. The architect chose to present these drawings with coloured finishing. There is an outline plan in scale 1:1000 to identify where the long section has been taken.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: Cross section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper includes a cross section in scale 1:100, showing the building construction system and its main structural elements. There is an outline plan, scale 1:1000, indicating where this cross section has been taken. Cross section shows the differences of the interior design between the traditional building and the modern interior design for the new building, simplicity vs heavy details.

Platt, Christopher

A Roman catholic seminary & chaplaincy for Glasgow University: NE elevation to Gibson Street

Architectural drawing on tracing paper includes the north east elevation to Gibson Street, in scale 1:100, showing the the second part of this elevation, which has to be attached within the previous item from left hand side to complete the whole façade. The design reflects the modern style of the architectural movement at the time of designing this project. This elevation comes with mono-colour (black and white) finishing.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Plan of area floor

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing a plan of area floor of the Wellington Church. This material is a copy from an official document related to a "Proposed new buildings Hillhead". There is a signature of T L Watson, Thomas Lennox Watson, the architect who designed this church dated Oct. 1882, Glasgow. This material has been used by the architect in the stage of the pre-design analysis study of the thesis project. It originally comes from "Strathclyde Regional Archives" with reference of: H/HIL/1882/152.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Plan of attics and ceiling

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing the plan of attics and ceiling of the Wellington Church. This material is a copy from an official document related to a "Proposed new buildings Hillhead". There is a signature of T L Watson, Thomas Lennox Watson, the architect who designed this church dated Oct. 1882, Glasgow. This material has been used by the architect in the stage of the pre-design analysis study of the thesis project. It originally comes from "Strathclyde Regional Archives" with reference of: H/HIL/1882/152.

Platt, Christopher

Proposals for approaches to the University front entrances: Drawing No.1

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing proposals for approaches to the University front entrances and addresses as drawing No.1. Although there is no reference number on this sheet, it seems like it has the same reference as the previous item. It shows the axis of main building complex.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Elevation to lane

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing the elevation to the lane of the Wellington Church. This material is a copy from an official document related to a "Proposed new buildings Hillhead". There is a signature of T L Watson, Thomas Lennox Watson, the architect who designed this church dated Oct. 1882, Glasgow. This material has been used by the architect in the stage of the pre-design analysis study of the thesis project. It originally comes from "Strathclyde Regional Archives" with reference of: H/HIL/1882/152. This sheet has a tear.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Back elevation and sections

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing the back elevation and sections of the Wellington Church. This material is a copy from an official document related to a "Proposed new buildings Hillhead". There is a signature of T L Watson, Thomas Lennox Watson, the architect who designed this church dated Oct. 1882, Glasgow. This material has been used by the architect in the stage of the pre-design analysis study of the thesis project. It originally comes from "Strathclyde Regional Archives" with reference of: H/HIL/1882/152.

Platt, Christopher

Wellington Street U.P. Church: Elevation to University Avenue

A copy of an architectural drawing on sheet paper related to the thesis project showing the elevation to University Avenue of the Wellington Church and its front main entrance. Although this material has no reference, it comes from the same official document that related to a "Proposed new buildings Hillhead" designed by Thomas Lennox Watson. It is in a small size (seems it has been cut from a large sheet). This item has a torn edge (upper right hand side).

Platt, Christopher

Student papers of Christopher Platt, student at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, 1974-1981, and later Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture

  • DC 121
  • Collection
  • 1974-1981

Entire range of student work from year 1 to year 5 with the exception of the year 3 part-time which he failed.
There is a small number of reports and essays as well and a boxed game and accompanying report which a student friend and Platt designed to teach students professional practice. This was their way of "avoiding writing a 4th year 10,000 word dissertation".

Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.

Platt, Christopher

Poster for an exhibition of work by Neil Macdonald

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by The Glasgow School Of Art graduate Neil Macdonald. Macdonald had recently returned from travelling around Belgium and Italy having been awarded the John David Cargill Travelling Scholarship. The exhibition ran from Wednesday the 21st to Friday the 30th of April 1982 and was held in the Mackintosh building on The Glasgow School Of Art campus.

*Not available / given

Drawing of female figure

Charcoal drawing on paper of a female figure sitting side-on to a table, and looking out at the viewer, with a glass on the table in front of her.  Light from window behind throws part of her face into deep shadow. High viewpoint makes the foreground seem steeply raked towards the viewer.

Rice, Stasia

Seaside Shelters

Two pictures of seaside shelters mounted together, one mixed media, one pastel and pencil.  The larger picture shows an open sided hexagonal structure shown against dark water with a distant horizon.  High viewpoint.

Devine, Claire

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