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TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES d o c o m o m o _ _ ! ! International working party for documentation and conservation New International Selection of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Full Documentation Fiche 2003 modern movement for office use only composed by national/regional working party of: Australia 0. Picture of building/ group of buildings/ urban scheme/ landscape/ garden IMAGE 1 Subject of image: Panoramic view, looking east, of Tocal College on completion in 1965. Date of image: 1965 Photographer: Max Dupain Copyright holder: Philip Cox, The Cox Group IMAGE 2 Subject of image: Panoramic view, looking south, of Tocal College in 2014 Date of image: July 2014 Photographer: Dean Morris, DPI, Tocal College Copyright: NSW Department of Primary Industries d o ! c o _ m o ! m o _ International working party for ISC/R members update 2003 documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the for office use only modern movement 1 of 84 TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES IMAGE 3 Subject of image: C B Alexander Presbyterian Agricultural College, Tocal looking south to the main quadrangle with the Chapel central in the view, in 1965 Photographer: Max Dupain Date of image: 1965 Copyright holder: Max Dupain IMAGE 4 Subject of image: Tocal College, C B Alexander Campus, view of Chapel in the Main Courtyard nearly 50 years later, in 2012. Photographer: Richard Desgrand Date of image: 2012 Copyright holder: Richard Desgrand IMAGE 5 Subject of image: Tocal College, C B Alexander Campus, Paterson, NSW d o c o m o m o _ Cloister, main quadrangle in 2012. ! _ ! Photographer: Richard Desgrand International working party for ISC/R members update 2003 Date documentat of image:ion 2012 and conservation Copyright holder: Richard Desgrand of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the for office use only modern movement 2 of 84 TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES IMAGE 6 Subject of image: C B Alexander College: Interior of the E A Hunt Hall Date of image: 1965 Photographer: Max Dupain Copyright holder: Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter) IMAGE 7 Subject of image: C B Alexander College: Interior of E A Hunt Hall Date of image: 29 November 2012 Photographer: Richard Desgrand Copyright holder: Richard Desgrand d o ! c o _ m o ! m o _ International working party for ISC/R members update 2003 documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the for office use only modern movement 3 of 84 TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES 1. Identity of building/ group of buildings/ groups of buildings/ landscape/ garden 1.1 Data for identification current name: Tocal College, C B Alexander Campus, Tocal from 2006. former/original/variant name: C B Alexander Presbyterian Agricultural College, Tocal, in 1965. C B Alexander Agricultural College, Tocal, in 1970. number(s) and name(s) of street(s): 815 Tocal Road Town/ suburb Paterson province/state: New South Wales post code: 2421 block or lot (if known) Lot 110, Deposited Plan 1040928, Parish of Middlehope, County of Durham, Maitland Local Government Area, NSW Latitude: - 32.62971173 Longitude: 151.59200629 co-ordinates: Country Australia IMAGE 8 Subject of image: Aerial, Tocal Homestead to the upper view and C B Alexander Agricultural College to the lower view. Date of image: 2011 Photographer: NSW Land and Property Copyright holder: NSW Land and Property national topographical grid reference: current typology: Tertiary institution former/original/variant typology: comments on typology: d o ! c o _ m o ! m o _ International working party for ISC/R members update 2003 documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the for office use only modern movement 4 of 84 TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES IMAGE 9 Source of map or plan: NSW Land and Property http://maps.six.nsw.gov.au accessed 3 December 2012. The Tocal College area is green and the Tocal Homestead area is grey on this map. d o ! c o _ m o ! m o _ International working party for ISC/R members update 2003 documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the for office use only modern movement 5 of 84 TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES 1.2 Status of protection protected by: state/province/town/record only Australian Institute of Architects Nationally Yes Significant 20th - Century Architecture Register Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter) Yes, Number 4700063. Register of Twentieth Century Buildings of Significance National Trust (NSW) Register College No (Homestead Yes, R4729) Docomomo Australia National Register Yes, in 2000. State Heritage Register/Inventory NSW State Heritage Register No. 01908 gazetted 17th April 2013. LEP On NSW State Government Section 170 Register, No. 3040083. Grade (ie level of protection) State Archival Recording exists? No, 2nd draft of Conservation Management Plan, Volumes 1, 2, 3, prepared by Eric Martin and Associates, submitted to the NSW Heritage Office 9th October 2013, still awaiting the outcome. Date: Not Applicable valid for: whole area/parts of area/building whole of buildings and surrounds, part of Lot 110, DP1040928 1.3 Visually or functionally related building(s)/site(s) name(s) of surrounding area/building(s): Adjacent to the Paterson River visual relations Set in open grazing country functional relations Built on the hilltop looking north across the valley to the original ‘Tocal’ Homestead of 1841 (Homestead on State Heritage Register No. 00147, gazetted 2nd April 1999) other relations: Adjacent to Tocal Road from d o ! c o _ m o ! m o _ International working party for ISC/R members update 2003 documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the for office use only modern movement 6 of 84 TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES Maitland to Paterson. 2. History of building(s) etc. 2.1 Chronology commission concept: The complex was designed as a series of stages, with Stage 1 construction commencing in 1964. commission date: Site for Tocal College picked out on 8th July 1963; tenders based on the working drawings were called for construction in November 1963. design period(s): 1963 -1965 Stage 1, ongoing since then as required. start of site work: 31st January 1964 first sod turned for construction. The first 15 students were admitted in March 1965, when the campus was functional but incomplete. completion/inauguration: Inauguration of Stage 1 on 6th November 1965 by Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Robert Menzies. 2.2 Summary of development The main campus buildings are commission brief: arranged around a cloistered quadrangle, with European monastic references tempered by its loose, open sided, formation. The northern side of the quadrangle is ingeniously left open to direct the eye northwards to the colonial Tocal Homestead on the hill opposite, and to embrace the broader landscape setting, creating one unified and unique composition, encompassing College, Homestead and the Paterson valley setting. design brief: A tertiary agricultural residential college with accommodation on site for 120 students, with the necessary teaching and ancillary buildings, sporting facilities, and required rural d o ! c o _ m o ! m o _ International working party for ISC/R members update 2003 documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the for office use only modern movement 7 of 84 TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES buildings around open courtyards. building/construction: The quadrangle is unified by the simple repetition of forms and structure, enhanced by the play of light and shadow, and by a limited palette of locally sourced materials; brick, timber, and terracotta tile, all chosen for their textural qualities. The rendition is reminiscent of traditional Japanese architecture, yet the selection of materials and their crafting is distinctly derived from local rural traditions. The common palette of materials, of brick, timber and terracotta tile, and the extensive colonnades connecting the main campus buildings make a unified complex. Within this uniformity there are marked contrasts of architectural expression. Each of the main buildings flanking the quadrangle is necessarily varied in design by its function, maintaining an individual character and structural expression. completed situation: An open quadrangle of buildings facing north, with ancillary courtyards attached. The chapel is in the middle of the campus. original situation or character of site: Open grazing country Tocal College, C B Alexander AWARDS Campus won both the RAIA Sir John Sulman Medal for Outstanding Architecture and the RAIA Blacket Award for a Building of Outstanding Merit in rural NSW in 1965. In the 60th Anniversary issue of the Architecture Bulletin (NSW Chapter, RAIA, November/December 2004), the building was nominated as the ‘Building of the Decade’ for the 1960s. The College received the Award for Enduring Architecture from the NSW Chapter, Australian Institute of Architects in 2014, 50 years later. d o ! c o _ m o ! m o _ International working party for ISC/R members update 2003 documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the for office use only modern movement 8 of 84 TOCAL COLLEGE – C B ALEXANDER CAMPUS PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES 2.3 Relevant persons/organisations Trustees of the Alexander Estates original owner(s)/patron(s): Fund, then from 1969 the C B Alexander Foundation. The College has been operated by the NSW Department of Agriculture, now the NSW Department of Primary Industries since 1st January 1970. architect(s): Philip Cox and Ian McKay Architects in Association. project architect: As above. documentation architects: As above. landscape/garden designer(s): As above. other designer(s): The movable collection is limited to the following items: chapel tapestry, chapel chairs, chapel organ, tables and benches in dining room and conference room, padded leather chairs and small square occasional tables.