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campus
A complex of buildings held by one institution on a contiguous site, including the open ground between them.
A campus is the building stock of one institution on a contiguous site, for example a university, a hospital, a research center or a corporate headquarters. The open ground between the buildings belongs to the campus.
Buildings can join a campus after completion if the institution owns or manages them entirely. A building that the institution only partly occupies stays outside it.
Tampere University Hervanta Campus is recorded this way. Where an institution holds several separate sites in one city, each site is its own campus, and a planned area holding more than one of them is a cluster.
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connected buildings
A complex of separately founded buildings permanently linked above open ground by a bridge, walkway, or passage. -
courtyard complex
A complex whose buildings enclose an open courtyard on most sides, with the courtyard belonging to the complex. -
mixed-use complex
A complex of at least two buildings with different main uses, distinct from mixed uses within one building. -
multi-building complex
A complex of three or more buildings, or two with differing designs, on a common site without a shared base or overhead link. -
podium complex
A complex of two or more towers carried by one shared low podium, with the podium belonging to the complex. -
twin buildings
A complex of two buildings built as a pair to a shared design, allowing mirrored forms or small differences.