Conceived as a densely built hill community, the campus is based on the form of mountain villages with their upward climbing paths and inter-connections. Facilities are organized and located along a route of movement, as it moves up and across linking the various parts of the campus. As it winds upwards it unfolds functions, meeting places, landscapes and points of discovery while connecting the viewer constantly to the distant horizon. The major axis of movement anchored by the central lift & stair tower, links all the main levels and continues to rise up to a steel skywalk linking the conferencing areas to the residential clusters. The experience of the campus lies in the route of movement, which not only climbs upwards but also links functions laterally along the contours. The steep slopes of the hill are belied by a reconnection with the land at every level.

Circulation within buildings is always along verandahs, bridges, loggias and such semi-covered areas, reinforcing the links with the views and hillsides. These connections also lead to tea lounges, courtyards and outdoor classrooms. All inter-action happens at these pauses along the route of movement.

Originally, the experience of the barren hillside was primarily one of climbing up to discover the vastness of the horizon. This is an experience the campus continues; to connect and assimilate the geographical and spatial shapes of the surrounding landscape and conversely to respond to the immediacy of the green hill & forest as it rises behind.

The topographical positioning of the buildings engage the viewer in two ways; The immediacy of the hillside experienced from the rear facades and in sharp contrast the distant views seen from within the rooms.

The route of movement affords constantly shifting view points. The experience is a series of spaces flowing from the inside out, the relationship to the outdoors being constantly rediscovered with framed views of distant tablelands.

The hill-face seen from across the valley reveals the entire campus at a glance. On the other hand, once within the site the buildings reveal themselves with the slowness expected of a mountain location; a turn of the contours, a glimpse suggesting a building emerging or screened off by the sudden intrusion of the hill.