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Evolution of the
Campus
Eighteenth, nineteenth
century
plenty of room, clarity
Twentieth century
crowding, piecemeala huge university in a small city, the
randomness caused by few choices for sites, forced neighbors like
Renzo Piano, next to Robert Stern
i.e., law school addition next to FSPP
strange neighbors, arch. whiplash
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"Green
in the Grid" vs."Grid in the Green"
Both Central and the North Campuses must be disciplined to be compact.
I was visited by this concept before I accepted this job and came
because I liked the challenge of building the college and the North
Campus. No more insinuating the Central Campus into the neighborhoods.
It's not only bad politics but its bad planning, as the campus becomes
less walkable in scale and less crisp in its identity (a la the
continental model.)
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