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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 031 054 EF 003 413 By-du Von, Jay The Campus Landscape. Pub Date May 66 Note-16p. Available from-American Education; Supt. of Documents, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (150 Journal Cit- American Education; May 1966 EDRS Price MI -$0.25 HC Not Available from EDRS. Descriptors-*Campus Planning, College Planning, Driveways, *Landscaping, Maintenance, Motor Vehicles, Parking Areas, Parkirg Controls, Parking Facilities, School Environment, *Site Analysis, *Site Development, *Traffic Circulation, Traffic Control, Traffic Patterns, Vehicular Traffic All across the country, landscaping and site development are coming to the fore as essential and integral parts of university planning and development. This reprint concentrates on the function of landscape architecture, and briefly examines some of the maior responsibilities of the landscape architect in planning a campus. Included are--(1) circulation and parking, (2) transportation, (3) drainage, (4) topsoil, (5) vistas and views, (6) circulation of outdoor spatial form, and (7) maintenance area design. Landscaping details for several malor campuses are examined for their functional and aesthetic solution to the improvement of the campus environment. (RH) -

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 031 054 EF 003 413

By-du Von, JayThe Campus Landscape.Pub Date May 66Note-16p.Available from-American Education; Supt. of Documents, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402(150

Journal Cit- American Education; May 1966EDRS Price MI -$0.25 HC Not Available from EDRS.Descriptors-*Campus Planning, College Planning, Driveways, *Landscaping, Maintenance, Motor Vehicles,Parking Areas, Parkirg Controls, Parking Facilities, School Environment, *Site Analysis, *Site Development,*Traffic Circulation, Traffic Control, Traffic Patterns, Vehicular Traffic

All across the country, landscaping and site development are coming to the foreas essential and integral parts of university planning and development. This reprintconcentrates on the function of landscape architecture, and briefly examines some ofthe maior responsibilities of the landscape architect in planning a campus. Includedare--(1) circulation and parking, (2) transportation, (3) drainage, (4) topsoil, (5) vistasand views, (6) circulation of outdoor spatial form, and (7) maintenance area design.Landscaping details for several malor campuses are examined for their functionaland aesthetic solution to the improvement of the campus environment. (RH)

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lar-

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's w

ords

are

sw

ept a

way

.A

s he

talk

s he

take

s in

the

hori

zon

with

a s

wee

p of

his

arm

. He

f hi

s

dim

ensi

on a

nd te

xtur

e.In

the

min

ds o

f C

lare

nce

Roy

and

his

firm

and

Mea

the-

Kes

sler

,A

sso-

ciat

es, a

rchi

tect

s, it

bec

ame

a 77

0-ac

re s

itefo

r a

colle

ge th

at 1

01

trn

i ht e

nrol

l as

man

AV

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DR

AM

AT

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ME

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e la

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ape

arch

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ct u

sual

ly b

egin

s w

hen

the

arch

i-te

ct h

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Mr.

du

Von

is th

e D

irec

tor

of C

olle

geFa

cilit

ies

in O

E's

Bur

eau

of H

ighe

r E

d-uc

atio

n. H

e w

as f

orm

erly

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Col

lege

Hou

sing

Pro

gram

of

the

HH

FA.

mnv

orw

row

t,....

,trttl

wch

ildre

n, G

rand

Val

ley

Stat

e C

ol-

lege

. Cla

renc

e R

oy is

a la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

, a p

artn

er in

the

firm

of J

ohns

on, J

ohns

on &

Roy

, Ann

Arb

or, M

ichi

gan.

"The

env

iron

men

t of

the

ravi

nesi

de o

f th

e bu

ildin

gs,"

he

is s

ay-

ing,

"is

entir

ely

diff

eren

tmuc

hm

ore

dram

atic

than

the

plat

eau

side

. We'

re tr

ying

to e

mph

asiz

eth

isco

ntra

st b

y us

ing

a m

ore

form

al, c

ultiv

ated

, kin

d of

pla

nt-

ing

on th

e pl

atea

usi

de.

You

know

, the

re w

as ju

st g

rass

on

the

plat

eaus

whe

n w

e st

arte

d, b

utev

entu

ally

ther

ew

illbe

som

ela

rger

tree

s ov

er th

ere,

just

tobr

eak

up th

e sc

ale

a lit

tle.

It's

delic

atev

ery

delic

ate:

we

need

a lit

tle m

ore

envi

ronm

ent a

roun

dea

ch b

uild

ing,

but

at t

he s

ame

time

we

don'

t wan

t to

disr

upt

the

sens

e of

the

plat

eau.

..

."G

rand

Val

ley

Stat

e C

olle

ge is

loca

ted

abou

t fif

teen

mile

s fr

omth

e ea

ster

n sh

ore

of L

ake

Mic

hi-

gar

and

roug

hly

in th

e ce

nter

of

a tr

iang

le f

orm

ed b

y H

olla

nd to

the

sout

hwes

t, M

uske

gon

to th

eno

rthw

est,

and

Gra

nd R

apid

s to

the

east

.Se

vera

l yea

rs a

go, w

hen

Roy

firs

t cam

e to

the

Gra

nd V

alle

ysi

te,

it w

as a

770

-acr

e ch

unk

ofla

nd th

aton

a m

aplo

oked

like

a so

rt o

f ir

regu

lar,

box

y pl

ane.

As

he w

alke

d ac

ross

it a

nd th

roug

hit,

thou

gh, h

e di

scov

ered

its

true

as 1

0,00

0 st

uden

ts.

The

770

-acr

e ch

unk,

it s

oon

be-

cam

e ev

iden

t, w

as d

ivid

ed b

road

lyin

to tw

o ki

nds

of la

nd: g

enC

yro

lling

, ope

n, f

arm

land

stu

dded

here

and

ther

e w

ith tr

ees;

and

deep

-woo

ded

ravi

nes

that

kni

fed

thei

r w

ay in

to th

e si

te th

roug

h a

high

blu

ff o

verl

ooki

ng th

e G

rand

Riv

er. T

he r

avin

es s

epar

ated

the

land

into

20-

to 4

0-ac

re la

nd u

nits

whi

ch g

ave

the

impr

essi

onof

open

, lev

el p

late

aus

encl

osed

by

tree

s. R

oy s

pent

a w

eek

"liv

ing

with

" th

e G

rand

Val

ley

site

alo

ngw

ith th

e ar

chite

cts.

By

wee

k's

end

they

wer

e co

nvin

ced

that

the

de-

velo

pmen

t of

the

site

and

itsar

chite

ctur

e ha

d to

"re

cogn

ize

the

stre

ngth

of

the

ravi

ne s

yste

m, i

tsor

gani

zing

fram

ewor

k, a

ndits

dram

atic

bea

uty.

"R

ecal

ls R

oy: "

Our

big

gest

pro

b-le

m w

as o

rgan

izin

g th

e co

llege

on

a si

te o

f th

is n

atur

e. B

ut w

hat

coul

d ha

ve b

een

a pr

oble

m in

the

form

of

the

ravi

nes,

I th

ink

we

turn

ed in

to a

n as

set."

Gra

nd V

alle

y's

prob

lem

s w

ere

turn

ed in

to a

sset

s. W

ith th

e si

tede

velo

per

and

land

scap

e ar

chite

ct(o

ften

the

sam

e pe

rson

) ac

ting

asca

taly

sts,

col

lege

s an

d un

iver

sitie

sal

l ove

r th

e co

untr

y ar

e do

ing

the

sam

e th

ingt

urni

ng p

robl

ems

into

ass

ets,

turn

ing

barr

en la

ndin

to g

arde

ns, t

urni

ng c

lass

room

build

ings

into

tem

ples

of

lear

ning

.

6uild

ing

of la

kes,

or

plan

ning

for

eros

ion

cont

rol.

Dur

ing

the

proc

ess

of p

lann

ing

and

build

ing,

the

land

scap

e ar

chi-

tect

wor

ks c

lose

ly w

ith th

e ar

chi-

tect

so

that

the

fini

shed

bui

ldin

glo

oks

as if

it w

ere

part

of

the

ter-

rain

, glo

win

g ou

t of

it.Fr

om th

e co

llabo

ratio

n be

twee

na

skill

ed te

am o

f ar

chite

ct a

ndla

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

com

es a

cam

-pu

s w

ith a

sen

se o

f id

entit

y. W

hat

the

arch

itect

doe

s w

ith e

xter

ior

and

inte

rior

des

ign

of s

truc

ture

s,th

e la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

doe

s w

ithw

alks

and

pla

ntin

gs, w

ith s

cree

nsof

gre

ener

y an

d be

nche

s fo

r st

udy

and

conv

ersa

tion:

he

wor

ks th

esp

aces

bet

wee

n bu

ildin

gs, d

ecid

ing

whe

ther

to r

educ

e an

ope

n ar

eain

to in

timat

e ou

tdoo

r co

mpa

rt-

men

ts, o

r to

lim

n it

with

tree

sfo

r a

dram

atic

hig

hlig

htin

g of

abu

ildin

g or

app

roac

h.

-Wor

king

in c

once

rt a

nd s

ensi

-tiv

e to

the

requ

irem

ents

of

each

othe

r's d

isci

plin

es, t

he tw

o ki

nds

of a

rchi

tect

s cr

eate

an

esth

etic

stat

emen

t of

wha

t a c

ampu

s is

.A

t the

sam

e tim

e th

ey a

re c

reat

ing

afu

nctio

nal s

tate

men

t of

how

the

cam

pus

will

wor

k.It

is th

eun

ique

abi

lity

to c

ombi

ne g

ood

form

with

goo

d fu

nctio

n th

at is

the

hallm

ark

of th

e go

od a

rchi

tect

or la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

.L

et u

s co

ncen

trat

e fi

rst o

n fu

nc-

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Vt P

4

rle

4

Usi

ng lo

w r

oof

lines

and

kee

ping

exi

stin

g tr

ees,

arc

hite

cts

and

land

scap

e ar

chite

cts

man

aged

to m

ake

the

Oxf

ord

Hou

sing

Pro

ject

ble

nd w

ith th

e la

ndan

d ne

arby

bui

ldin

gs.

SI

I.

III

)7,

47

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of th

e m

ajor

res

pons

ibili

ties

ofth

e la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

in p

lan-

ning

a c

ampu

s an

d w

orki

ng w

ithit

as it

gro

ws.

Cir

cula

tion

and

park

ing:

Ac-

com

mod

atio

ns m

ust b

e m

ade

for

vehi

cula

r an

d pe

dest

rian

traf

fic

arou

nd th

e ca

mpu

s. O

ne o

f th

efi

rst d

ecis

ions

that

mus

t be

mad

eis

how

nea

r th

e ca

mpu

s co

re a

uto-

mob

iles

are

to b

e pe

rmitt

ed. P

ark-

ing

lots

mus

t be

loca

ted

to p

erm

itea

sy a

cces

sto

des

tinat

ions

,ye

tth

eym

ust

not

pres

ent

them

-se

lves

as

unat

trac

tive

chro

me-

and-

enam

el s

eas.

Just

abo

ut e

very

one,

incl

udin

gla

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

s,ha

slo

ngkn

own

that

few

peo

plee

spec

ially

few

stu

dent

swill

wal

k ar

ound

shar

p cu

rves

or

righ

t ang

les.

The

natu

ral i

nstin

ct is

to c

ut c

orne

rs.

In p

lann

ing

traf

fic

flow

, the

land

-sc

ape

arch

itect

mus

t kee

pth

iste

nden

cy in

min

d: h

e m

ust k

now

how

to g

et a

stu

dent

fro

m o

nepl

ace

on c

ampu

s to

ano

ther

with

max

imum

eff

icie

ncy,

yet

allo

w h

imto

wal

k in

the

mid

st o

f be

auty

.T

rans

port

atio

n:E

xist

ing

and

plan

ned

high

way

s m

ust b

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

in p

lann

ing

a ca

m-

pus.

Faci

litie

slik

ea

foot

ball

stad

ium

or

conc

ert h

all t

hat d

raw

heav

y of

f-ca

mpu

s tr

affi

c ar

e be

stlo

cate

d ne

ar a

n ex

pres

sway

inte

r-ch

ange

. Ano

ther

impo

rtan

t con

-si

dera

tion

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

com

-

Am

eric

an E

duca

tion.

May

196

6

P1r

4n-W

f'1'

cam

pus.

Whe

n co

mm

utin

g st

u-de

nts

cons

titut

e a

larg

e pa

rt o

fth

e pl

anne

d st

uden

t pop

ulat

ion

the

site

pla

nner

sho

uld

sit d

own

with

Sta

te a

nd lo

cal

traf

fic

au-

thor

ities

, con

side

r po

tent

ial b

ot-

tlene

cks

on e

xist

ing

high

way

s, a

ndpl

an im

prov

ed r

oute

s to

the

cam

-pu

s. Dra

inag

e: T

he la

ndsc

ape

arch

i-te

ct, i

n w

orki

ng w

ith th

e ar

chite

ctto

loca

tebu

ildin

gs,

mal

ls, a

ndw

alkw

ays,

mus

t con

side

r su

ch f

ac-

tors

as

spri

ng f

lood

ing

or p

oor

drai

nage

on

the

cam

pus

site

. He

mus

t als

o de

cide

whe

ther

to b

egu

ided

by

natu

re (

loca

te th

e ca

m-

pus

core

aw

ay f

rom

land

that

drai

ns b

adly

) or

to g

uide

nat

ure

(reg

rade

land

or

conv

ert m

arsh

land

into

art

ific

ial l

akes

).

Top

soil:

In

deci

ding

wha

t to

plan

t and

whe

re, o

r w

hat l

ocat

ion

on th

e si

te is

bes

t for

cre

atin

g at

-tr

activ

e gr

eene

ry, t

he la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

mus

t det

erm

ine

wha

t the

dept

h an

d co

nditi

on o

f ex

istin

gto

psoi

l is

and

whe

ther

it c

an b

eec

onom

ical

ly s

tock

pile

d.V

ista

s an

d vi

ews:

The

eye

isna

tura

lly d

irec

ted

to th

at w

hich

isat

trac

tive;

the

arch

itect

and

land

scap

e ar

chite

ct m

ust t

ake

into

cons

ider

atio

nex

istin

gde

sira

ble

view

s, w

ork

with

them

, and

take

adva

ntag

e of

them

. At t

he s

ame

time

the

land

scap

e ar

chite

ct m

ust

wor

k to

hid

e ob

ject

iona

ble

view

s

smok

est

acks

,ov

erhe

adpo

wer

lines

, and

the

like.

By

effe

ctiv

eus

e of

pla

ntin

gs s

uch

as e

verg

reen

sth

e un

attr

activ

e m

ay b

e hi

dden

.A

rtic

ulat

ion

of o

utdo

or s

patia

lfo

rm: P

erha

ps th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

tof

the

land

scap

e ar

chite

ct's

jobs

is to

ana

lyze

t'ae

exi

stin

g ou

tdoo

rsp

aces

and

dec

ide

how

they

sho

uld

be u

sed

or c

hang

ed to

coo

rdin

ate

them

with

cam

pus

faci

litie

s. T

his

incl

udes

the

loca

tion

of tr

ees,

the

dire

ctio

n an

d su

rfac

e tr

eatm

ent o

fw

alks

,ro

ads,

plaz

as,

reta

inin

gw

alls

, pla

ntin

g sc

reen

s, a

nd e

arth

form

s. T

he la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

inco

njun

ctio

n w

ithth

ear

chite

ctm

ust d

ecid

e w

hat k

ind

of r

ela-

tions

hip

he w

ants

to e

stab

lish

be-

twee

n th

e ex

istin

g la

nd a

nd th

eco

mpo

nent

s th

at w

ill b

e ad

ded.

He

mus

t dec

ide

wha

t eff

ect h

ew

ants

to a

chie

ve w

ith th

e ca

mpu

san

d th

en w

ork

tow

ard

that

end

,pr

escr

ibin

gth

efu

nctio

nal a

ndes

thet

ic u

se o

f di

ffer

ent k

inds

of

plan

ts (

foca

l poi

nts,

win

dbre

aks,

eros

ion

cont

rols

, sha

ding

eff

ects

,or

enc

losi

ng e

lem

ents

) .

Mai

nten

ance

are

a de

sign

: The

land

scap

e ar

chite

cha

s to

con

-si

der

how

truc

ks a

nd p

ower

tool

sar

e go

ing

to g

et to

dif

fere

nt p

arts

of th

e ca

mpu

s, w

heth

er s

prin

kler

syst

ems

shou

ld b

e in

stal

led

(and

whe

re)

,an

d w

here

mai

nten

ance

cent

ers

are

goin

g to

be

in r

elat

ion

to th

e ca

mpu

s. S

pace

has

to b

e

posa

l of

brus

h an

d tr

ash,

for

sto

r-ag

e of

tool

s, f

or m

otor

poo

ls, a

ndfo

r nu

rser

y ar

eas.

If, f

or r

easo

nsof

eff

icie

ncy,

thes

e se

rvic

e fa

cilit

ies

are

to b

e cl

ose

to th

e he

art o

fth

e ca

mpu

s, th

en th

ey m

ust b

ede

sign

ed, l

ocat

ed, a

nd c

amou

flag

edso

that

they

won

't be

com

e ey

e-so

res. The

se a

re ju

st r

ough

ske

tche

s of

som

e of

the

prob

lem

s th

e la

nd-

scap

e ar

chite

ct f

aces

in w

orki

ngw

ith a

cam

pus.

Var

iatio

ns a

nd e

x-te

nsio

ns o

f th

e ch

ores

cou

ld f

illvo

lum

es. P

rope

rly

trea

ted,

thes

eel

emen

tsca

nbe

com

ein

tegr

alpa

rts

of th

e ca

mpu

s, c

ontr

ibut

ing

to a

ric

h an

d w

arm

env

iron

men

tth

at w

ill s

timul

ate

lear

ning

rat

her

than

det

ract

fro

m it

.A

t Gra

nd V

alle

y C

olle

ge th

em

ajor

pro

blem

fac

ed b

y th

e la

nd-

scap

e ar

chite

cts

and

the

arch

itect

sw

as th

e ra

vine

s. T

he r

avin

es w

ere

the

mos

t attr

activ

e pa

rt o

f th

e si

te,

the

mos

t dra

mat

ic, t

he m

ost i

n-te

rest

ing.

But

how

cou

ld th

ey b

eut

ilize

d?"W

e de

cide

d to

use

the

ravi

nesy

stem

to d

ivid

e th

e co

llege

into

sub-

colle

ge u

nits

," s

ays

Cla

renc

eR

oy. "

It's

dif

ficu

lt to

put

a b

uild

-in

g do

wn

in th

e m

iddl

e of

an

open

fiel

dw

ithou

tha

ving

itdw

arfe

d by

its

surr

ound

ings

. But

the

size

of

the

plat

eau

area

s de

-fi

ned

by th

e ra

vine

s w

as s

uch

that

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you

coul

d st

art a

col

lev

on o

neof

them

and

it w

ould

n't b

e lo

st."

The

gen

eral

pla

n de

cide

d Q

nfo

r G

rand

Val

ley

was

to p

ut th

ecl

assr

oom

s an

d la

bora

tori

es o

n th

epl

atea

us. T

hese

bui

ldin

gs w

ould

be d

esig

ned

to r

elat

e to

the

pla-

teau

sstr

ong

hori

zont

al li

nes

and

flat

roo

fs th

at b

lend

in w

ith th

ela

nd. T

he s

tude

nt a

ctiv

ity c

en-

ters

, mor

e in

form

al b

y na

ture

,w

ould

be

plac

ed a

t the

rav

ine'

sed

ge, t

akin

g ad

vant

age

of it

s ir

-re

gula

r le

vels

. Roo

ms

wou

ld o

pen

on te

rrac

es a

t low

er le

vels

of

the

ravi

ne--

inef

fect

,th

ete

rrac

esw

ould

bec

ome

a pa

rt o

f th

e ra

vine

itsel

f. Tha

t was

the

gene

ral

plan

.W

hat t

he la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

s ha

dto

do

was

adh

ere

to th

at p

lan

whi

le p

rovi

ding

way

s of

get

ting

to a

nd f

rom

the

diff

eren

t bui

ld-

ings

. "W

e st

arte

d ou

t," s

ays

Roy

,"b

y dr

awin

g st

raig

htlin

esbe

-tw

een

build

ings

as m

any

lines

as

ther

e se

emed

to b

e ne

eds

for

wal

ks.

The

n, to

avo

id la

rge

asph

alt a

reas

,w

e m

ade

com

prom

ises

in th

e fo

rmof

gen

tle c

urve

s th

at e

ncom

pass

edtw

o or

mor

e ro

utes

of

trav

el. W

epu

t in

low

wal

ls b

etw

een

the

build

ings

par

alle

lto

the

wal

k-w

ays.

The

se w

alls

are

use

d to

tie

the

vari

ous

build

ings

toge

ther

,an

dth

eyal

soem

phas

ize

the

natu

ral c

ontr

asts

bet

wee

n th

e ra

-

thro

ugh

it an

d sc

atte

r a

few

tree

sar

ound

it. T

hese

spa

ces

had

to b

ede

velo

ped

into

som

ethi

ng u

sefu

lan

d be

autif

ul."

The

Nor

th C

ampu

s C

ourt

that

emer

ged

is in

form

alfu

ll of

fre

e-fo

rm w

alks

and

scu

lptu

re.

Al-

thou

gh th

e co

urt i

s a

maj

or a

rter

yth

at m

ust h

andl

e up

to13

,000

stud

ents

a d

ay, i

t con

stitu

tes

an is

-la

nd o

f be

auty

and

rep

ose

in th

ece

nter

of

a bu

sy c

ampu

s.T

he d

ecis

ion

to f

ollo

w a

n in

-fo

rmal

and

cur

vilin

ear

patte

rn in

the

desi

gn o

f th

e co

urt a

rose

fro

mth

e ne

ed to

pro

vide

som

e ki

nd o

fph

ysic

al u

nity

for

the

surr

ound

ing

build

ings

, whi

ch a

re o

f va

ryin

gde

sign

, siz

e, a

nd r

elat

ive

posi

tion.

An

inte

gral

part

of

the

land

-sc

apin

gis

mol

ded

eart

h fo

rms

thro

ugh

whi

ch f

low

a s

erie

s of

curv

ed w

alkw

ays.

The

wal

ks w

ere

desi

gned

to h

andl

e he

avy-

volu

me

traf

fic,

yet

to c

ontr

ol th

e te

nden

cyof

ped

estr

ians

to c

ut c

orne

rs.

Her

e an

d th

ere,

alm

ost a

t ran

-do

m, t

he w

alkw

ays

curv

e in

to a

scul

ptur

ed s

eatin

g ar

ea th

at is

re-

mov

ed f

rom

the

flow

of

traf

fic

a qu

iet e

ddy

of c

alm

whe

re th

est

uden

t can

stu

dy o

r re

lax.

"Wha

t we

trie

d to

do,

" sa

ysT

rolle

r, "

was

to d

evel

op a

gra

ssar

ea a

nd th

en c

onto

ur it

so

it be

-ca

me

a la

nd s

culp

ture

. The

Uni

--,

'ers

ityC

hanc

ello

r, F

rank

lin D

.

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the

tree

s w

e ar

e pl

antin

g ar

e al

ong

the

wal

kway

s. A

nd th

is p

lant

ing

is g

ener

ally

ref

ined

, int

ende

dto

brea

k up

the

larg

er s

pace

s in

tosm

alle

r un

its o

f hu

man

sca

le."

At t

he U

nive

rsity

of

Cal

ifor

nia

in L

os A

ngel

es, t

oo, a

maj

or p

rob-

lem

was

how

to tr

eat p

edes

tria

npa

ths.

The

cam

pus

was

alr

eady

ther

e an

d he

avily

bui

lt up

on;

not

som

ethi

ng to

be

plan

ned,

but

som

ethi

ng to

cop

e w

ith.

Five

larg

e bu

ildin

gs s

et a

roun

da

rect

angl

e on

the

nort

hern

par

tof

the

cam

pus

form

ed a

nat

ural

cour

tyar

d.It

was

a n

atur

al a

rea

for

one

of th

e ol

dest

fea

ture

s of

colle

gela

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

ure

the

quad

rang

le. I

n ol

der

cam

puse

slik

e H

arva

rd a

nd C

orne

ll, th

equ

adra

ngle

is a

larg

e tr

ee-b

ower

edex

pans

e of

gra

ss, c

riss

-cro

ssed

by

path

s an

d do

tted

by b

ench

es a

ndoc

casi

onal

gro

ups

of s

tude

nts.

But

the

trad

ition

al q

uadr

angl

edi

d no

t em

erge

fro

m th

e w

ork

of L

ands

cape

Arc

hite

cts

Cor

nell,

Bri

dger

s, a

nd T

rolle

r. S

ays

How

-ar

d T

rolle

r: "

We

can

no lo

nger

affo

rd to

han

dle

our

open

spa

ces

or, c

ampu

s as

not

hing

mor

e th

anan

asp

halt

pass

-thr

ough

. The

land

is to

o va

luab

le a

nd th

e ou

tsid

ene

eds

of th

e st

uden

ts to

o gr

eat.

It w

ould

hav

e be

en a

sha

me

tota

ke a

fin

e pi

ece

of la

nd li

ke th

isco

urt a

nd ju

st p

ut s

ome

wal

ks

r.T

1.P"

Irel

Lea:

pa y

.4J

4-...

of la

nd, w

orth

mill

ions

of

dolla

rs,

shou

ld r

ecei

ve th

e be

st p

ossi

ble

trea

tmen

t and

sho

uld

beco

me

asc

ulpt

ure

gard

en a

s w

ell

as a

pass

agew

ay. S

o, in

add

ition

to th

ela

nd s

culp

turi

ng y

ou h

ave

a w

alk

syst

em w

ith s

culp

ture

d co

ncre

tefo

rms

whi

ch c

arry

out

the

feel

ing

of th

e la

nd f

orm

s. W

e sc

ulpt

ured

the

land

into

val

leys

and

cur

ves

and

then

des

igne

d th

e w

alks

tofo

llow

the

curv

es a

nd in

tens

ify

the

initi

al d

esig

n of

the

land

."M

alco

lm L

elan

d, L

os A

ngel

essc

ulpt

ural

con

sulta

nt, h

elpe

d in

desi

gnin

g th

e se

atin

g ar

eas

whi

char

e m

ade

to d

ispl

ay m

ajor

pie

ces

of o

utdo

or s

culp

ture

. On

disp

lay

in th

e co

urt n

ow, w

ith m

ore

toco

me,

are

a n

umbe

r of

pie

ces

onlo

an f

rom

the

Dav

id E

. Bri

ght c

ol-

lect

ion

incl

udin

g H

enry

Moo

re's

"Rec

linin

g Fi

gure

" an

d a

hero

icbr

onze

by

Jacq

ues

Lip

chitz

, "So

ngof

the

Vow

els,

" do

nate

d to

the

Cou

rt b

y th

e U

CL

A A

rt C

ounc

il.In

fro

nt o

f th

e T

heat

er A

rts

Bui

ldin

g, th

e la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

sde

velo

ped

a su

nken

are

a in

the

eart

h to

ser

ve a

s an

am

phith

eate

r.Si

mila

rly,

the

cour

t has

bec

ome

som

ethi

ng m

ore

than

an

expa

nse

to c

ut a

cros

s be

twee

n cl

asse

s.In

fact

, the

cou

rt h

as b

ecom

e a

plac

eto

hol

d cl

asse

s, w

ith s

tude

nts

sit-

ting

on th

e gr

ass

and

alon

g th

ecu

rvin

g w

alls

. In

the

even

ing

the

cour

t is

soft

ly li

ghte

d, b

ut w

ithou

t

By

judi

ciou

s us

e of

tree

s, w

alkw

ays,

wal

ls, a

nd s

eatin

g ar

eas,

land

scap

e ar

chite

cts

atG

rand

Val

ley

Stat

e C

olle

ge in

Gra

nd R

apid

s, M

ichi

gan,

hav

e br

oken

up

the

vast

expa

nses

of

nake

d pl

atea

us in

to c

omfo

rtab

le s

pace

s. T

he r

esul

t is

a re

duce

d se

nse

of d

ista

nce

and

an e

xpan

ded

sens

e of

war

mth

and

pro

tect

iven

ess

on th

e pl

atea

us.

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pole

s or

fix

ture

s or

gla

re.

Lig

htso

urce

s w

ere

built

into

mas

onry

form

s, s

ubm

erge

d be

low

grad

ele

vels

, or

affi

xed

to tr

eetr

unks

or

bran

ches

wel

l abo

ve e

ye le

vel.

The

resu

lt is

a d

iffu

sed

glow

that

re-

flec

ts th

e se

reni

ty o

f th

e co

urt.

Tro

ller

feel

s th

at th

e ge

nera

lid

ea o

f th

e N

orth

Cam

pus

Cou

rtw

ould

wor

k an

ywhe

re, t

hat

ther

eis

a g

ener

al m

ovem

ent t

o"g

etaw

ay f

rom

the

old

ster

eoty

ped

wal

ks th

at f

orce

d pe

ople

in a

di-

rect

ion

with

out a

ny r

eal m

ean-

ing.

The

cou

rt s

its th

ere

righ

t in

the

mid

dle

of a

ll th

is f

orm

ality

prec

isio

n sq

uare

s an

d re

ctan

gles

and

pulls

it a

ll to

geth

er."

Mak

ing

it w

ork

was

one

of

the

maj

or d

esig

n pr

oble

ms

the

land

-sc

ape

arch

itect

sfa

ced.

In

orde

r to

inte

grat

e th

e cu

rves

of

the

cour

tw

ith th

e st

raig

ht li

nes

of th

e su

r-ro

undi

ng b

uild

ings

, the

y us

edir

-re

gula

r st

eppi

ng s

tone

s to

sep

arat

eth

eco

urt f

rom

the

rect

angl

esw

hich

pen

etra

te it

.T

he p

edes

tria

n tr

affi

cth

at f

ora

whi

leco

nfou

nded

the

desi

gner

sof

the

Nor

th C

ampu

sC

ourt

at

UC

LA

was

alm

ost

noth

ing

com

-pa

red

to th

e au

tom

obile

traf

fic

that

had

to b

e pl

anne

dfo

r at

Sout

hern

Illi

nois

Uni

vers

ity a

tEd-

war

dsvi

lle. A

lmos

t all

of th

e st

u-de

nts

(abo

ut 5

,000

now

, eve

ntua

l-ly

25,

000)

com

mut

e by

car

.N

ot

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only

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ffic

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s.T

hat w

as b

ack

in 1

960.

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hi-

tect

s H

ellm

uth,

Oba

ta, a

nd K

assa

-ba

um w

ere

aske

dto

dev

elop

am

aste

r pl

an f

or th

e un

iver

sity

.T

hey

in tu

rn h

ired

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sulti

ngE

ngin

eers

War

ren

& V

anPr

agg

and

Lan

dsca

pe A

rchi

tect

sH

are

fic

Har

e.T

he tr

affi

c en

gine

ers

chec

ked

traf

fic

flow

, and

mac

ezo

ne m

aps

show

ing

how

long

it to

okto

get

from

the

prop

osed

site

to v

ario

usou

tlyin

g re

side

ntia

lar

eas.

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yre

com

men

ded

on-s

ite a

nd o

ff-s

iteim

prov

emen

tsth

a t

wou

ldbe

need

ed to

cha

nnel

the

cars

that

wou

ld p

ark

on th

e E

dwar

dsvi

lleca

mpu

s. T

hey

plan

ned

road

con-

nect

ions

for

fas

t and

saf

eac

cess

to th

e si

te. T

hey

spot

ted

pote

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ltr

affi

c bo

ttlen

ecks

and

sug-

gest

ed w

ays

to e

limin

ate

them

.T

hese

pre

limin

ary

stud

ies

and

rec-

omm

enda

tions

bec

ame

the

basi

sfo

r th

e di

scus

sion

s w

hich

took

plac

e an

d th

e de

cisi

ons

whi

chw

ere

mad

e du

ring

mee

tings

betw

een

Stat

e, c

ount

y, c

ity, a

nd lo

cal g

roup

sre

spon

sibl

e fo

r hi

ghw

aypl

anni

ng.

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uch

for

road

pla

nnin

g.N

ow

A d

orm

itory

pod

ium

at t

heSt

ate

Uni

ver-

sity

of

New

Yor

k at

Alb

any,

desi

gned

by

Edw

ard

Dur

rell

Ston

e, is

lined

with

pot

-te

dtr

ees,

whi

ch a

dd to

itsbe

auty

.

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at th

e sa

me

time

that

the

road

sw

ere

bein

gbu

ilt a

nd r

ebui

lt to

funn

el th

ousa

nds

of c

ars

daily

onto

cam

pus,

the

arch

itect

s an

dla

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

s w

ere

hard

at

wor

k tr

ying

to f

ind

out w

hat t

odo

with

all

thos

e ca

rs-1

2,00

0 a

day.

The

arc

hite

cts

deci

ded

toes

tab-

lish

a cl

ear

sepa

ratio

nbe

twee

npa

rkin

g ar

eas

and

build

ings

inor

der

to m

inim

ize

traf

fic

cong

es-

tion.

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o la

rge

park

ing

rese

rve

area

s w

ere

chos

en,

lyin

g on

hig

hfl

at g

roun

d ea

st a

nd w

est o

fth

eca

mpu

s co

re.

Thi

s pr

ovid

ed th

ene

eded

sep

arat

ion

from

the

cam

-pu

s pr

oper

. By

putti

ng th

e lo

ts in

at r

ough

ly th

e sa

me

elev

atio

n as

the

cam

pus,

and

by

plan

ting

tree

sin

the

shal

low

val

leys

bet

wee

nth

etw

o ar

eas,

the

park

ing

area

s w

ould

be c

once

aled

.In

add

ition

to c

once

alin

gth

epa

rkin

g lo

ts, t

he in

form

al g

roup

-in

gs o

f tr

ees

also

aid

indi

ffer

en-

tiatin

g be

twee

n se

para

te a

reas

of

the

SIU

cam

pusb

etw

een

the

en-

tran

ce r

oads

and

the

acad

emic

core

and

bet

wee

nth

e va

riou

sin

stru

ctio

nal

build

ings

.Sm

alle

rgr

oups

of

tree

sin

form

ally

pla

ced

soft

en th

e sp

aces

bet

wee

nbu

ild-

ings

. And

in th

e ac

adem

ic c

ore

ofth

e ca

mpu

s, b

uild

ings

with

Cla

rke

and

Rap

uano

, lan

dsca

pe a

rchi

tect

se

eo-

com

mon

fun

ctio

ns a

regr

oupe

dar

ound

exi

stin

g tr

ees

to f

orm

ace

ntra

l cou

rtth

e hu

b of

the

cam

-pu

s. The

arc

hite

cts

and

land

scap

ear

chite

cts

have

pro

pose

d co

nstr

uc-

tion

of th

ree

lake

s. T

he la

kes

will

not o

nly

be p

leas

ing

toth

e ey

ebu

t will

be

used

for

rec

reat

ion,

cons

erva

tion

rese

arch

, and

wat

er-

safe

ty tr

aini

ng. A

nd, i

n an

ex-

celle

nt b

lend

of

the

esth

etic

and

the

func

tiona

l, th

e fi

rst l

ake

tobe

cons

truc

ted

will

be

used

in c

on-

junc

tion

with

hea

ting

and

refr

ig-

erat

ion

plan

t ope

ratio

ns.

The

phi

loso

phy

ofth

e SI

Uca

mpu

s is

exp

ress

edby

Gyo

Oba

-ta

, par

tner

in c

harg

eof

the

SIU

proj

ect,

who

fee

ls th

at th

ebe

star

chite

ctur

e em

brac

es m

ore

than

the

desi

gn o

f a

sing

lebu

ildin

g.E

ach

build

ing,

he

says

, sho

uld

bea

part

of

its s

urro

undi

ngs,

re-

spec

ting

and

com

plem

entin

gth

emar

chite

ctur

ally

and

fun

ctio

nally

.T

he s

ame

philo

soph

y is

ech

oed

in th

e pl

ans

for

the

new

Mus

icC

ente

r no

w u

nder

cons

truc

tion

atFl

orid

a Pr

esby

teri

an C

olle

gein

St.

Pete

rsbu

rg.

The

bui

ldin

g w

asco

ncei

ved

with

a s

ensi

tivity

toth

e su

rrou

ndin

g cl

imat

ean

d la

nd-

scap

e.T

he c

olle

geis

on

a 28

0-ac

rew

ater

fron

t site

. Exi

stin

build

in s

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In U

CL

A's

Nor

th C

ampu

s C

ourt

are

mas

sive

scu

lptu

res

such

as

thos

e by

Hen

ryM

oore

(le

ft)

and

Sore

l Etr

og (

righ

t).

Part

of

the

serp

entin

e w

alkw

ayis

sho

wn

at c

ente

r.

Hof

fman

,w

orki

ngw

ithhi

s

part

ner

C. J

acqu

es H

ahn

and

with

Fre

deri

ck M

. Lan

g an

dR

ob-

ert H

. Car

ter

&A

ssoc

iate

s, h

asan

am

bitio

us p

roje

ctah

ead

ofhi

m. T

hree

yea

rs a

go th

e Ir

vine

Cam

pus

site

was

devo

id o

f an

ytr

ees

and

had

prec

ious

little

gra

ss.

In it

s fa

vor,

the

site

was

com

-po

sed

of g

ently

rol

ling

land

and

com

man

ded

a m

agni

fice

nt v

iew

toth

e no

rth

and

wes

t ove

r th

e Sa

nta

Ana

bas

in. T

o th

e so

uth,

beh

ind

the

cam

pus,

in th

e di

stan

ce, c

oast

-

and

palm

tree

s.It

is, i

n a

wor

d,be

autif

ul.

Des

ign

of th

eM

usic

Cen

ter

(by

Perk

ins

and

Will

,an

dH

arva

rd a

nd J

olly

)br

ings

the

beau

tiful

out

door

s in

door

s. T

hefi

ve m

a jo

r co

mpo

nent

s of

the

Mu-

sic

Ce

iter

will

be

inde

pend

ent

stru

ctu.

,-es

inor

der

toac

hiev

eac

oust

ical

sep

arat

ion.

But

to a

void

the

appe

aran

ce o

f fi

ve s

mal

lan

dse

para

te b

uild

ings

,th

ey w

ill b

eun

ited

unde

r a

sing

le la

rge

shel

-te

ring

roo

f an

d gr

oupe

dar

ound

a ce

ntra

l gar

den

cour

tyar

d.T

he

keep

ing

with

thei

r su

rrou

ndin

gs:

they

look

like

resi

dent

ial s

truc

-tu

res. The

se O

xfor

d ho

usin

gun

itsw

ere

land

scap

edin

thre

e ba

sic

laye

rs, d

esig

ned

to c

ompl

emen

tth

e bu

ildin

g fr

om f

ound

atio

n to

roof

line

.M

orai

ne lo

cust

s w

ere

used

toes

tabl

ish

an o

verh

ead

cano

py;

seve

ral v

arie

ties

of c

rab-

appl

es w

ere

used

for

inte

rmed

iate

focu

s, a

nd a

t the

fou

ndat

ion

leve

lne

ar b

uild

ing

entr

ies

yew

s, p

achy

-sa

ndra

,az

alea

s,an

d oc

casi

onal

build

ings

that

do

not

look

out

of

plac

e, th

at c

ompl

emen

tth

e ne

igh-

borh

ood

in w

hich

they

are

loca

ted

inst

ead

of d

etra

ctin

g fr

om it

.

Afe

w m

iles

inla

nd f

rom

the

Paci

fic,

sou

thea

st o

f L

os A

ngel

es,

is th

e Ir

vine

Cam

pus

of th

eU

ni-

vers

ity o

f C

alif

orni

a."W

e w

ant t

o m

ake

the

who

leca

mpu

s a

bota

nic

gard

en,"

say

sL

ands

cape

Arc

hite

ctJ.

Cha

rles

Hof

fman

."W

e do

n't w

ant t

olim

it ou

r w

ork

to ju

st o

ne c

am-

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r fr

om o

utsi

de a

re n

ot h

allw

ays

but c

ontin

uatio

ns o

fth

e ou

tdoo

rw

alks

: the

rear

e no

doo

rssu

d-de

nly

the

stud

ent i

sin

side

the

build

ing,

but

with

a fe

elin

g of

still

bei

ng o

utdo

ors.

The

idea

of

a bu

ildin

g "b

lend

-in

g w

ith it

s su

rrou

ndin

gs"

is a

nim

port

ant o

ne to

bot

har

chite

cts

and

land

scap

e ar

chite

cts.

Wor

k-in

g to

geth

er, t

hey

mus

t arr

ive

atso

me

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

wha

t fun

c-tio

n, f

orm

,or

sty

le th

e ex

istin

gte

rrai

n or

sur

roun

ding

build

ings

com

mun

icat

e. T

hene

w b

uild

ing

or f

eatu

reis

then

des

igne

dto

blen

d w

ith e

xist

ing

build

ings

or

surr

ound

ings

. Thi

s is

not t

o sa

yth

at th

ene

w b

uild

ing

orne

wco

urty

ard

will

be

a ca

rbon

cop

yor

an

empt

y ec

ho o

f w

hat a

lrea

dyex

iste

d, b

ut r

athe

r th

atit

will

re-

flec

t som

ethi

ng o

fth

e sp

irit

ofits

sur

roun

ding

s an

d,at

the

sam

etim

e, m

ake

itsow

n ar

chite

ctur

alco

ntri

butio

n.Jo

hnso

n, J

ohns

on 8

cR

oy, t

hela

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

s th

atw

orke

don

Gra

nd V

alle

y St

ate

Col

lege

,an

d Fr

eder

ick

Stic

kel

Ass

ocia

tes,

Arc

hite

cts,

had

an o

ppor

tuni

ty to

brea

k w

ith d

orm

itory

trad

ition

at th

e U

nive

rsity

of

Mic

higa

n.T

he a

rchi

tect

sw

ere

face

d w

ithth

e pr

oble

m o

f fi

tting

som

e 40

0st

uden

ts a

nd 7

5ca

rs in

to a

n ex

-is

ting

resi

dent

ial

neig

hbor

hood

.T

he b

uild

ings

des

igne

dw

ere

in

Am

eric

an E

duca

tion,

May

196

6

ia.s

.as

ig.

..141

41.6

used

.T

he r

esul

tis

a co

mpl

ex o

f

una3

e W

I1L

1..1

0tiI

y L

ucgr

een

belts

we'

re e

stab

lishi

ng b

e-yo

nd th

e un

iver

sity

cam

pus.

"

al in

ns r

ise,

pro

virt

ing

a oa

cicu

rop

for

the

entir

e ed

ucat

iona

lco

m-

plex

both

gro

unds

and

build

ings

.T

he N

orth

Cam

pus

Cou

rtis

dot

ted

with

scu

lptu

red

seat

ing

area

s th

at e

ase

pede

stri

ans

out o

fth

e fl

ow o

f tr

affi

c fo

rco

nver

satio

ns. m

od

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Arc

hite

cts

and

land

scap

e ar

chite

cts

com

-bi

ned

effo

rts

on th

e M

usic

Cen

ter

atFl

orid

a Pr

esby

teri

an C

olle

ge, b

ring

ing

the

outd

oors

indo

ors

by c

ombi

ning

sev

eral

1

I

40'

1'

ri I

build

ing

units

und

er o

ne r

oof

and

elim

i-na

ting

exte

rior

door

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udio

s,pr

ac-

tice

room

s, a

nd o

ffic

es a

re g

roup

ed a

bout

a ce

ntra

l pla

za th

at o

pens

to th

e sk

y.

1

The

con

sulti

ng f

irm

s(i

nclu

d-in

g A

rchi

tect

s an

d Pl

anne

rs W

il-lia

m L

. Per

eira

and

Ass

ocia

tes)

that

hav

e be

en w

orki

ng o

n th

esi

te m

ade

a su

ccin

ct s

tate

men

t of

the

role

of

site

dev

elop

men

t and

land

scap

e ar

chite

ctur

e in

cam

pus

deve

lopm

ent:

"Lan

d fo

rms,

soi

lco

nditi

ons,

clim

ate,

nat

ural

veg

e-ta

tion,

nea

r an

d di

stan

t vie

ws,

all

have

an

impo

rtan

t inf

luen

ce u

pon

the

even

tual

cha

ract

er o

f th

e ca

m-

pus.

Ana

lysi

s w

as u

nder

take

n of

build

able

are

a; o

f th

e pr

oble

ms

of th

e su

n, w

ind,

and

rai

n; o

f th

eov

eral

l gra

ding

and

dra

inag

e re

-qu

irem

ents

; and

of

nece

ssar

y ac

-ce

ssin

Ord

er to

det

erm

ine

the

,ge

nera

l lay

out o

f th

e ca

mpu

s, th

elo

catio

n of

indi

vidu

al b

uild

ings

,an

d th

e ap

prop

riat

e ty

pe o

f la

nd-

scap

e de

velo

pmen

t. T

hese

fac

tors

have

a s

igni

fica

nt in

flue

nce

onth

e de

sign

of

cam

pus

build

ings

.T

hey

also

dic

tate

to s

ome

exte

ntho

w th

e fi

nanc

ial r

esou

rces

of

the

univ

ersi

ty w

ill b

e bu

dget

ed."

Am

ong

the

prim

e fa

ctor

sin

choo

sing

the

Irvi

ne s

ite o

ver

23ot

her

site

s co

nsid

ered

wer

e its

ac-

cess

ibili

ty to

dow

ntow

n L

os A

n-ge

les

and

its p

oten

tial a

s th

e ce

n-te

r of

a la

rge

deve

lopi

ng u

rban

area

in O

rang

e C

ount

y. S

ince

the

site

was

an

unde

velo

ped

one

and

was

loca

ted

at th

e ed

ge o

f a

rela

-tiv

ely

smal

l com

mun

ity, i

tpr

e-

that

the

"rol

ling

hills

ides

,th

efe

w s

teep

can

yons

, and

the

gent

lyri

sing

rid

ges

mus

t all

be c

ontld

.er

ed in

det

erm

inin

g ar

chite

ctur

alfo

rm. T

he te

rrac

ed e

arth

for

ms

deve

lope

d fo

r th

e vi

neya

rds,

or-

char

ds a

nd h

illsi

de v

illag

es o

n si

m-

ilar

land

scap

es o

f M

edite

rran

ean

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n an

d It

aly,

sug

gest

a m

etho

dof

han

dlin

g w

hich

see

ms

both

econ

omic

al a

nd a

ttrac

tive.

"T

he im

pact

of

this

phi

loso

phy

can

be s

een

in th

e ei

ght b

uild

ings

alre

ady

cons

truc

ted

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as a

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ng h

oriz

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l sta

tem

ents

whi

ch m

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in c

ount

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int t

oth

e ro

lling

con

tour

s of

the

land

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ifor

nia,

Mic

higa

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lor-

ida,

all

acro

ss th

e co

untr

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nd-

scap

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site

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elop

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com

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to th

e fo

re a

s es

sent

ial

and

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gral

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ts o

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sity

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ning

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lege

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univ

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acili

ties

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acce

lera

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ener

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dur

ing

the

1965

fis

cal y

ear

as a

res

ult o

f th

eio

n F.

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the

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de-

sign

ed, s

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"as

an

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lace

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cilit

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pes

foun

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cent

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of

high

ly u

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are

as."

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per

cent

of

the

park

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lant

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w a

nd, s

ays

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fman

, "it

al-

read

y re

ads

very

wel

l as

a pa

rk."

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infl

uenc

e of

land

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felt

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it d

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opes

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war

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e pa

rk a

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e pa

rk o

utw

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will

be

pro-

tect

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eir

long

ran

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op-

men

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the

cons

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whi

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and

loan

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r co

llege

cons

truc

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e vo

l-um

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con

stru

ctio

n sh

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be

even

hig

her

as a

res

ult o

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itle

VII

of

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ctof

196

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by

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for

grad

uate

and

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ca-

dem

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acili

ties

and

redu

ces

the

inte

rest

rat

es o

n lo

ans

for

con-

stru

ctio

n to

thre

e pe

rcen

t a y

ear.

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se p

rogr

ams

are

adm

inis

tere

dby

the

Div

isio

n of

Col

lege

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ili-

ties,

Bur

eau

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r E

duca

tion

of th

e U

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ste

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sign

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sho

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it. B

ut,

com

mitt

ed a

s it

is to

edu

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belie

ves

stro

ngly

that

qua

lity

ined

ucat

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shou

ld b

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flec

ted

inal

l asp

ects

of

stud

ent l

ife.

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exis

t not

onl

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the

clas

sroo

m a

nd th

e la

bora

tory

but

in th

e cl

assr

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bui

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stu

dent

's s

urro

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shou

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a c

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ratio

n to

him

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s Si

r Fi

anc

is B

acon

wro

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his

essa

y, O

f G

arde

ns: "

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gar

den.

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inde

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an p

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es.

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the

grea

test

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e sp

irits

of

man

; with

-ou

t whi

ch b

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ings

and

pal

aces

are

but g

ross

han

dy-w

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