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Images for Denise Scott Brown's Talk
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The following slides illustrate some of the points made in my talk.
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There is a need to cross from the main campus to the medical center--difficult
with a state highway between the two. The Palmer Drive site lies across
the line of communication between the two. |
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Student circulation from residences to classes passes near but not through
the site. |
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Olmstead, UM Planning Study, 1916 |
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JJ&R UM Planning Study, 1963 |
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In 1916 Olmstead discerned the same problem we did--that parts of the
campus were not linked. |
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In 1963 JJ&R showed an ectoplasm-like pattern linking things, but it
wasn't clear how this would be accomplished. |
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We made our "Nolli" map for UM as we do for every campus--the pink is
pedestrian ways. The site is a big parking lot in what was once a lake.
The state highway runs alongside it. We noticed that a bridge, south of
the site, crossed the highway but needed no hump because it follows the
lake edge. Then, from a topographical analysis we determined that a walkway
could span the lake diagonally from edge to edge, cross the Palmer Drive
site and the road, link the main and the medical campuses, and stay at the
same level all the way across. Above the bridge could be academic and research
buildings; below it, parking. |
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Borrowing from the transportation planners, we drew "desire
lines" across the lake between academic sciences and medical
sciences and between arts and sciences. Then we designed our buildings
around the desire lines. The complex includes the Life Sciences
Institute laboratory, and undergraduate sciences building, and commons
building. Alongside these are a bridge, various open spaces, and several
walkways. Below the walkway level is structured parking for 960 cars. |
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An aim of the project was to support interdisciplinary communication
by enhancing linkage within the plan. Linkage is via the "Arts and
Sciences Axis" and the "Life Sciences Diag." The place where
the two meet we call the "Meeting of Minds." As you go by the
Commons on your way to the medical center, you may see a friend in the café
and stop for a chat; then, where will the Nobel Prize be gestated, at the
lab bench or over coffee? |
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The buildings are simple and generic. The pedestrian walkways and open
spaces, which form the "public sector," are complex and are intended
to be like the streets and spaces of a medieval town--informal and not too
wide. There are "streets" through the buildings, too, to serve
local communities. These internal circulation systems connect to the outdoor
walkways at the third-floor level. |
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Land-use planning inside the commons building: the deli and café
are at the walkway level, the store is at the exterior corner where stores
should be and by the entrance, where most people will pass. People will
come together throughout this building. Its spaces will be shared by students,
scientists, medical researchers, people from the performing arts facilities,
and others going between the main and medical campuses. |
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Within the life sciences laboratory building, "streets" run
from labs and offices to stairs and elevators, passing near interaction
spaces, where people can get coffee, see a different view, change their
focal length, think, chat, and draw together on the white board--more urban
planning inside. |
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The Life Sciences Institute and the Commons Building in construction. |
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Andropogon and VSBA |
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In this discussion, we have moved from planning analyses of patterns (mostly
economic) and systems (mostly transportation) to the planning of buildings
using similar principals. |
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Environmental framework planning is another system-wide discipline that
conditions our design. The map analyzes environmental factors that should
influence planning and design on the UM North Campus. |
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Our work is often illustrated in this way. But when you see these images,
please remember the range of thought that lies behind them. |
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Related Stories: |
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Scott Brown, Denise, Measuring Downtown's Future, The New York Times, August 16, 2002. |
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Scott Brown, Denise, What Shall We Do About the World Trade Center? MetropolisMag.com, April 8, 2002. |
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Venturi, Robert, The World Trade Center: Hesitant Thoughts, MetropolisMag.com, April 8, 2002. |
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Milgrom, Melissa, Learning from Steve Izenour, Metropolis Magazine, January 2002. |
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Flanagan, Barbara, Born to be Bad, Metropolis Magazine, October 2001. |
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Ringen, Jonathan, Lapidus of Luxury, Metropolis Magazine, January 2001, pp.58-61. |
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Bischoff, Dan, Signs of the Times, Metropolis Magazine, February-March 1998. |
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To Order Back Issues of Metropolis: |
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www.metropolismag.com/html/archives/back_issue_form.html |
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VSBA's Bibliography: |
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www.vsba.com/whoweare/index_biblio.html |
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Selected Writings: |
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Scott Brown, Denise, Urban Concepts, Architectural Design Profile
60, London: Academy Editions; distributed in U.S. by St. Martin's Press,
January-February 1990. |
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Venturi, Robert, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, New
York: Museum of Modern Art and Graham Foundation, 1966. |
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Venturi, Robert, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, Learning from Las Vegas, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1972. |
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Venturi, Robert, Iconography And Electronics Upon A Generic Architecture: A View From The Drafting Room, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996. |
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