(07-21-2015 01:10 PM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote: Nice. Is there some sort of relevance to the gap left over the last 3 sections? Why not maximize the space and extend it all the way across? Just curious. The design is cool and unique, just wondering since the expansion space is so limited for Cinci.
Yes - from the article link I posted -
UC Architect Mary Beth McGrew says UC planners challenged design architect Architecture Research Office (ARO), Heery International, the architect of record, as well as Turner Construction, the project manager, to deliver a structure that fits — not just onto campus, which was a challenge given the tight urban setting, but also into the scheme of UC’s George Hargreaves-designed Master Plan.
“Nippert is at the heart of our campus, so that drove a lot of the design,” says McGrew. “Great care was taken to make sure the views into the field from MainStreet were still present.”
“Given the tradition of great architecture at the University of Cincinnati," says Stephen Cassell, principal of Architecture Research Office, "having the chance to work on that campus is, in itself, an enormous honor and responsibility. This is a university that greatly values the role of design in their students’ educational experience.
The new West Pavilion was built to stretch along UC’s Tangeman University Center yet not overpower the intimate feel of MainStreet, the pavered pathway that winds through the center of campus.
“The new building is bold yet fits nicely into the narrow site,” says McGrew. “Athletics is wonderful and a big part of the university’s culture, and the building needed to serve them but our campus is about architecture ideas and this tradition, too, needed to be addressed.”
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