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RE,PORT RESUMES ED 016 357 CAMPUS DESIGN STUDY, DUKE UNIVERSITY. CAUDILL, ROWLETT, SCOTT AND ASSOCIATES, BRYAN, TEX . PUB DATE EDRS PRICE MF-$0.50 HC-42.56 62P. EF 001 009 . DESCRIPTORS- *ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, *ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, *COLLEGE BUILDINGS, *DORMITORIES,- *SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING DESIGN, CAMPUS PLANNING, COLLEGE HOUSING, SCHOOL LOCATION NOV '63 THE STUDY OF THIS UNIVERSITY DEALT PRIMARILY WITH THE WEST CAMPUS IN WHICH MAJOR FUTURE GROWTH WOULD OCCUR. PART 'A' CONSISTS OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE DESIGN CRITERIA. CHARACTER IS ANALYZED IN TERMS OF---(1) VERTICALITY, (2) SCALE, (3) RICHNESS, AND (4) VARIETY AND UNITY, WHILE ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS SUCH AS--.(1) STRUCTURE, (2) MATERIALS, (3) COLOR, (4) ROOFS, AND (5) WINDOWS ARE EXAMINED IN TERMS OF EXPRESSION. FACTORS OF COMPOSITION RELATED TO THE CREATION OF VOLUME AND SPACE FORM THE LAST SECTION OF THIS ANALYSIS. PART 'IP IS A CASE STUDY ILLUSTRATING THE APPLICATION OF THE .DEVELOPED CRITERIA TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT - -A PROPOSED GRADUATE STUDENT CENTER. DEVELOPMENT IS-TRACED THROUGH THE STAGES OF..--(1) PROGRAM CREATION, (2) SITE AND LOCATION ANALYSIS, (3) PROJECT DESIGN, AND (4) CRITIQUE AND FOLLOW-UP. PLANS, ELEVATIONS, AND CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES AND DIAGRAMS ARE INCLUDED. (MH)

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RE,PORT RESUMESED 016 357CAMPUS DESIGN STUDY, DUKE UNIVERSITY.CAUDILL, ROWLETT, SCOTT AND ASSOCIATES, BRYAN, TEX

. PUB DATEEDRS PRICE MF-$0.50 HC-42.56 62P.

EF 001 009

. DESCRIPTORS- *ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, *ARCHITECTURALELEMENTS, *COLLEGE BUILDINGS, *DORMITORIES,- *SCHOOLARCHITECTURE, BUILDING DESIGN, CAMPUS PLANNING, COLLEGEHOUSING, SCHOOL LOCATION

NOV '63

THE STUDY OF THIS UNIVERSITY DEALT PRIMARILY WITH THEWEST CAMPUS IN WHICH MAJOR FUTURE GROWTH WOULD OCCUR. PART'A' CONSISTS OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE WITHRECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE DESIGN CRITERIA. CHARACTER ISANALYZED IN TERMS OF---(1) VERTICALITY, (2) SCALE, (3)

RICHNESS, AND (4) VARIETY AND UNITY, WHILE ARCHITECTURALCOMPONENTS SUCH AS--.(1) STRUCTURE, (2) MATERIALS, (3) COLOR,(4) ROOFS, AND (5) WINDOWS ARE EXAMINED IN TERMS OFEXPRESSION. FACTORS OF COMPOSITION RELATED TO THE CREATION OFVOLUME AND SPACE FORM THE LAST SECTION OF THIS ANALYSIS. PART'IP IS A CASE STUDY ILLUSTRATING THE APPLICATION OF THE

.DEVELOPED CRITERIA TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT - -A PROPOSED GRADUATESTUDENT CENTER. DEVELOPMENT IS-TRACED THROUGH THE STAGESOF..--(1) PROGRAM CREATION, (2) SITE AND LOCATION ANALYSIS, (3)PROJECT DESIGN, AND (4) CRITIQUE AND FOLLOW-UP. PLANS,ELEVATIONS, AND CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES AND DIAGRAMS AREINCLUDED. (MH)

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ass

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d an

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cour

aged

us in

this

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sign

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dy. A

mon

g th

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wer

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tly in

volv

ed in

this

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are

the

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ldin

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roun

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the

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rd o

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ees,

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r. G

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rick

sen,

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or B

usin

ess

and

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nce;

Mr.

Joh

n D

ozie

r, B

usin

ess

Man

ager

, res

pons

ible

for

phy

si-

cal p

lann

ing;

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Hen

ry M

ayfi

eld,

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vers

ity A

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tect

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catio

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acili

ties

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man

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to w

hom

we

apol

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r om

issi

on f

rom

this

bri

ef li

st.

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are

inde

bted

to P

rofe

ssor

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acy

and

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for

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e an

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INT

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1

PAR

T A

AN

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S &

RE

CO

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EN

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EN

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3

TH

E P

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4T

HE

FU

TU

RE

5

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tical

ity10

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Ric

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iety

and

Uni

ty15

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27Jo

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47

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

Duk

e U

nive

rsity

is f

aced

with

the

prob

lem

com

mon

to a

llm

ajor

col

lege

s of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es -

-G

RO

WT

H. I

ts r

epu-

tatio

n fo

r ac

adem

ic e

xcel

lenc

eha

s m

ade

this

gro

wth

inev

i-ta

ble.

Thi

s an

d th

e de

sire

to u

pgra

de th

e pr

esen

tfa

cilit

ies

to a

ccom

mod

ate

new

edu

catio

nal

tech

niqu

es h

ave

caus

ed a

nex

pans

ion

in th

e ph

ysic

al p

lant

of

the

univ

ersi

ty.

Thi

s de

-si

gn s

tudy

was

initi

ated

by

the

adm

inis

trat

ion

in a

n at

tem

ptto

ans

wer

som

e of

the

prob

lem

sof

how

to g

row

in s

ize

and

effi

cien

cy, w

ithou

t sac

rifi

cing

the

beau

ty o

f th

e na

tura

llan

d-sc

ape,

the

unity

of

the

cam

pus

and

the

heri

tage

of

exis

ting

build

ings

.

The

bas

is f

or s

uch

a st

udy

was

suc

cinc

tlyst

ated

by

John

Doz

ier,

the

Uni

vers

ity B

usin

ess

Man

ager

, whe

nhe

sai

d,

"The

vita

lity,

imag

inat

ion

and

philo

soph

yof

a u

ni-

vers

ity c

an to

som

e ex

tent

be

mea

sure

dby

the

con-

cept

s of

the

cam

pus

mas

ter

plan

and

the

qual

ity o

fth

e in

divi

dual

bui

ldin

gs. "

The

trut

h of

this

sta

tem

ent i

s un

ques

tione

dan

d a

trib

ute

toth

e fo

resi

ght o

f th

e pr

esen

t adm

inis

trat

ion.

How

ever

, no

stud

y or

pla

n ca

n in

itse

lf p

rovi

de r

elea

sefr

om c

ontin

uous

eval

uatio

n an

d th

ough

t in

the

plan

ning

of

the

grow

th o

f D

uke.

Obs

erva

tions

can

be

mad

e, g

uide

lines

can

be

prop

osed

,an

dpo

ssib

ilitie

s pu

t for

war

d, b

ut th

e su

cces

sful

tran

slat

ion

ofth

ese

idea

s in

to a

gre

at c

ampu

s m

ust r

est i

n th

eha

nds

ofth

ose

with

aut

hori

ty a

nd d

edic

atio

n to

mak

eth

ough

tful

dec

i-si

ons

rega

rdin

g su

ch p

ropo

sals

.

The

Duk

e ca

mpu

ses

have

ref

lect

ed a

des

ire

for

qual

ity in

arch

itect

ure

sinc

e in

cept

ion,

but

som

e of

the

rece

ntad

di-

-1-

tions

to th

e un

iver

sity

fai

l to

fulf

ill th

e hi

gh s

tand

ards

est

ab-

lishe

d by

the

foun

ders

.T

his

prov

ides

evi

denc

e th

at g

ood

arch

itect

ure

-- a

rchi

tect

ure

of q

ualit

y --

is n

ot d

epen

dent

sole

ly u

pon

mat

eria

ls, s

tyle

or

orna

men

t, bu

t als

o up

on s

en-

sitiv

e an

d ba

lanc

ed p

rogr

amm

ing

and

desi

gn.

The

cam

pus

whi

ch D

uke

dese

rves

and

req

uire

s ca

n be

atta

in-

ed o

nly

by c

apab

le a

rchi

tect

s w

orki

ng h

arm

onio

usly

with

the

Bui

ldin

g an

d G

roun

ds C

omm

ittee

of

Duk

e U

nive

rsity

.T

his

com

mitt

ee h

as th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of f

inal

app

rova

l aft

er th

eir

reco

mm

enda

tions

are

acc

epte

d by

the

Boa

rd o

f T

rust

ees

ofD

uke

Uni

vers

ity.

For

the

purp

oses

of

this

des

ign

stud

y, it

was

dec

ided

to d

eal

prim

arily

with

the

wes

t cam

pus.

Thi

s w

as d

one

on th

e pr

em-

ise

that

it is

the

logi

cal a

rea

whe

re th

e m

ajor

fut

ure

grow

thsh

ould

occ

ur.

The

Wom

an's

Col

lege

or

"Col

onia

l Geo

rgia

n"pa

rt o

f th

e ca

mpu

s is

now

sep

arat

ed b

y di

stan

ce, a

nd w

illso

on b

e m

ore

isol

ated

by

prop

osed

fre

eway

s.T

he W

oman

'sC

olle

ge w

ill u

ndou

bted

ly c

ontin

ue to

ful

fill

its p

rese

nt r

ole

asan

impo

rtan

t par

t of

the

tota

l Duk

e ed

ucat

iona

l fac

ilitie

s, b

utan

y re

quir

ed a

dditi

ons

to it

sho

uld

evol

ve f

rom

the

plan

ning

and

arch

itect

ural

sty

le a

lrea

dy e

stab

lishe

d th

ere.

The

stu

dy is

pre

sent

ed in

two

part

s.Pa

rt 'A

' con

tain

s an

anal

ysis

of

the

char

acte

rist

ics

of th

e w

est c

ampu

s an

d re

c-om

men

datio

ns f

or d

esig

n cr

iteri

a w

hich

sho

uld

be in

corp

o-ra

ted

in f

utur

e pr

ojec

ts.

Part

'B' c

onta

ins

a ca

se s

tudy

il-

lust

ratin

g th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

thes

e cr

iteri

a to

a s

peci

fic

pro-

ject

:a

prop

osed

Gra

duat

e C

ente

r. -2

PAR

T A

AN

AL

YSI

S &

RE

CO

MM

EN

DA

TIO

NS

INV

EN

TO

RY

A li

stin

g of

cha

ract

eris

tics

of D

uke

may

be

of h

elp

in f

orm

u-la

ting

a co

mm

on b

asis

for

the

ensu

ing

conc

lusi

ons

of th

is r

e-po

rt: L

arge

trac

ts o

f la

nd -

- am

ple

for

the

expa

nsio

nof

agr

owin

g un

iver

sity

.

Bea

utif

ul, r

ollin

g te

rrai

n,de

nsel

y w

oode

d an

d su

-pe

rbl

y la

ndsc

aped

.

Stro

ng a

rchi

tect

ural

uni

ty th

roug

h st

eadf

ast

adhe

r-en

ce to

a f

orm

al a

xial

pla

n,an

d co

nsis

tent

use

of

mat

eria

ls.

A m

agni

fice

nt c

hape

l --

sym

bolic

and

aw

e-in

spir

-in

g on

a g

rand

sca

le.

An

attr

activ

e w

oman

's c

olle

ge -

- or

derl

y an

d co

n-ta

ined

.

An

outs

tand

ing

repu

tatio

n as

the

scho

larl

y in

stitu

-tio

n of

the

sout

heas

t.

Des

ire

for

a st

rong

mas

ter

plan

to p

rom

ote

futu

regr

owth

with

ord

er a

nd b

eaut

y.

The

pub

lic im

age

of D

uke

as a

bea

utif

ul u

nive

rsity

cam

pus.

Tw

o se

para

te b

ut c

onne

cted

cam

puse

s se

rvin

g on

est

uden

t bod

y.

A r

ow o

f un

rela

ted

new

red

bri

ck b

uild

ings

on

the

wes

tern

per

imet

er o

f th

e ca

mpu

s.

Seve

ral a

rchi

tect

ural

sty

les

-- a

ll of

whi

ch a

re u

n-sa

tisfa

ctor

y as

a c

ontin

uing

mot

if f

or d

iffe

rent

reas

ons:

fun

ctio

n, a

esth

etic

s or

eco

nom

y.-3

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sai

TH

E P

AST

Duk

e U

nive

rsity

is c

omm

itted

to q

ualit

y in

edu

catio

n an

d ar

-ch

itect

ure.

Pos

sess

ing

one

of th

e m

ost b

eaut

iful

site

s in

the

coun

try,

thos

e w

ho e

stab

lishe

d th

e w

est c

ampu

s se

emed

de-

term

ined

that

the

orig

inal

bui

ldin

gs s

houl

d m

atch

the

beau

tyof

this

set

ting.

It w

as p

atte

rned

aft

er o

ther

eas

tern

cam

puse

sbu

t with

a c

hara

cter

uni

quel

y its

ow

n. T

he b

uild

ings

wer

e de

-si

gned

fro

m th

e ou

tsid

e in

, str

ivin

g m

ore

for

beau

ty th

an f

orfu

nctio

n an

d ec

onom

y. T

he g

oal w

as r

ealiz

ed.

The

cen

tral

spac

es h

ave

few

pee

rs in

col

legi

ate

plan

ning

for

bea

uty

and

orde

r. B

ut m

inim

izin

g th

e fu

nctio

nal a

spec

ts h

as m

ade

nec-

essa

ry e

xten

sive

ren

ovat

ion

or p

lann

edre

nova

tion

of a

lmos

tal

l the

ori

gina

l bui

ldin

gs a

t an

exor

bita

ntly

hig

h co

st.

Whe

n th

e or

igin

al b

uild

ings

wer

e bu

ilt a

roun

d a

rigi

d fo

rmal

plan

, the

pro

blem

of

grow

th w

as a

dis

tant

one

.T

hey

wer

ebu

ilt in

an

era

whe

n th

e ex

pans

ion

of e

duca

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s w

assl

ow a

nd n

eeds

eas

ily f

ores

een.

Tod

ay a

mor

e fl

exib

le a

tti-

tude

is r

equi

red

in w

hich

we

acce

pt r

apid

gro

wth

and

cha

nge

as th

e no

rmal

pro

cess

of

even

tsan

d pl

an w

ith a

fle

xibi

lity

that

allo

ws

futu

re d

ecis

ions

rat

her

than

dic

tate

s th

em.

The

ris

ing

cost

of

dupl

iCat

ing

the

orig

inal

arc

hite

ctur

al s

tyle

,al

ong

with

its

func

tiona

l sho

rtco

min

gs b

roug

ht a

dem

and

for

mor

e ec

onom

ical

con

stru

ctio

n an

d a

mor

ew

orka

ble

plan

t.T

he c

ompl

etio

n of

the

Got

hic

quad

rang

le c

ondi

tione

d th

e fe

el-

ing

that

adh

eren

ce to

the

orig

inal

sty

le w

as n

o lo

nger

req

uir-

ed to

ach

ieve

aes

thet

ic s

atis

fact

ion.

A r

ecen

t pla

n so

ught

tosa

tisfy

thes

e co

nsid

erat

ions

by

esta

blis

hing

a "

gree

nbel

t" o

rvi

sual

bar

rier

bey

ond

whi

ch f

reed

om to

bui

ld w

ithou

t ded

i-ca

tion

to a

sty

le w

ould

be

perm

itted

. How

ever

, it h

as n

owbe

en r

ealiz

ed th

at th

e re

sulti

ng d

iver

gent

bui

ldin

g ty

pesc

an-

not l

ive

com

patib

ly o

n th

e sa

me

cam

pus

even

whe

n no

t vie

w-

ed s

imul

tane

ousl

y. U

nity

of

envi

ronm

ent a

nd u

nity

of

aca-

dem

ic p

urpo

se a

nd id

eals

are

not

that

eas

ily s

epar

ated

.-4

-

1

TH

E F

UT

UR

E

A c

ampu

s is

com

pose

d of

ext

erio

r ro

oms

as w

ell a

s in

teri

orro

oms.

Any

time

mor

e th

an o

ne b

uild

ing

is b

uilt,

an

exte

rior

spac

e is

for

med

whi

ch m

ay b

e m

ore

impo

rtan

t in

esta

blis

h-in

g th

e en

viro

nmen

t tha

n th

e bu

ildin

gs th

emse

lves

. The

qua

d-ra

ngle

of

the

Got

hic

cam

pus

illus

trat

es th

is p

oint

viv

idly

,an

d ju

stif

ies

the

belie

f th

at f

utur

e pl

acem

ent o

f bu

ildin

gssh

ould

als

o st

imul

ate

the

crea

tion

of g

ood

spac

es, a

ppro

ache

san

d vi

stas

. Fut

ure

plan

s sh

ould

be

conc

erne

d w

ith a

ppro

pri-

aten

ess

-- to

site

and

fun

ctio

n as

wel

l as

to m

ater

ials

and

styl

e, f

or th

e si

ting

of th

e bu

ildin

gs d

icta

tes

the

form

and

or-

gani

zatio

n of

thes

e im

port

ant o

utdo

or r

oom

s. T

he n

ew c

am-

pus

plan

mus

t dea

l with

the

chal

leng

e of

dev

elop

ing

seco

ndar

ygr

oups

of b

uild

ings

inte

rcon

nect

ed b

y bo

th n

atur

al a

nd m

an-

mad

e la

ndsc

ape

elem

ents

as

visu

al li

nks

betw

een

grou

ps.

Such

pla

nnin

g sh

ould

pro

mot

e co

hesi

vene

ss o

f th

eca

mpu

s an

dre

cogn

ition

of

the

visu

al r

elat

ions

hips

and

com

posi

tion

of th

ebu

ildin

gs th

at e

xist

.T

he f

our

red

bric

k bu

ildin

gs r

ecen

tlybu

ilt m

ade

no s

uch

atte

mpt

to d

efin

e ex

teri

orsp

aces

into

quad

rang

les

or e

xter

ior

room

s.

So f

ar, w

e ha

ve d

iscu

ssed

gen

eric

ally

the

pred

icam

ent o

fD

uke

Uni

vers

ity.

Now

we

will

pro

ceed

to s

peci

fic

item

sw

hich

sho

uld

poin

t tow

ard

the

evol

utio

n of

a n

ew e

ra o

f ar

-ch

itect

ural

pla

nnin

g an

d be

auty

for

the

cam

pus.

It s

houl

d be

emph

asiz

ed a

gain

, how

ever

, tha

t the

suc

cess

ful u

se o

f th

isan

alys

is w

ill b

e de

pend

ent o

n ho

w w

ell t

he a

bove

poi

nts

are

follo

wed

. Fir

st, t

he p

rogr

amm

ing

and

sitin

g of

the

build

ings

mus

t be

righ

t --

then

the

arch

itect

ure

can

rein

forc

e th

e ch

oice

.Fo

rev

ery

hund

red

men

who

kno

w h

ow to

bui

ld a

wal

l, on

lyon

e kn

ows

whe

re to

put

it."

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IMI=

1, 1

OU

TD

OO

R R

OO

MS

UN

DE

FIN

ED

SPA

CE

I

,

In th

e fo

llow

ing

disc

ussi

ons

and

illus

trat

ions

of

the

dive

rgen

tel

emen

ts o

f D

uke

arch

itect

ure,

evi

denc

e w

ill b

e fo

llow

edto

esse

nce,

and

fro

m th

is e

ssen

ce th

e di

rect

ion

will

be

poin

ted

to s

olut

ions

.In

stea

d of

fin

ding

the

solu

tion,

a ch

oice

of

so-

lutio

ns s

houl

d sp

ring

fro

m th

e gr

eate

st o

f in

divi

dual

izin

gso

urce

s --

imag

inat

ion.

It s

houl

d no

t com

e fr

om th

ere

pe-

titio

n of

Geo

rgia

n br

ick

build

ings

or s

tone

Got

hic

per

se.

The

se s

tyle

s sh

ould

not

be

a re

fuge

for

an e

xped

ient

sol

utio

nbu

t rat

her

serv

e as

a s

timul

us f

ora

dire

ctio

n. T

he f

inal

se-

lect

ion

of e

ach

proj

ect d

esig

n m

ust r

esul

t fro

m th

ough

tful

part

icip

atio

n by

Bui

ldin

g C

omm

ittee

, clie

nt, a

nd a

rchi

tect

inex

plor

ing

all t

he p

ossi

bilit

ies

sugg

este

d by

the

func

tiona

lpr

ogra

m a

nd th

e sp

irit

of th

e D

uke

cam

pus.

The

ess

ence

of

the

Got

hic

styl

e ca

n se

rve

as th

e sp

ring

boar

d fo

r ap

erio

d in

the

build

ing

grow

th o

f D

uke

that

will

equ

al a

nd p

erha

psex

cel

that

whi

ch h

as g

one

befo

re.

The

ana

lysi

s an

d re

com

men

datio

nsar

e ar

rang

ed in

thre

ebr

oad

cate

gori

es:

(1)

CH

AR

AC

TE

R, o

r th

ees

senc

e of

the

envi

ronm

ent,

(2)

CO

MPO

NE

NT

S, o

r el

emen

ts w

hich

sha

peth

e en

viro

nmen

t, an

d (3

) C

OM

POSI

TIO

N,

or th

e ar

rang

e-m

ent a

nd a

ssem

bly

of th

e co

mpo

nent

s.

The

rec

omm

enda

tions

can

not b

e re

duce

d to

one

perm

anen

tfo

rmul

a de

vise

d to

set

the

styl

e of

Duk

e bu

ildin

gs. S

uch

anap

proa

ch h

as r

esul

ted

in th

e pr

esen

t dile

mm

a. W

hatw

edo

prop

ose

is to

sub

mit

an a

rchi

tect

ural

"vo

cabu

lary

" fr

omw

hich

to d

raw

com

pone

nts

and

sugg

estio

nsas

to h

ow th

eyco

uld

be c

ompo

sed

to a

chie

ve th

e de

sire

dca

mpu

s ch

arac

ter.

The

sel

ectio

n of

"w

ords

" fr

om th

is v

ocab

ular

y sh

ould

de-

pend

on

the

imag

inat

ion

of e

ach

arch

itect

and

the

Bui

ldin

gC

omm

ittee

as

they

sol

ve e

ach

indi

vidu

al b

uild

ing

prog

ram

.T

he c

hoic

e w

ould

als

o be

dep

ende

nton

loca

tion,

the

rela

tion-

ship

to e

xist

ing

Got

hic

build

ings

, and

topo

grap

hy. F

orex

-

1

Ct 11 ii

ampl

e, a

bui

ldin

g to

be

loca

ted

in a

val

ley

mig

htus

e a

pitc

hed

roof

, whe

re a

bui

ldin

g w

hich

wou

ldne

ver

be "

look

ed d

own

on"

coul

d ut

ilize

a f

lat r

oof

with

the

"bat

tlem

ent"

ref

lect

ed in

its

silh

ouet

te. A

bui

ldin

g to

be

loca

ted

with

in v

iew

of

exis

ting

Got

hic

build

ings

mig

ht f

ollo

w m

ore

clos

ely

the

exis

ting

pro-

port

ions

, col

or a

nd te

xtur

e th

an o

ne lo

cate

d el

sew

here

.Y

et,

with

in th

e di

scip

line

of th

is v

ocab

ular

y, th

e se

emin

gly

oppo

site

goal

s of

var

iety

and

uni

ty c

ould

be

achi

eved

, arc

hite

cts

coul

dar

rive

at i

mag

inat

ive

desi

gn s

olut

ions

, and

gen

eric

bui

ldin

gsco

uld

appe

ar o

n th

e ca

mpu

s, w

ithou

ta

loss

of

desi

gn c

onti-

nuity

.

Of

cour

se, t

he v

ocab

ular

y w

ill c

hang

eas

doe

ste

chno

logy

,ov

erco

min

g a

basi

c w

eakn

ess

of a

"st

yle

form

ula"

.O

bsol

ete

com

pone

nts

will

be

drop

ped

and

repl

aced

with

new

one

s w

hich

are

in k

eepi

ng w

ith th

e tim

es a

nd th

e D

uke

spir

it.Fo

r ex

-am

ple,

lead

ed g

lass

may

be

repl

aced

with

gray

gla

re r

educ

-in

g gl

ass,

laid

sto

ne w

alls

may

giv

ew

ay to

pre

cast

pan

els,

heav

y til

e or

lead

roo

fs m

ight

yie

ld to

a lig

htw

eigh

t mat

eria

lof

sim

ilar

appe

aran

ce.

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VA

UL

TS

LA

RG

E W

IND

OW

S

- _

CH

AR

AC

TE

R

The

ori

gina

l Got

hic

arch

itect

ure

had

its b

egin

ning

aro

und

the

mid

dle

of th

e tw

elft

h ce

ntur

y.T

he u

niqu

e st

ruct

ural

and

deco

rativ

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

this

sty

le f

ound

thei

r pu

rest

expr

essi

on in

the

cath

edra

ls, a

nd a

re f

amili

ar to

all:

hig

hro

ofs,

rib

bed

vaul

ts, t

he p

oint

ed a

rch,

larg

e w

indo

war

eas

divi

ded

by tr

acer

ies,

dec

orat

ive

stru

ctur

al a

nd f

unct

iona

lel

emen

ts, v

ertic

ality

inst

ead

of h

oriz

onta

lity.

All

thes

eha

ve a

ppea

red

in th

e fo

llow

ing

cent

urie

s in

rev

ival

aft

erre

-vi

val o

f th

e st

yle.

Bec

ause

its

vert

ical

exp

ress

ion

seem

edto

bes

t sym

boliz

e no

t onl

y lo

fty

spir

itual

aim

s bu

t the

equ

al-

ly h

igh

idea

ls o

f ed

ucat

ion

and

know

ledg

e, it

was

ado

pted

bym

any

univ

ersi

ties.

In

a pe

riod

of

ecle

ctic

ism

it w

as th

e lo

gi-

cal c

hoic

e be

caus

e of

the

prec

eden

ce o

f su

chun

iver

sitie

sas

Oxf

ord

and

Cam

brid

ge. W

ith th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f ve

rtic

ality

and

deep

roo

ts, u

nive

rsiti

es h

oped

to a

chie

ve "

inst

ant"

tra-

ditio

n. D

uke'

s de

cisi

on to

bui

ld in

this

sty

lew

as u

nder

sta

nd-

able

,an

d th

e re

ason

s be

hind

suc

h a

deci

sion

stil

lhav

ea

cer-

tain

val

idity

.

The

ori

gina

l bui

ldin

gs o

n th

e D

uke

wes

tca

mpu

s, a

nd n

otab

lyth

e ch

apel

, mos

t clo

sely

res

embl

e th

ose

built

ear

lyin

the

deco

rate

d G

othi

c pe

riod

of

Eng

lish

arch

itect

ure,

in th

e .1

4th

cent

ury.

Man

y of

the

colle

ges

on th

e O

xfor

d an

d C

ambr

idge

cam

puse

s w

ere

built

dur

ing

that

per

iod.

Alth

ough

man

y of

the

deta

ils o

f th

e D

uke

build

ings

are

fai

thfu

l to

the

Got

hic

trad

ition

, the

way

in w

hich

they

are

ass

embl

ed a

nd th

e ov

er-

all p

lan

depa

rt in

som

e im

port

ant

way

s fr

om b

asic

Got

hic

plan

ning

. Mos

t of

thes

e ar

e th

e re

sult

of th

e di

ffer

ence

inth

e ba

sic

appr

oach

. The

ori

gina

l Got

hic

build

ings

wer

e pl

an-

ned

from

the

insi

de o

ut, f

unct

iona

lly, a

ndw

ere

gene

rally

not s

ymm

etri

cal i

n ex

tern

al a

ppea

ranc

e. I

n th

e la

ter

revi

-va

ls a

n op

posi

te a

ppro

ach

was

use

d, w

ith f

unct

ions

for

ced

into

a "

Got

hic"

for

m. D

urin

g th

ispr

oces

s of

fac

ade

desi

gn

-8-

the

asym

met

eric

al a

spec

ts o

f th

e ea

rlie

r bu

ildin

gs(w

hich

had

thei

r re

ason

in th

e pl

an)

lost

thei

r si

gnif

ican

cean

d th

e fa

cade

ste

nded

to b

ecom

e m

ore

sym

met

eric

al. T

hesa

me

tend

ency

isap

pare

nt in

the

plan

arr

ange

men

ts o

f bu

ildin

ggr

oups

.

The

exa

ct d

uplic

atio

n of

Got

hic

deta

ils r

equi

res,

as it

did

inth

e fo

urte

enth

cen

tury

,a

high

leve

l of

hand

cra

ftsm

ansh

ipw

hich

is n

ot r

eadi

ly a

vaila

ble

toda

y. W

e do

have

ava

ilabl

e a

mac

hine

cra

ftsm

ansh

ip w

hich

is e

xcep

tiona

l in

man

y in

stan

ces.

Our

pro

blem

is to

ret

ain

the

qual

ity a

ndsp

irit

of G

othi

c ar

chi-

tect

ure

at D

uke

and

tran

slat

e it

into

pre

sent

-day

mat

eria

ls a

ndm

etho

ds w

ithou

t dep

artin

g fr

om th

eri

chne

ss, s

cale

and

bea

uty

of th

e pr

esen

tca

mpu

s bu

ildin

gs.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. The

esse

nce

of G

othi

c ar

chite

ctur

e w

as th

eho

nest

exp

ress

ion

of p

lan

and

stru

ctur

e, a

nd th

is f

unct

iona

lap

proa

ch m

ust b

e th

e de

term

inan

t of

the

futu

re a

rchi

tect

ural

char

acte

r. F

rom

this

fou

ndat

ion

the

use

of m

ater

ials

and

thei

ren

rich

men

t mus

t rec

aptu

re th

e co

nsis

tent

hum

an s

cale

and

the

grea

t var

iety

of

form

and

com

posi

tion,

alo

ngw

ith th

e un

ity o

fpr

opor

tion,

col

or, a

nd te

xtur

e w

hich

isth

e es

senc

e of

the

Got

hic

styl

e an

d of

the

Duk

eca

mpu

s. I

n br

ief,

fut

ure

build

-in

gs m

ust r

esul

t fro

ma

prob

lem

-sol

ving

app

roac

h w

hich

pays

defe

renc

e to

cer

tain

cha

ract

eris

tics

inhe

rent

in th

e or

igin

alG

othi

c bu

ildin

gs a

nd in

the

Duk

ear

chite

ctur

al tr

aditi

on. T

hese

inhe

rent

cha

ract

eris

tics

may

be

clas

sifi

ed a

s:

Ver

tical

ityH

uman

sca

leR

ichn

ess

Var

iety

Uni

ty

and

are

disc

usse

d in

gre

ater

deta

il on

the

follo

win

gpa

ges.

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Fore

shor

tene

d V

iew

of

Ver

tical

Ele

men

ts

_

VE

RT

ICA

LIT

Y

If a

rchi

tect

ural

des

ign

coul

d be

div

ided

into

two

cate

gori

es it

wou

ld b

e fo

und

that

mos

t bui

ldin

gs h

ave

eith

er a

hor

izon

tal o

rve

rtic

al e

xpre

ssio

n, w

heth

er a

ccom

plis

hed

by s

ize,

scal

e,st

ruct

ure

or f

enes

trat

ion.

The

ver

tical

sug

gest

s th

e no

ble,

the

dram

atic

, the

asp

irin

g...

the

hori

zont

al s

ugge

sts

sere

ni-

ty, r

epos

e, e

arth

ines

s.T

he r

oman

tic c

hoic

e of

the

vert

ical

for

Duk

e se

ems

appr

opri

ate

to th

e ai

ms

of th

e un

iver

sity

and

one

whi

ch is

cal

led

for

by th

e la

ndsc

ape

and

dens

e pi

ne f

or-

ests

. The

tall

vert

ical

bun

dles

of

tree

trun

ks c

ompl

emen

t the

vert

ical

ele

men

ts o

f th

e G

othi

c-de

sign

ed b

uild

ings

.T

he e

le-

men

ts th

at e

stab

lish

this

ver

tical

fee

ling

are

the

"mea

suri

ng"

devi

ces

with

in a

n es

sent

ially

hor

izon

tal c

ompo

sitio

n--

- th

eve

rtic

al p

ropo

rtio

n of

win

dow

s, p

anel

s, s

hado

ws,

tow

ers

orst

ruct

ure.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. The

ver

tical

fee

ling

shou

ld b

e ex

pres

sed

whe

reve

r po

ssib

le a

nd e

mph

asiz

ed w

here

fea

sibl

e. C

onsi

der-

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

the

fore

shor

tene

d vi

ew o

ne w

ill s

eew

hile

wal

king

pas

t the

bui

ldin

gs.

It is

in th

ese

fore

shor

tene

dvi

ews

that

the

vert

ical

impa

ct is

mos

t not

icab

le in

the

quad

-ra

ngle

, as

plan

pro

ject

ions

, pila

ster

s, a

nd g

able

d bu

ildin

gen

ds c

atch

the

eye.

The

ver

tical

ele

men

ts m

ost r

eadi

ly e

x-pr

esse

d ar

e co

lum

ns. P

lan

com

pone

nts

such

as

stai

r to

wer

s,pi

pe c

hase

s, v

ario

us ty

pes

of r

oom

s m

ay b

e of

f-se

t to

achi

eve

a ve

rtic

al b

reak

in th

e bu

ildin

g an

d ca

st v

ertic

al s

hado

ws

onad

jace

nt s

urfa

ces.

All

entit

ies

such

as

win

dow

s, d

oors

and

wal

l pan

els

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

a ve

rtic

al p

ropo

rtio

nwhe

resi

ble.

Whe

re th

e ov

eral

l wid

th o

f a

grou

p of

win

dow

s or

doo

rsex

ceed

s th

eir

heig

ht, t

hey

shou

ld b

e de

taile

d to

rea

d vi

sual

lyas

a g

roup

of

vert

ical

ly p

ropo

rtio

ned

entit

ies

rath

er th

an a

son

e ho

rizo

ntal

ele

men

t.

-10-

SCA

LE

The

ove

r-al

l sca

le o

fth

e ca

mpu

s w

ill d

epen

dul

timat

ely

onw

heth

er th

e un

iver

sity

plan

will

be

base

d on

ape

dest

rian

scal

e or

an

auto

mob

ilesc

ale.

The

dis

tanc

es in

the

exis

ting

Got

hic

quad

rang

le a

repe

dest

rian

dis

tanc

es a

nd it

ispo

ssib

lefo

r th

e ca

mpu

s to

gro

w in

such

a w

ay a

s to

mai

ntai

nth

is r

e-la

tions

hip.

Alth

ough

the

univ

ersi

ty p

osse

sses

eno

ugh

land

tosp

read

out

in a

ll di

rect

ions

,th

ere

may

be

a go

od r

easo

n to

plan

for

hig

her

stud

ent

dens

ity s

o th

at th

e pe

dest

rian

scal

e of

the

cam

pus

can

bere

tain

ed.

If th

e au

tom

obile

dic

tate

sth

e ca

mpu

s sc

ale,

it c

ould

beco

me

a sp

raw

ling,

disc

onne

cted

and

unr

elat

edsc

hem

e. W

hen

this

happ

ens,

a c

ampu

s ta

kes

on a

"fill

ing

stat

ion"

cha

ract

er,

ina

sens

e,w

ith B

iolo

gy a

nd E

ngin

eeri

ngin

stea

d of

Tex

aco

and

Hum

ble.

The

des

ign

of th

eou

tdoo

r ro

oms

beco

mes

an

entir

e-ly

dif

fere

nt m

atte

r if

they

are

to b

e a

view

fro

m a

spee

ding

auto

mob

ile, i

nste

ad o

f a

spac

ein

whi

ch p

eopl

e w

alk.

Whe

n ap

proa

chin

g th

e ca

mpu

s,th

e sc

ale

is d

omin

ated

by

the

cent

rally

loca

ted

chap

el s

pire

and

the

mas

s of

the

med

ical

grou

p to

the

nort

heas

t. T

o co

mpl

ete

this

com

posi

tion

of d

is-

tant

sca

le s

ome

tall

elem

ents

may

be

need

ed to

the

sout

h.T

he in

divi

dual

sca

le o

f th

eol

der

build

ings

is f

aith

ful t

oth

eG

othi

c, w

hich

was

bas

ed o

nth

e si

ze o

f a

man

's h

and.

The

hum

an h

and

can

span

alm

ost a

nyun

it of

a G

othi

c bu

ildin

g.T

his

is o

ne o

f th

e ro

ots

of it

sap

peal

and

the

reas

on th

at e

ven

the

loft

iest

cat

hedr

alst

ill r

etai

n a

sens

e of

hum

an s

cale

.T

he la

rger

ele

men

ts a

ndth

e pr

opor

tions

are

gene

rally

no

larg

er th

an th

e he

ight

and

wid

th o

f a

man

. Thi

s al

so e

x-pl

ains

why

the

Got

hic

styl

e is

ast

yle

that

per

mits

a h

ouse

and

a ca

thed

ral t

o be

equ

ally

succ

essf

ul w

here

sca

le is

the

cons

ider

atio

n,

PED

EST

RIA

N S

CA

LE

AU

TO

MO

BIL

E S

CA

LE

HU

MA

N S

CA

LE

--

Han

d -S

ized

Uni

ts

1' rR tI [11

11

Gro

upin

g of

Sm

alle

r E

lem

ents

Mai

ntai

ns H

uman

Sca

le.

ru-n

-inz

infu

trIn

n

ioi

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, t

he h

uman

sca

le h

as b

een

lost

in s

ome

of th

em

ore

rece

nt s

tone

bui

ldin

gs, w

here

mas

sive

wal

ls w

ithou

ten

rich

men

t or

relie

f be

com

e ov

erpo

wer

ing

inst

ead

of in

ti-m

ate

in s

cale

.

Mas

sive

, Unr

elie

ved

Wal

ls O

verp

ower

The

Hum

an F

igur

e.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

.In

all

view

s th

e bu

ildin

gs m

ust r

eadi

lyre

late

to th

e hu

man

bei

ng.

Thi

s re

latio

n to

hum

an s

cale

can

be m

ost r

eadi

ly a

chie

ved

at th

e le

vel o

f th

e sm

alle

r sy

m-

met

rica

l ent

ities

suc

h as

win

dow

s an

d do

ors.

It is

at t

his

leve

l tha

t peo

ple

rela

te m

ore

quic

kly

and

pers

onal

ly. W

hen

thes

e co

mpo

nent

s m

ust o

ccur

in la

rge

num

bers

they

sho

uld

be g

roup

ed a

nd d

etai

led

to r

ead

as h

uman

siz

ed a

nd u

sabl

eel

emen

ts. P

lace

men

t as

dete

rmin

ed b

y fu

nctio

n ra

ther

than

for

sym

met

ry w

ill u

sual

ly r

einf

orce

the

hum

an s

cale

.L

arge

,un

inte

rrup

ted

plan

es s

houl

d be

bro

ken

up in

to m

ore

hum

ansi

ze e

lem

ents

thro

ugh

emph

asis

of

join

ts, s

hado

ws,

and

the

size

and

text

ure

of th

e un

its o

r ag

greg

ate

used

. A s

tead

fast

expr

essi

on o

f th

e st

ruct

ure

will

als

o he

lp p

reve

nt m

assi

vean

d in

hum

an s

cale

.

.,

RIC

HN

ESS

Orn

amen

t and

dec

orat

ion

wer

e es

sent

ial f

eatu

res

of th

e or

i-gi

nal G

othi

c st

yle

and

wer

e us

ed in

the

build

ings

her

e.In

each

suc

ceed

ing

build

ing

one

obse

rves

the

dim

inut

ion

of o

rna-

men

t bec

ause

of

the

proh

ibiti

ve c

ost

of d

uplic

atin

g th

e or

nate

carv

ings

des

igne

d fo

r ha

nd c

raft

smen

,an

d no

w b

eing

exe

cut-

ed b

y m

achi

ne p

rodu

ctio

n. A

s th

e or

nam

enta

tion

decr

ease

dso

did

the

rich

ness

of

the

styl

e.Pl

ain

win

dow

s se

t int

o pl

ain

wal

ls s

uffe

r by

com

pari

son

with

thei

r si

ster

bui

ldin

gsan

dgi

ve th

e im

pres

sion

of p

riso

n-lik

e se

veri

ty a

gain

st a

bac

k-gr

ound

of

rich

ness

.

Con

tem

pora

ry a

rchi

tect

ure

ofte

nfa

irs

to s

olve

this

pro

blem

of th

e de

sire

for

dec

orat

ive

qual

ity w

ithin

the

boun

ds o

fbu

dget

lim

itatio

ns.

The

pop

ular

ity o

f th

e su

n sc

reen

that

swep

t the

cou

ntry

was

one

inst

ance

of

this

, whe

re th

e gr

ille'

sro

le a

s a

sun

cont

rol d

evic

e be

cam

e se

cond

ary

toits

use

as

a m

eans

to e

nric

h th

e st

yle.

Orn

amen

t is

a m

eans

of

givi

ngde

fini

tion

and

hum

an s

cale

to a

com

pone

nt o

f th

e ar

chite

ctur

e.W

ithou

t it,

build

ings

bec

ome

scal

eles

s, a

nd li

fele

ss .

Pre

s -

ent-

day

sta

ndar

ds d

o no

t dem

and

the

sam

e ab

unda

nce

of o

rna-

men

t tha

t som

e pr

eced

ing

styl

es h

ad, b

ut a

sen

seof

hum

ansc

ale

and

prop

ortio

n is

stil

l a r

equi

site

.A

n es

sent

ial t

rait

of G

othi

c or

nam

ent w

as th

e "u

nder

cutti

ng"

of th

e pa

rts

to g

ive

cris

p an

d lin

ear

shad

ows

of s

mal

l sca

le.

Thi

s in

crea

sed

the

effe

ct o

f th

e in

terp

lay

of p

lane

s in

ligh

t,sh

ade

and

shad

ow. T

his

can

still

be

done

toda

y, b

ut in

sha

pes

mor

e ad

apte

d to

mac

hine

exe

cutio

nan

d m

oder

n co

nstr

uctio

n.

Got

hic

orna

men

t was

nev

er a

pplie

d su

rfac

e de

cora

tion

but

rath

er e

nric

hmen

t of

esse

ntia

l ele

men

ts. T

here

is a

par

al-

lel b

etw

een

this

and

con

tem

pora

ry o

rnam

ent i

n w

hich

orn

a-m

ent a

ssum

es a

new

voc

abul

ary

and

expr

essi

ondi

ctat

ed b

yth

e m

etho

ds o

f its

con

stru

ctio

n. S

truc

ture

, joi

nery

and

term

i-na

tion

poin

ts b

ecom

e th

e or

nam

ent o

f pr

esen

t-da

y bu

ildin

g.-1

3-

r

SEV

ER

ITY

Has

Rep

lace

d R

ichn

ess

SUN

SCR

EE

NG

RIL

LE

<,r

4^ "

UN

DE

RC

UT

OR

NA

ME

NT

GO

TH

IC O

RN

AM

EN

T

Enr

ichm

ent o

f E

ssen

tial E

lem

ents

For

inst

ance

, ins

tead

of

unde

rcut

mol

ding

s, th

e cr

eatio

n of

void

s be

twee

n m

ater

ials

in th

e fo

rm o

f re

veal

s re

info

rces

and

clar

ifie

s th

e pl

anes

of

cont

empo

rary

arc

hite

ctur

e.T

his

deco

ratio

n is

an

inte

gral

par

t of

the

desi

gn o

ccur

ring

at

plac

es w

here

ther

e is

a c

hang

e of

mat

eria

ls, a

cha

nge

of d

i-re

ctio

n or

the

mee

ting

of th

e bu

ildin

g w

ith th

e gr

ound

.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

.T

he r

ichn

ess,

or d

ecor

atio

n of

fut

ure

build

ings

sho

uld

be a

n ex

tens

ion

of th

e G

othi

c tr

aditi

onof

enri

chm

ent o

f es

sent

ial e

lem

ents

.T

his

can

be d

one

thro

ugh

emph

asis

on

deco

rativ

e tr

eatm

ent o

f st

ruct

ure,

join

ery,

shad

ows

and

text

ures

.T

he s

ize

and

text

ure

of m

ason

ryun

its o

r ex

pose

d ag

greg

ate,

trea

tmen

t of

win

dow

fra

min

gan

d do

or h

ardw

are,

the

desi

gn o

f w

ater

dra

inag

e fe

atur

es,

can

all b

e -

hand

led

in w

ays

tLat

enr

ich

with

out o

sten

tatio

n or

artif

ical

ity.

-14-

D D

1 U

I L U

VA

RIE

TY

AN

D U

NIT

Y

The

mor

e ex

tens

ive

the

anal

ysis

of

Duk

e ar

chite

ctur

e be

-ca

me,

the

mor

e va

riet

y w

as r

evea

led.

With

in th

e fr

ame-

wor

k of

uni

ty e

stab

lishe

d by

the

basi

c m

ater

ials

and

Got

hic

styl

e, a

clo

se in

spec

tion

unco

vers

an

amaz

ing

vari

ety

ofbu

ildin

g he

ight

s, p

lan

arra

ngem

ents

, roo

f ty

pes,

win

dow

and

door

siz

es a

nd ty

pes,

and

a w

ealth

of

orna

men

tal f

ea-

ture

s.T

his

vari

ety

is c

lose

ly r

elat

ed to

the

rich

ness

and

hum

an s

cale

of

the

arch

itect

ure.

It is

fur

ther

em

phas

ized

in c

erta

in v

iew

s of

the

jagg

ed s

ilhou

ette

of

the

Duk

e sk

ylin

e.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. With

mod

ern

tech

nolo

gy th

ere

will

tend

to b

e le

ss v

arie

ty in

win

dow

and

doo

r ty

pes,

and

mor

e un

i-fo

rmity

in c

onst

ruct

ion.

The

rug

ged

info

rmal

ity o

f m

ost

futu

re b

uild

ing

site

s w

ill te

nd to

off

set t

his.

Eve

ryop

por-

tuni

ty s

houl

d be

take

n to

rec

all t

he v

arie

ty o

f th

e G

othi

cbu

ildin

gs, i

n pl

an a

rran

gem

ents

and

win

dow

gro

upin

gs, i

nbu

ildin

g he

ight

s an

d si

lhou

ette

s, v

arie

d st

ruct

ural

bay

s an

din

the

expr

essi

on o

f th

e va

ried

fun

ctio

ns b

eing

car

ried

onw

ithin

.T

his

vari

ety

mus

t be

capt

ured

in th

e ou

tdoo

r spa

ces

form

ed a

s w

ell a

s in

the

build

ings

them

selv

es.

In a

ppar

ent c

ontr

ast t

o va

riet

ya

stro

ng tr

aditi

on o

f vi

sual

unity

mus

t be

cont

inue

d. P

erha

ps th

e fa

ct th

at th

eva

riet

yis

a c

onsi

sten

t fea

ture

act

ually

rei

nfor

ces

the

unity

. Oth

erun

ifyi

ng f

eatu

res

will

be

in th

eus

e of

mat

eria

ls, t

he v

er-

tical

exp

ress

ion,

con

sist

ent h

uman

sca

le a

nd s

truc

tura

lex

-pr

essi

on, a

nd in

the

care

ful d

esig

n of

out

door

spac

es a

ndvi

stas

whi

ch w

eave

a th

read

of

cont

inui

ty th

roug

hout

the

cam

pus.

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GE

D S

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TE

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NT

S

The

var

ious

bui

ldin

g co

mpo

nent

s ar

e th

e "v

ocab

ular

y" w

ithw

hich

the

desi

red

char

acte

r m

ust b

e st

ruct

ured

.In

a li

kese

nse

the

build

ings

them

selv

es a

re th

e co

mpo

nent

s of

the

tota

l spa

tial d

efin

ition

.T

he c

hoic

e of

mos

t of

the

build

ing

com

pone

nts

mus

t res

t with

the

indi

vidu

al a

rchi

tect

s an

dB

uild

ing

Com

mitt

ee w

ho m

ust d

esig

n bu

ildin

gs to

sol

ve c

er-

tain

pro

blem

s.H

owev

er, c

erta

in o

f th

e co

mpo

nent

s w

illha

ve th

e m

ost t

o do

with

the

exte

rnal

app

eara

nce

of th

e bu

ild-

ings

, and

the

se s

houl

d be

cho

sen

with

two

impo

rtan

t con

side

r -at

ions

in m

ind:

(1)

To

solv

e th

e pr

ogra

m r

equi

rem

ents

of

the

part

icul

ar b

uild

ing,

and

, (2)

To

brin

g th

e bu

ildin

g in

to f

ocus

as a

har

mon

ious

ele

men

t of

the

tota

l cam

pus

envi

ronm

ent.

We

hope

that

the

follo

win

g su

gges

tions

will

enc

ompa

ss s

uf-

fici

ent f

lexi

bilit

y to

off

er a

n ap

prop

riat

e an

swer

to b

oth

re-

quir

emen

ts, a

nd w

ill a

llow

the

arch

itect

s to

be

crea

tive

inbo

th th

e fu

nctio

nal a

nd a

esth

etic

pha

ses

of p

lann

ing.

-16-

c C E 1..] L. 0 I] 0 C I C

STR

UC

TU

RE

The

bas

is o

f G

othi

c ar

chite

ctur

e w

asst

ruct

ural

inno

vatio

nan

dthe

bui

ldin

gs e

xpre

ssed

thei

rst

ruct

ural

ele

men

ts v

isua

l-ly

, rat

her

than

cov

erin

g th

em u

p.T

he b

asic

str

uctu

ral e

le-

men

ts w

ere

the

poin

ted

arch

and

ribb

ed v

aults

, with

the

arch

load

s ca

rrie

d to

the

grou

nd b

yco

lum

ns a

nd v

ario

us ty

pes

ofbu

ttres

ses.

The

se b

uttr

esse

s w

ere

ofte

nw

eigh

ted

dow

n by

pinn

acle

s to

ena

ble

them

to a

bsor

b ev

en g

reat

erth

rust

.T

hebu

ttres

ses

usua

lly p

roje

cted

out

from

the

exte

rior

wal

l sur

-fa

ces

and

cast

sha

dow

s on

the

wal

ls w

hich

fur

ther

hei

ghte

ned

the

vert

ical

eff

ect.

The

cap

itals

and

col

umns

wer

e sh

aped

by th

e fo

rm o

f th

e ri

bbed

arc

hes

rest

ing

on th

em. T

he s

yste

mw

as b

asic

ally

skel

eton

con

stru

ctio

n as

we

know

it to

day,

with

non-

load

bea

ring

wal

ls a

ndw

indo

ws

filli

ng in

bet

wee

n th

est

ruct

ural

ele

men

ts.

Man

y of

the

orig

inal

Duk

e bu

ildin

gsan

d es

peci

ally

the

chap

elbr

ing

fort

h th

e st

ruct

ural

exp

ress

ion

in tr

ue G

othi

c fo

rm,

but s

ome

of th

e st

one

build

ings

fail

to e

xpre

ss th

eir

stru

c-tu

re c

onsi

sten

tly.

Thi

s m

ay b

e du

e in

par

t to

the

blen

ding

qual

ities

of

the

ston

e, w

hich

cov

ers

colu

mn

and

wal

l alik

e,an

d in

par

t bec

ause

of

the

use

of s

mal

l win

dow

s in

man

yw

alls

, whi

ch g

ive

them

a m

assi

ve,

stru

ctur

eap

pear

ance

.E

ven

whe

re b

uttr

esse

s pr

ojec

t fro

mth

e w

alls

t ey

oft

en c

on-

vey

the

appe

aran

ceth

at th

ey w

ere

appl

ied

rath

erth

an in

-he

rent

str

uctu

re. T

he u

se o

f co

ntra

stin

gw

hite

lim

esto

ne o

nth

e ar

ches

has

cap

ture

d th

e st

ruct

ural

qual

ity o

f th

is f

orm

,bu

t in

man

y ca

ses

the

expr

essi

onof

ver

tical

sup

port

is lo

st.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. In

any

cont

inua

tion

of th

e G

othi

c st

yle

the

stru

ctur

e, a

nd e

spec

ially

the

vert

ical

ele

men

ts o

r co

l-um

ns, m

ust b

eco

nsis

tent

ly a

nd e

mph

atic

ally

expr

esse

d.O

ne o

r m

ore

of th

e fo

llow

ing

tech

niqu

es m

ay b

e em

ploy

ed,

depe

ndin

g on

indi

vidu

al b

uild

ing

requ

irem

ents

:

-17-

VA

UL

T

CO

LU

MN

BU

T T

RE

SS

AR

CH

INH

ER

EN

T S

TR

UC

TU

RE

UN

DE

FIN

ED

ST

RU

CT

UR

E

,.

CO

LU

MN

S T

UR

NE

D 4

Plan

Ele

vatio

n

VA

RIE

D S

TR

UC

TU

RA

L B

AY

S

ffi S. CO

LU

MN

S A

ND

WA

LL

S O

FD

IFFE

RE

NT

MA

TE

RIA

LS

1.C

olum

ns m

ight

be

turn

ed 4

5 de

gree

s to

the

wal

lpl

ane

and

proj

ecte

d on

e-ha

lf o

f th

eir

wid

th to

the

exte

rior

of

the

wal

l to

reca

ll th

e qu

ality

of

smal

l col

umns

bun

dled

toge

ther

.

2.W

here

pla

n co

nsid

erat

ion

allo

w, t

wo

stru

ctur

alba

ys o

f di

ffer

ent d

imen

sion

cou

ld b

e es

tabl

ishe

dan

d re

peat

ed to

acc

omm

odat

e di

ffer

ent i

nter

ior

spac

e re

quir

emen

ts (

i.e.,

bedr

oom

s an

d ba

th-

room

s), t

hus

addi

ng v

arie

ty o

f fu

nctio

nal

ex-

pres

sion

and

ver

tical

ity to

the

exte

rior

.

3.T

he m

ater

ial u

sed

for

colu

mns

cou

ld b

e di

ffer

-en

t fro

m th

at u

sed

for

the

wal

l pla

nes

betw

een

colu

mns

.T

his

wou

ld g

ive

both

str

uctu

ral a

ndve

rtic

al e

mph

asis

, but

it s

houl

d be

poi

nted

out

that

this

wou

ld b

e a

depa

rtur

e fr

om th

e ex

ist-

ing

expr

essi

on (

at le

ast o

n th

e ex

teri

or)

and

wou

ld n

ot r

elat

e as

clo

sely

to e

xist

ing

build

ings

.

4.C

olum

ns (

even

if s

truc

tura

l ste

el c

olum

ns a

rere

quir

ed)

coul

d be

cla

d in

mas

onry

cove

rs.

Such

cov

erin

g w

ould

be

requ

ired

for

fir

epro

of-

ing

And

sho

uld

be e

xpre

ssed

as

a se

para

te e

ntity

for

inte

grity

.

5.T

he a

rch

form

, so

inhe

rent

to G

othi

c st

ruct

ure,

coul

d be

rec

alle

d th

roug

h m

oder

n te

chno

logy

inpr

ecas

t sto

ne o

r ev

en in

oth

er m

ater

ials

, as

afu

nctio

nal m

etho

d of

spa

nnin

g w

indo

w a

nd d

oor

open

ings

, or

as a

roo

f st

ruct

ure.

Thi

s w

ould

be e

spec

ially

app

licab

le a

t arc

ades

or

conn

ec-

tions

bet

wee

n bu

ildin

g un

its.

-18-

U

IL

i u

I

MA

TE

RIA

LS

The

thou

ghtf

ul o

rgan

izat

ion

of s

pace

s an

d sk

illfu

l exe

cutio

nof

a b

uild

ing

desi

gn a

re m

ore

impo

rtan

t con

side

ratio

ns th

anth

e ch

oice

of

mat

eria

ls. T

he m

ater

ials

cho

sen

can

rein

forc

e,ra

ther

than

det

erm

ine,

the

arch

itect

ural

cha

ract

er in

mod

ern

times

whe

n su

ch a

var

iety

of

mat

eria

ls is

ava

ilabl

e. E

ven

so, t

he c

ampu

ses

whi

ch a

ppea

r to

hav

e th

e m

ost h

omog

eneo

usqu

ality

are

thos

e su

ch a

s D

uke

whe

re th

e sa

me

mat

eria

lsha

ve b

een

empl

oyed

reg

ardl

ess

of s

tyle

cha

nges

. Con

sist

ent

use

of a

mat

eria

l with

a s

tron

g vi

sual

impa

ct p

rovi

des

a un

i-fy

ing

forc

e an

d in

som

e in

stan

ces

impl

ies

a co

ntin

uity

of

styl

ew

hich

doe

sn't

real

ly e

xist

.

The

terr

ain

of th

e ca

mpu

s di

ctat

es a

phy

sica

l sep

arat

ion

offu

ture

add

ition

s an

d ca

lls f

or u

nity

with

in th

ese

new

gro

ups

as w

ell a

s co

nsid

erat

ion

for

the

esse

nce

of th

e st

yle

alre

ady

begu

n. T

he s

tone

fro

m D

uke'

s qu

arry

wou

ld b

e on

e m

ater

ial

that

cou

ld b

e co

ntin

ued

to in

sure

har

mon

y of

the

old

with

the

new

, but

new

way

s of

usi

ng th

e st

one

shou

ld b

e in

vest

igat

edto

take

adv

anta

ge o

f ad

vanc

es in

bui

ldin

g te

chno

logy

. Oth

erm

ater

ials

whi

ch a

re s

tron

g de

term

inan

ts o

f th

e D

uke

cam

pus

char

acte

r ar

e th

e w

hite

lim

esto

ne tr

im, t

he d

ark

win

dow

san

d th

e sl

ate

wal

ks.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. Mod

ern

met

hods

sho

uld

be u

tiliz

ed to

achi

eve

unity

thro

ugh

the

use

of th

e ba

sic

mat

eria

ls a

lrea

dyin

use

in th

e G

othi

c qu

adra

ngle

.

1.T

he c

ontr

astin

g us

e of

the

dark

gra

y D

uke

ston

ean

d th

e w

hite

lim

esto

ne c

ould

be

achi

eved

inei

ther

of

the

follo

win

g w

ays:

a. S

truc

ture

and

pri

ncip

al p

lana

r el

emen

ts in

Duk

e st

one,

with

win

dow

fra

mes

and

non

-be

arin

g pa

nel w

alls

in li

ght l

imes

tone

.b.

Str

uctu

re in

ligh

t sto

ne, p

anel

wal

ls a

ndot

her

non-

bear

ing

surf

aces

in D

uke

ston

e.

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WIN

DO

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Eith

er c

ombi

natio

n m

ight

be

valid

, but

sho

uld

not b

em

ixed

in th

e sa

me

build

ing

grou

p.

2. T

he D

uke

ston

e sh

ould

be

a pr

inci

pal e

lem

ent o

f al

lfu

ture

arc

hite

ctur

e; h

owev

er, m

oder

n te

chno

logy

will

prov

ide

man

y m

ore

econ

omic

al a

pplic

atio

ns th

an th

epa

st m

etho

ds o

f la

ying

up

by h

and.

Am

ong

thes

e w

ere

com

men

d pa

nels

of

the

crus

hed

or c

ut s

tone

pre-

cast

in c

oncr

ete

pane

ls. T

hese

cou

ld e

mpl

oy a

var

ie-

ty o

f ag

greg

ate

size

s an

d pa

ttern

s, p

anel

siz

es a

ndca

st jo

iner

y de

tails

.O

ther

tech

niqu

es o

f po

ured

-in-

plac

e co

ncre

te w

ith e

xpos

ed s

tone

agg

rega

te c

ould

also

be

inve

stig

ated

.

3. A

tech

niqu

e w

hich

cou

ld b

e em

ploy

ed to

rec

all t

he e

x-is

ting

use

of th

e D

uke

ston

e w

ould

be

to u

se a

larg

e(6

to 8

in.)

agg

rega

te in

pre

cast

wal

l pan

els,

and

asm

all (

1 to

2 in

.) a

ggre

gate

in p

anel

s to

be

used

tocl

ad th

e co

lum

ns.

4. A

var

iety

of

light

or

dark

col

ored

pre

cast

ele

men

tsco

uld

be m

ass

prod

uced

for

win

dow

and

doo

r op

enin

gs.

5. T

he D

uke

ston

e co

uld

be u

sed

in th

e pr

esen

t lai

d-up

man

ner

for

reta

inin

g w

alls

and

bui

ldin

g w

alls

whe

rebu

dget

per

mits

.

6. T

he u

se o

f sl

ate

wal

ks m

ust b

e co

ntin

ued

to a

nd w

ith-

in n

ew b

uild

ing

grou

ps.

Thi

s is

a d

elig

htfu

l uni

fyin

gel

emen

t.

Futu

re p

itche

d ro

ofs

mus

t util

ize

stan

ding

sea

m m

etal

cove

ring

or

gray

tile

as

used

on

exis

ting

roof

s.

Dar

k gr

ay g

lare

red

ucin

g gl

ass

shou

ld b

e us

ed in

all

win

dow

s (w

ith th

e ex

cept

ion

of th

ose

whi

ch m

ight

re-

ceiv

e st

aine

d gl

ass

or o

ther

art

istic

trea

tmen

t).

-20-

L-.

CO

LO

R

The

col

or o

f th

ebu

ildin

gs in

the

Got

hic

com

plex

has

a c

ha-

mel

eon-

like

qual

ity.

At c

lose

han

d, th

ein

divi

dual

sto

nes

are

rust

red

, ora

nge

and

slat

e gr

ay a

nd th

ero

ofs

are

mot

-tle

d sh

ades

of

gray

-blu

etil

e.T

his

over

all e

ffec

t is

one

of

brill

iant

col

or.

From

a d

ista

nce,

eve

n a

shor

t dis

tanc

ew

ithin

the

quad

rang

le, t

hese

colo

rs f

use

into

a w

arm

, som

-be

r gr

ay -

- a

gray

that

blen

ds h

arm

onio

usly

with

the

tree

trun

ks a

nd g

reen

fol

iage

.T

his

appa

rent

illu

sion

is a

dem

on-

stra

tion

of th

e po

intil

list

theo

ry o

f pa

intin

g w

ithdo

ts o

f co

lor

and

allo

win

g th

e ey

e to

mix

the

colo

rs in

to th

efi

nal h

ue th

atis

tran

smitt

ed to

the

min

d. A

ppro

achi

ng th

e ca

mpu

s, o

neis

impr

esse

d by

the

som

ber

dign

ity o

f th

e bu

ildin

gs.

The

cho

ice

of th

e st

rong

red

bric

k fo

r th

ebu

ildin

gs w

est o

fth

e G

othi

c m

all w

as a

disr

uptiv

e on

e, e

spec

ially

with

thei

rco

ntra

stin

g w

hite

col

umns

and

pane

ls.

The

sha

rp c

ontr

ast

is in

com

patib

le w

ithth

e bl

endi

ng q

ualit

y of

the

ston

e ar

chi-

tect

ure.

It c

reat

es a

n im

pres

sion

mor

eap

prop

riat

e to

the

form

al G

eorg

ian

arch

itect

ure

of th

e ea

st c

ampu

s. A

t cer

-ta

in p

oint

s on

the

cam

pus

the

red

bric

k bu

ildin

gsan

d th

est

one

build

ings

can

be s

een

toge

ther

, and

the

disc

orda

ncy

ism

ost o

bvio

us.

The

app

eara

nce

of th

eda

rk w

indo

ws

is v

ery

suita

ble

for

the

arch

itect

ure

but g

ray

glas

sw

ould

be

even

mor

eef

fect

ive

sinc

e it

wou

ld e

limin

ate

the

view

of

whi

te v

enet

ian

blin

ds in

win

dow

s di

rect

ly li

t by

sunl

ight

. Whe

n th

is o

ccur

s,th

e de

-si

red

effe

ct o

f da

rkop

enin

gs is

des

troy

ed.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

.A

ll ne

w b

uild

ings

sho

uld

resp

ect t

hew

arm

, dig

nifi

ed g

ray

qual

ity o

f th

e ex

istin

g st

one

build

ings

.T

he c

ontr

astin

g an

dm

inor

ligh

t sto

ne s

houl

d be

used

insi

mila

r pr

opor

tions

.T

he d

ark

win

dow

s sh

ould

be r

ecal

led

in g

lare

red

ucin

g gl

ass

orde

ep r

eces

ses.

Con

tras

ting

colo

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hem

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rick

or

colo

redp

re-

fabr

icat

ed o

r pa

inte

d pa

nels

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igio

usly

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The

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ctur

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Duk

e ex

pres

ses

a pl

anar

em

phas

is. L

ook-

ing

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e to

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e bu

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gs, t

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ls o

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indo

ws,

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ertic

ally

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ned

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es th

at d

efin

e in

teri

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nd e

xter

ior

spac

es.

The

se w

ell d

efin

ed w

all p

anel

s re

info

rce

the

vert

ical

ity o

fth

e ar

chite

ctur

e, b

ut te

nd to

dilu

te th

e st

ruct

ural

exp

ress

ion.

The

exc

eptio

n ag

ain

is th

e ch

apel

, whe

re th

e st

ruct

ural

ele

-m

ents

pro

ject

bey

ond

the

wal

l sur

face

s. I

n m

any

of th

e bu

ild-

ings

the

stru

ctur

e is

not

pro

min

ent a

nd th

e w

all p

lane

s,es

-pe

cial

ly g

able

d en

ds a

nd to

wer

s do

min

ate

the

view

.

In G

othi

c ar

chite

ctur

e m

any

wal

l pla

nes

wer

e gi

ven

to la

rge

win

dow

are

as a

nd r

eces

sed

back

of

the

prin

cipa

l str

uctu

ral

colu

mns

and

tow

ers,

thus

red

ucin

g th

eir

mas

sive

ness

.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. The

pla

nar

emph

asis

of

exis

ting

build

-in

gs s

houl

d be

con

tinue

d, w

ith th

is im

port

ant a

dmon

ition

:th

at c

are

mus

t be

take

n to

vis

ually

dif

fere

ntia

te b

etw

een

stru

ctur

al a

nd n

on-l

oad

bear

ing

elem

ents

.T

his

may

be

ac-

com

plis

hed

thro

ugh

a ch

ange

in m

ater

ials

or

text

ure

or a

chan

ge in

pla

ne b

y pr

ojec

ting

the

stru

ctur

al c

olum

ns o

ut b

e-yo

nd th

e w

all p

lane

. Pla

n sh

ould

be

give

n ve

rtic

alpr

opor

-tio

ns w

here

ver

poss

ible

.O

ff-s

ets

in p

lane

bet

wee

n va

riou

sty

pes

of r

oom

s or

fun

ctio

ns w

ill p

erm

it a

chan

ge in

pla

ne in

elev

atio

n an

d fu

rthe

r re

info

rce

this

qua

lity.

-22-

RO

OFS

The

pitc

hed

roof

s on

man

yof

the

Got

hic

build

ings

ser

vetw

o

visu

al p

urpo

ses.

The

firs

t is

to ti

e to

geth

er a

llth

e sm

alle

rsh

afts

, dor

mer

s,an

d oc

tago

nal p

iers

ben

eath

them

. Sec

ond-

ly, b

ecau

seof

thei

r cl

osen

ess

inco

lor

and

text

ure

to th

ew

alls

, the

y te

ndto

rea

d as

a c

ontin

uatio

nof

the

wal

l, gi

ving

the

build

ings

an

adde

dve

rtic

al e

ffec

t.T

his

roof

pla

ne o

ften

does

not

app

ear

pitc

hed

and

also

cre

ates

inte

rior

spa

cew

hich

is d

iffi

cult

to u

tiliz

e.A

noth

er f

eatu

re o

f th

e ro

oflin

e of

Duk

eis

its

man

y-to

wer

ed p

rofi

le.

The

pla

cem

ent o

f to

wer

s at

the

inte

rsec

tion

of b

uild

ings

and

the

cent

ral t

ower

of

the

chap

elco

ntri

bute

to th

is.

Chi

mne

y po

ts a

lso

add

to th

e fe

elin

g of

aja

gged

silh

ouet

te,

whi

ch is

typi

cal o

f G

othi

car

chite

ctur

e.C

lose

ly r

elat

ed to

the

roof

line

are

the

cren

elat

ed w

all t

ops

that

con

tain

the

roof

pla

nean

d se

rve

as o

peni

ngs

for

the

dow

nspo

uts.

Fro

m m

any

view

s th

ese

"bat

tlem

ents

" ar

e a

mor

e do

min

ant

feat

ure

than

the

roof

s.T

hese

thre

e pr

in-

cipa

l fea

ture

sof

the

Duk

e ro

ofsc

ape;

pitc

hed

roof

s, to

wer

s,an

d ba

ttlem

ents

, pro

duce

an

over

all i

mpr

essi

on o

f va

riet

yw

hich

is a

n ho

nest

inhe

rita

nce

from

Got

hic

arch

itect

ure.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

.B

oth

flat

and

pitc

hed

roof

s sh

ould

be

used

whe

re a

ppro

pria

teto

the

build

ing

plan

and

site

. Am

ixtu

re o

f ro

of ty

pes

will

rein

forc

e th

e qu

ality

of

vari

ety.

The

jagg

ed s

ilhou

ette

of th

e G

othi

c qu

adra

ngle

shou

ld b

e re

-ca

lled

thro

ugh

the

vari

ety

of r

oofs

and

bui

ldin

g he

ight

san

dth

roug

h th

e ve

rtic

alex

tens

ion

of s

tair

wel

ls a

nd p

ipe

chas

esin

the

fam

iliar

tow

er f

orm

.G

roup

ing

vent

sw

here

allo

wed

by th

e pl

anw

ill p

erm

it th

em to

be

atle

ast p

artia

lly e

nclo

s-ed

in to

wer

s w

ith p

arap

ets

whi

ch p

rovi

de a

vis

ual

and

func

-tio

nal u

se.

Pitc

hed

roof

s of

met

al m

ight

logi

cally

be u

sed

over

nar

row

bui

ldin

gs o

run

its w

ith s

impl

e fu

nctio

nsan

dm

inim

um n

eed

for

expo

sed

mec

hani

cal e

lem

ents

, i. e

., ov

ercl

assr

oom

s, o

ffic

es, o

r do

rmito

ryro

oms.

Thi

s m

ight

be

the

mos

t ple

asin

g de

sign

whe

re b

uild

ings

will

be

built

inva

lleys

and

ofte

n vi

ewed

fro

m a

bove

.

-23-

.

RO

OFS

AN

D W

AL

LS

of s

imila

r co

lor

and

text

ure

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NY

TO

WE

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RIE

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WIN

DO

W T

YPE

S A

ND

GR

OU

PS

WIN

DO

WS

Win

dow

s of

ten

have

a g

reat

er e

ffec

ton

the

tota

l cha

ract

er o

fa

build

ing

than

is c

onsc

ious

ly r

ealiz

ed. T

heir

eff

ect i

s of

ten

subt

le, b

ut th

ey m

ay b

e th

e fa

ctor

whi

ch le

aves

the

impr

es-

sion

that

a b

uild

ing

is "

old-

fash

ione

d"or

"m

oder

n". T

hey

can

assu

me

a va

riet

y of

cha

ract

eris

tics:

they

can

app

ear

solid

or

tran

spar

ent;

they

can

app

ear

as p

lane

s or

hol

es, a

slig

ht o

r da

rk, a

s pr

ojec

tions

or

rece

sses

. A b

ay o

f w

indo

ws

may

con

vey

the

impr

essi

on o

f on

e la

rge

win

dow

or

man

ysm

all o

nes.

Win

dow

s m

ay m

ake

a bu

ildin

g se

em s

impl

e an

ddi

rect

, or

com

plex

and

clu

ttere

d.

In G

othi

c ar

chite

ctur

e th

e w

indo

ws

rece

ived

a w

ide

vari

ety

oftr

eatm

ent.

The

loca

tion

of w

indo

ws

in th

e fa

cade

was

like

lyto

take

on

a ra

ndom

pat

tern

bec

ause

thei

r lo

catio

nw

as d

e-te

rmin

ed b

y th

e re

quir

emen

ts o

f th

e pl

an r

athe

r th

an b

y vi

su-

al s

ymm

etry

as

in la

ter

Ren

aiss

ance

and

Geo

rgia

n ar

chite

c-tu

re.

The

win

dow

s w

ere

also

like

ly to

be

quite

larg

e, f

illin

gth

e en

tire

bay

betw

een

stru

ctur

al e

lem

ents

. In

man

y of

the

Duk

e bu

ildin

gs th

e tr

eatm

ent o

f w

indo

ws

refl

ects

mor

e of

aR

enai

ssan

ce a

nd e

ven

Geo

rgia

n in

flue

nce

than

Got

hic.

Thi

sm

ay h

ave

been

a c

onsc

ious

atte

mpt

to c

aptu

re s

ome

of th

ech

arac

ter

of th

e ol

d T

rini

ty C

olle

geon

the

new

cam

pus.

The

pro

port

ions

of

Got

hic

win

dow

s,ev

en w

here

gro

uped

inho

rizo

ntal

bay

s, a

nd th

e po

inte

d ar

chov

er m

any

of th

em te

n-de

d to

rei

nfor

ce th

e sp

irit

of v

ertic

ality

.

Gre

at s

kill

will

be

requ

ired

in h

andl

ing

win

dow

s in

fut

ure

build

ing

desi

gn.

The

y m

ust r

emai

n a

true

exp

ress

ion

offu

nctio

n an

d sk

elet

on c

onst

ruct

ion,

as in

Got

hic

arch

itect

ure,

and

yet n

ot c

reat

e a

bree

ch f

rom

the

char

acte

r of

the

exis

t-in

g st

one

build

ings

.

-24-

Rec

omm

enda

tions

.

1.W

here

pos

sibl

e, w

indo

ws

shou

ld b

e gr

oupe

dra

ther

than

isol

ated

as

"pun

ched

hol

es."

2.W

indo

ws

shou

ld b

e ex

pres

sed

as v

ertic

ally

pro

-po

rtio

ned

entit

ies

no m

atte

r w

hat t

he o

vera

lldi

men

sion

of

the

win

dow

or

grou

p.

3.W

indo

ws

and

door

s sh

ould

be

rece

ssed

whe

r-ev

er p

ossi

ble

to r

ecal

l the

dee

p vo

ids

of th

e ex

-is

ting

ston

e bu

ildin

gs.

4.T

he v

arie

ty o

f ro

om u

ses

or f

unct

iona

l req

uire

-m

ents

sho

uld

be e

xpre

ssed

by

the

vari

ety

ofw

indo

w tr

eatm

ent i

n th

e bu

ildin

g fa

cade

.

5.D

ark

glar

e re

duci

ng g

lass

sho

uld

be u

sed

to r

e-ta

in th

e pr

esen

t win

dow

cha

ract

er w

hich

may

be

com

pare

d to

that

of

the

subj

ect t

o th

e ba

ckgr

ound

of a

pai

ntin

g.

It s

houl

d be

not

ed th

at w

indo

ws

no lo

nger

nee

d to

fun

ctio

n as

a co

mpr

omis

e be

twee

n th

e re

quir

emen

ts o

f ve

ntila

tion,

ligh

tan

d vi

ews.

Mec

hani

cal v

entil

atio

n an

d lig

htin

g ar

e su

peri

or,

and

win

dow

s ca

n fu

nctio

n pu

rely

as

view

ing

(and

vie

wed

) el

e-m

ents

.

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I

Win

dow

s Sh

ould

Be

Gro

uped

Not

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late

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n of

the

sele

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com

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nts

that

the

skill

of

the

desi

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mos

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tech

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ques

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quir

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tives

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DIT

IVE

QU

AL

ITY

Got

hic

arch

itect

ure

has

a hi

ghly

dev

elop

ed a

dditi

ve q

ualit

yw

hich

is o

ne o

f th

e ch

ief

sour

ces

of it

s ch

arm

.B

uild

ings

and

elem

ents

of

build

ings

whi

ch a

re c

ompl

ete

entit

ies

in th

em-

selv

es a

re a

ttach

ed to

geth

er in

a v

arie

ty o

f w

ays

with

out a

rigi

d fo

rmul

a.T

his

is a

ref

lect

ion

of th

e m

anne

r in

whi

chG

othi

c bu

ildin

gs w

ere

built

up

over

per

iods

of

deca

des

and

even

cen

turi

es b

efor

e a

proj

ect w

as c

ompl

eted

. Som

etim

esar

cade

s jo

in b

uild

ings

, som

etim

es a

sin

gle

arch

join

s th

em,

and

som

etim

es th

ey b

utt a

t 90

degr

ees.

Lik

ewis

e, th

e va

ri-

ous

smal

ler

entit

ies

such

as

win

dow

s an

d co

lum

ns a

re a

dded

,or

gro

uped

into

the

size

or

quan

tity

need

ed f

or th

e jo

b at

hand

, rat

her

than

mer

ely

bein

g a

sing

le la

rger

ele

men

t whi

chha

s lo

st it

s sc

ale.

Thi

s ch

arac

teri

stic

is in

con

tras

t to

som

e bu

ildin

g ty

pes

inw

hich

a v

olum

e or

cub

e is

impl

ied,

fro

m w

hich

cor

ners

,sl

ots

and

hole

s ha

ve b

een

subt

ract

ed.

Som

e of

the

new

erbu

ildin

gs o

n th

e ca

mpu

s, b

oth

in s

tone

and

bri

ck, t

end

to-

war

d th

e la

tter

char

acte

r.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. The

des

ign

of e

ach

new

bui

ldin

g or

gro

upsh

ould

be

appr

oach

ed a

s a

proc

ess

of jo

inin

g to

geth

er m

any

smal

l com

pone

nts

as d

escr

ibed

abo

ve r

athe

r th

an a

s a

pro-

cess

of

mol

ding

or

carv

ing

away

at a

larg

e sc

ulpt

ural

obj

ect.

-27-

AD

DIT

IVE

IL

i

SUB

TR

AC

TIV

E

it*;

illV

s's

JOIN

ER

Y O

F B

UIL

DIN

GS

JOIN

ER

Y O

F M

AT

ER

IAL

S

JOIN

ER

Y

Tw

o ca

tago

ries

of

join

ery

are

of in

tere

st to

this

stu

dy: t

hejo

inin

g of

the

prin

cipa

l bui

ldin

g fo

rms,

and

the

deta

ils o

fco

nnec

ting

mat

eria

ls.

The

add

itive

com

posi

tion

of b

uild

ing

com

pone

nts,

and

the

conn

ectio

n of

bui

ldin

gs th

roug

h ar

cade

san

d w

alks

, aro

und

cour

ts a

nd p

leas

ant o

pen

spac

es r

esul

tsin

a h

arm

onio

us a

nd a

ppea

ling

who

le in

the

Duk

e qu

adra

ngle

.

At t

he d

etai

l lev

el, j

oine

ry h

as n

ot b

een

trea

ted

with

such

sens

itivi

ty.

For

exam

ple,

in s

ome

build

ings

littl

e ef

fort

has

been

mad

e to

rel

ate

mor

tar

join

ts in

the

ston

e w

alls

toth

ose

in a

djac

ent q

uoin

s, o

r w

indo

w f

ram

es.

Eco

nom

icpr

essu

res

and

a de

clin

e of

han

d cr

afts

man

ship

hav

e re

sulte

din

a r

egre

ssio

n of

det

ail q

ualit

y in

join

ery

as w

ell a

s in

orna

men

tatio

n.

One

str

ikin

g qu

ality

at D

uke

is th

e ty

pe o

f m

orta

r jo

iner

yus

ed in

the

ston

e w

alls

.T

he c

ontr

ast o

f th

e w

hite

mor

tar

and

dark

sto

ne, a

nd th

e un

ique

pro

ject

ion

of th

e m

orta

r be

-yo

nd th

e st

one

give

a v

ery

dist

inct

ive

appe

aran

ce a

t clo

sera

nge.

Thi

s an

d ot

her

deta

ils o

f jo

iner

y gi

ve a

n ef

fect

of

"app

lique

tech

niqu

e."

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. Aga

in th

e ob

ject

ive

is to

exe

rcis

e ca

rean

d se

nsiti

vity

in th

e jo

inin

g of

the

addi

tive

entit

ies

com

pos-

ing

the

arch

itect

ure,

whe

ther

it is

the

join

ing

of tw

o st

ones

or tw

o bu

ildin

gs.

Join

ing

tech

niqu

es s

houl

d be

dev

elop

edw

hich

are

sui

tabl

e fo

r th

e m

ater

ials

bei

ng jo

ined

and

con

tri-

bute

to th

e ap

pear

ance

of

the

who

le. A

car

eful

stu

dy o

f jo

ints

in e

leva

tion

and

sect

ion

shou

ld b

e m

ade

so th

at th

e ov

eral

lpa

ttern

can

be

rela

ted

and

emph

asiz

ed to

enr

ich

the

build

ing.

Bui

ldin

g gr

oups

mus

t be

care

fully

arr

ange

d an

d co

nnec

ted

ina

vari

ety

of w

ays

to r

esul

t in

a ha

rmon

ious

who

le.

-28-

U 9

G

SPA

CE

S &

VO

IDS

The

arr

ange

men

t of

build

ings

sha

pes

outd

oor

spac

es. F

ur-

ther

mor

e, s

ome

build

ing

com

pone

nts

form

voi

ds, o

r sp

aces

,w

hich

app

ear

as a

pen

etra

tion

into

or

thro

ugh

the

build

ing

mas

s. T

hese

cha

ract

eris

tics

are

an im

port

ant e

lem

ent o

fto

tal a

rchi

tect

ural

set

ting.

At D

uke,

the

arca

des

join

ing

vari

ous

build

ings

aro

und

the

quad

rang

le c

reat

e vo

ids

in th

e en

clos

ure

of th

at o

utdo

orro

om, w

hich

offe

r an

inte

rest

ing

pene

trat

ion

into

oth

ersp

aces

.T

he e

ffec

t of

this

gre

at s

pace

, ver

y ne

arly

, but

neve

r qu

ite c

onta

ined

, has

a s

tron

g im

pact

and

sho

uld

be r

e-ca

lled

in f

utur

e bu

ildin

g gr

oups

.

Inte

rest

ingl

y en

ough

, the

win

dow

s in

the

Duk

e bu

ildin

gs, b

yvi

rtue

of

thei

r da

rk h

ue a

nd e

xten

sive

sto

ne a

nd le

ad jo

iner

y,ap

pear

mor

e as

solid

obj

ects

than

as

void

s.L

ikew

ise,

join

ts w

hich

oft

en c

an b

e ex

pres

sed

as v

oids

or

reve

als,

are

give

n th

e op

posi

te tr

eatm

ent i

n th

e D

uke

build

ings

, bei

ngei

ther

rai

sed

or f

lush

.

The

spa

ces

betw

een

build

ings

may

be

thou

ght o

f as

thre

e ge

n-er

al ty

pes:

(1)

Tho

se o

ccur

ring

whe

re th

e lo

catio

n of

the

build

ing

was

con

side

red

firs

t, an

d th

e vo

id w

as g

ener

ated

mor

e or

less

inci

dent

ally

. The

se c

an b

e co

nsid

ered

as

"for

-tu

itous

voi

ds",

and

occ

ur m

ost f

requ

ently

as

smal

l irr

egu-

lar

nook

s cr

eate

d by

the

vari

ed p

lan

shap

es o

f th

e bu

ildin

gs.

The

y of

ten

add

a pl

easa

nt v

arie

ty a

nd s

urpr

ise

aspe

ct to

the

envi

ronm

ent,

and

are

usua

lly in

form

al a

nd in

timat

e in

cha

r-ac

ter.

(2)

Tho

se d

esig

ned

prim

arily

as

spac

es o

r ou

tdoo

rro

oms,

in w

hich

the

build

ings

ser

ve th

e sp

ace

by e

nclo

sing

it, s

uch

as th

e m

ain

quad

rang

le.

The

se "

delib

erat

e vo

ids"

may

be c

onta

ined

par

tly b

y bu

ildin

gs a

nd p

artly

by

void

s of

-29-

,,

VO

IDS

Pene

trat

ion

Thr

ough

And

Int

o B

uild

ings

PLA

N V

IEW

S1.

Voi

d

2.

Voi

d

3.

^ , .

....

-, ..

.._ ..

.

acci

dent

al f

orm

but

stil

l ret

ain

thei

r po

sitiv

e sp

atia

l def

ini-

tion.

Suc

h ar

eas

are

mor

e fo

rmal

and

mon

umen

tal i

n ch

ar-

acte

r; th

ough

the

dorm

itory

cou

rtya

rds

have

a v

ery

hum

ansc

ale.

(3)

The

thir

d ty

pe o

f ou

tdoo

r sp

ace

foun

d on

the

cam

-pu

s m

ay b

e th

ough

t of

as a

for

tuito

us v

oid,

but

it is

opp

osite

in c

hara

cter

to th

e fi

rst t

ype

desc

ribe

d.In

this

cas

e bu

ild-

ings

are

dro

pped

into

, and

dis

rupt

the

spac

e as

has

occ

urre

dw

ith th

e ne

wer

red

bri

ck b

uild

ings

.

The

mon

umen

tal s

cale

of

the

mai

n qu

adra

ngle

is b

roke

ndo

wn

bytr

ees,

sid

ewal

ks, c

hain

bar

rier

s an

d ot

her

furn

iture

into

mea

ning

ful s

pace

s of

mor

e hu

man

sca

le.

The

re is

ast

artli

ng d

iffe

renc

e in

this

spa

ce b

etw

een

sum

mer

and

win

-te

r, w

ith th

e ch

ange

in f

oila

ge.

In th

e w

inte

r th

e vo

lum

e is

over

pow

erin

g; in

the

sum

mer

, int

imat

e.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. One

of

the

mos

t im

port

ant v

irtu

es o

f th

eD

uke

cam

pus

is th

e pl

easa

nt c

ombi

natio

n of

spa

ces

form

ing

and

form

ed b

y th

e ar

rang

emen

t of

build

ings

in th

e qu

ad-

rang

le.

Thi

s ch

arac

teri

stic

mus

t be

capt

ured

in n

ewbu

ild-

ing

grou

ps in

ord

er to

ret

ain

the

spir

it of

the

Duk

e ca

mpu

s.A

t bot

h th

e de

tail

and

build

ing

grou

p le

vel a

con

scio

us s

tudy

mus

t be

mad

e of

the

"em

pty"

spa

ces

and

void

s cr

eate

d, a

sw

ell a

s th

e so

lid b

uild

ings

and

com

pone

nts

bein

g as

sem

bled

.V

oids

suc

h as

win

dow

s m

ust b

e de

sign

ed to

impa

rt th

e sa

me

dark

, sol

id q

ualit

y th

at th

ey d

o in

the

exis

ting

build

ings

.A

ll th

e ou

tdoo

r sp

aces

for

med

by

build

ings

mus

t be

stud

ied

for

thei

r fo

rmal

or

info

rmal

qua

litie

s, a

nd th

eir

rela

tion

toa

hum

an o

r m

onum

enta

l sca

le.

The

out

door

roo

ms

mus

t be

care

fully

wov

en to

geth

er to

pul

l the

cam

pus

into

a u

nifi

edan

d pl

easi

ng w

hole

. The

app

roac

h m

ust b

e to

atte

mpt

to e

n-ha

nce

outd

oor

spac

e w

ith b

uild

ing

addi

tions

; not

to d

isru

pt it

,an

d to

enh

ance

bui

ldin

gs w

ith th

e va

riou

s vo

id'S

, rev

eals

, and

pene

trat

ions

; not

to c

lutte

r or

litte

r th

em.

-30-

-IL

I',-,

-

TE

RM

INA

TIO

N

Ano

ther

impo

rtan

t asp

ect o

f th

e to

tal a

rchi

tect

ural

impa

ct is

the

qual

ity o

f te

rmin

atio

n, o

r th

e m

anne

r in

whi

ch b

uild

ings

,co

mpo

nent

s an

d sp

aces

are

end

ed.

In o

vera

ll pl

an th

e or

igin

al c

once

pt w

as a

qua

dran

gle

with

apr

ecis

e ed

ge.

Hor

izon

tal t

erm

inat

ion

of s

pace

s se

ems

to b

ein

here

nt.

Futu

re g

row

th m

ust t

hen

occu

r in

rep

etiti

ons

ofbu

ildin

g gr

oups

with

this

sam

e qu

ality

rat

her

than

as

exte

n-si

ons

adde

d to

the

exis

ting

quad

rang

le.

The

bui

ldin

gs a

re c

ompo

sed

of s

mal

ler

units

whi

ch te

nd to

be

extr

uded

ver

tical

ly,

The

refo

re, t

he m

ain

term

inat

ion

prob

-le

m o

ccur

s at

gro

unds

and

roo

f, w

hich

cou

ld b

e co

nsid

ered

as th

e en

ds o

f th

e ve

rtic

al c

ompo

sitio

n. A

t the

gro

und

ther

eis

littl

e so

phis

ticat

ed e

ndin

g ef

fect

.T

he g

roun

d pl

ane

butts

the

build

ing

and

the

90 d

egre

e ch

ange

of

plan

e is

suf

fici

ent

to e

nd th

e bu

ildin

g.(T

his

cont

rast

s w

ith b

uild

ings

whi

chha

ve th

e fi

rst f

loor

fac

ade

trea

ted

diff

eren

tly, o

r w

hich

are

rais

ed o

n "s

tilts

" ab

ove

the

grou

nd le

vel.)

Occ

asio

nally

ef-

fect

s su

ch a

s gi

rt c

ours

es, a

rche

d do

orw

ays

and

enla

rge-

men

t at f

ound

atio

n te

nd to

giv

e ad

ditio

nal t

erm

inat

ion

at th

ebo

ttom

.

The

pitc

hed

roof

s, w

ith th

eir

sim

ilari

ty to

the

wal

ls in

tex-

ture

and

hue

, app

ear

mor

e as

a w

hittl

ing

away

of

the

mas

sth

an a

s a

term

inat

ion.

The

cre

nela

ted

para

pets

or

battl

e-m

ents

and

tow

er s

ilhou

ette

s gi

ve a

def

inite

, if

jagg

ed, t

oat

the

tops

of

the

build

ings

.

The

gab

led

ends

whi

ch o

ccur

so

ofte

n in

the

build

ing

com

plex

give

mor

e of

a te

rmin

al e

ffec

t in

the

hori

zont

al d

irec

tion

-31-

TE

RM

INA

TIO

N

of S

pace

in Q

uadr

angl

e

TE

RM

INA

TIO

N

of B

uild

ings

at G

roun

d an

d R

oof

*:.

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. ;:t

% -

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ldin

gs S

houl

d H

ave

a So

lid M

eetin

gW

ith T

he G

roun

d an

d a

Jagg

edM

eetin

gW

ith T

he S

ky.

than

is a

ctua

lly in

here

nt in

the

plan

s of

the

build

ing.

The

sear

e, in

a s

ense

, a te

mpo

rary

endi

ng; e

ach

actu

ally

aff

ords

a pl

ace

whe

re a

bui

ldin

gad

ditio

n co

uld

be a

ttach

ed.

The

wal

l pla

nes

are

gene

rally

not

str

ongl

y te

rmin

ated

. At

mos

t cor

ners

they

turn

with

littl

e ar

ticul

atio

n. A

t win

dow

san

d do

ors

ther

e is

a c

hang

e of

mat

eria

ls b

ut th

e tw

o ar

em

eshe

d (q

uoin

ed)

in th

e sa

me

plan

e.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

.It

is im

port

ant t

o en

d a

build

ing,

mat

e-ri

al o

r sp

ace

thou

ghtf

ully

.C

are

mus

t be

take

n to

rec

all

the

solid

del

iber

ated

man

ner

in w

hich

the

Got

hic

build

ings

mee

t the

gro

und,

and

the

jagg

ed s

ilhou

ette

of

thei

r m

eetin

gw

ith th

e sk

y.B

uild

ings

and

spa

ces

do n

ot e

nd in

a v

acuu

m;

they

mee

t oth

er b

uild

ings

, spa

ces

or o

bjec

ts. T

his

term

in-

atio

n m

ust b

e ap

proa

ched

as

a fo

rm o

f jo

iner

y. E

ach

build

-in

g el

evat

ion

mus

t be

stud

ied

as th

e en

d of

an

outd

oor

room

,an

d as

the

mee

ting

of s

olid

s an

d vo

ids,

not

mer

ely

as a

fa-

cade

. The

bui

ldin

g gr

oups

mus

t be

arra

nged

to e

nclo

se a

ndte

rmin

ate

the

prin

cipa

l cou

rts

form

ed, i

n a

way

whi

ch w

illre

call

the

com

bina

tion

of p

reci

se e

dge

and

void

pen

etra

tions

whi

ch d

efin

e th

e m

ain

quad

rang

le.

-32-

PLA

NS

Plan

s m

ust b

e an

alyz

ed a

t tw

o sc

ales

:th

at o

f bu

ildin

ggr

oups

and

that

of

indi

vidu

al b

uild

ings

and

thei

r co

mpo

nent

s.

At b

oth

scal

es e

arly

Got

hic

plan

s w

ere

usua

lly th

e re

sult

offu

nctio

nal r

equi

rem

ents

rat

her

than

an

atte

mpt

to a

chie

ve a

form

al v

isua

l eff

ect.

In m

ore

rece

nt r

eviv

als

of th

e st

yle,

it w

as a

"fu

nctio

n fo

llow

s fo

rm"

appr

oach

.T

hus,

whe

nG

othi

c fo

rms

are

sele

cted

and

the

func

tiona

l req

uire

men

tsm

ade

subo

rdin

ate

to th

e vi

sual

eff

ect,

the

appr

oach

is n

ottr

uly

Got

hic.

The

sym

met

rica

l axi

al p

lan

of th

e D

uke

cam

pus

is r

elat

edto

the

late

r R

enai

ssan

ce b

uild

ing

of th

e 18

th a

nd 1

9th

cen-

turi

es.

Thi

s fo

rmal

pla

n is

wel

l sui

ted

to th

e le

vel p

late

auup

on w

hich

the

build

ings

are

, pla

ced.

It s

houl

d be

not

ed th

atth

ere

are

few

,if

any

, suc

h le

vel s

ites

else

whe

re o

n th

eca

mpu

s. F

utur

e bu

ildin

g gr

oups

mus

t tak

e on

a m

ore

in-

form

al n

atur

e as

dic

tate

d by

thei

r si

te c

onfi

gura

tion.

The

pric

e fo

r im

itatin

g th

e or

igin

al q

uadr

angl

e w

ould

be

to s

trip

a si

te o

f tr

ees

and

leve

l it w

ith a

bul

ldoz

er. A

lthou

gh th

egr

eat,

leve

l qua

dran

gle

impa

rts

muc

h of

wha

t mak

es u

p th

eD

uke

char

acte

r, it

mus

t rem

ain

uniq

ue.

Rec

omm

enda

tions

. A tr

ue G

othi

c ap

proa

ch to

pla

nnin

g w

ould

be th

e m

ost a

ppro

pria

te o

ne f

or D

uke

Uni

vers

ity.

It is

at

the

begi

nnin

g of

the

proc

ess,

or

in th

e ap

proa

ch to

arc

hite

c-tu

ral d

esig

n th

at it

s re

al c

hara

cter

is d

evel

oped

. Suc

han

appr

oach

is th

e on

ly o

ne w

hich

can

tran

smit

the

esse

nce

ofth

e D

uke

trad

ition

to f

utur

e ca

mpu

s pl

anni

ng a

nd b

uild

ing.

The

pre

viou

s di

scus

sion

has

bro

ught

out

the

mai

n pl

anni

ngco

nsid

erat

ions

, and

led

us to

this

com

pelli

ng c

onvi

ctio

n:

No

new

bui

ldin

gs s

houl

d be

bui

lt be

fore

the

tota

lbu

ildin

g gr

oup

of w

hich

they

are

a p

art h

as b

een

plan

ned.

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I i I

'T

1 I I I

11

Ij 1

Ii

1 II

1st S

tage ta

war

el tg

air1

6

1II

II

I IFu

ture

II it I

I1

II

II

II

I

PLA

N T

HE

TO

TA

L G

RO

UP

POT

EN

TIA

L B

UIL

DIN

G A

RE

AS

The

res

ults

of

a to

tal p

lann

ing

appr

oach

are

appa

rent

in th

eG

othi

c qu

adra

ngle

and

the

wom

an's

col

lege

mal

l.T

he r

e-su

lts o

f an

indi

vidu

al b

uild

ing

appr

oach

are

appa

rent

alo

ngSc

ienc

e D

rive

.T

he r

ed b

rick

doe

s no

t mak

e al

l the

dif

fer-

ence

.

The

acc

ompa

nyin

g sk

etch

map

sho

ws

five

maj

or f

utur

ebu

ildin

g ar

eas.

Det

ails

of

the

cam

pus

plan

may

alte

r th

ese

boun

dari

es, b

ut g

ener

ally

spe

akin

g th

ese

five

area

s ar

ena

tura

lly d

elin

eate

d by

topo

grap

hy, s

tree

ts, o

r fu

nctio

nal

cons

ider

atio

ns. W

ithin

eac

h su

ch a

rea

deta

iled

plan

ning

of

the

type

of

use,

cha

ract

er o

f sp

ace,

and

bui

ldin

g co

nfig

ur-

atio

n m

ust p

rece

de th

e co

mm

issi

on o

f an

y on

e bu

ildin

gpr

o-je

ct if

suc

cess

ful c

ampu

s en

viro

nmen

t is

to b

e as

sure

d.Su

ch p

lann

ing

is n

ow b

eing

acc

ompl

ishe

d in

area

#5,

the

Med

ical

Cen

ter.

Are

a #4

pre

sent

sa

spec

ial p

robl

em b

e-ca

use

of th

e bu

ildin

gs a

lrea

dy p

rese

nt.

Are

a #1

has

a s

peci

al s

igni

fica

nce

beca

use

of it

s lo

catio

nat

a pr

inci

pal c

ampu

s en

tran

ce.

The

bui

ldin

gs to

be

loca

ted

here

mus

t ser

ve a

dou

ble

purp

ose:

they

mus

t int

rodu

ce th

evi

sito

r to

the

Duk

e ca

mpu

s w

ithou

t det

ract

ing

from

or "

up-

stag

ing"

the

quad

rang

le.

The

bui

ldin

gs s

houl

d no

t be

dilu

t-ed

imita

tions

of

the

view

to c

ome

in th

e qu

adra

ngle

; nei

ther

shou

ld th

ey b

e "p

rim

a do

nnas

" cl

amor

ing

for

atte

ntio

n. T

heto

pogr

aphy

of

the

area

may

dic

tate

two

or e

ven

thre

e sm

al-

ler

build

ing

grou

ps r

athe

r th

anon

e, b

ut n

o w

ise

deci

sior

fsca

n be

mad

e be

fore

the

tota

l are

a is

pla

nned

.W

ithin

eac

h bu

ildin

g gr

oup

the

peri

met

er b

uild

ings

sho

uld

form

an

encl

osin

g w

all.

In o

rder

to a

chie

ve c

ontin

uity

inth

is w

all,

the

leve

l of

the

roof

s of

the

build

ings

for

min

g it

shou

ld b

e ve

ry c

aref

ully

stu

died

, esp

ecia

lly if

a di

ffer

ence

of m

ore

than

one

sto

ry in

hei

ght i

s co

nsid

ered

.M

atch

ing

this

con

side

ratio

n to

the

topo

grap

hy w

ill b

ea

dete

rmin

ant

of b

uild

ing

loca

tion.

-34-

-.

ri 0

0 0 0 0 I:

Li Ft e-...

.,

The

rol

ling

topo

grap

hy o

f m

any

futu

re b

uild

ing

site

s w

illdi

ctat

e a

mor

e in

form

algr

oupi

ng o

f bu

ildin

gs, a

nd th

esp

aces

for

med

will

be

of a

mor

e fo

rtui

tous

nat

ure

rath

erth

an f

orm

al o

r de

liber

ate

asin

the

quad

rang

le. A

s co

m-

pens

atio

n, b

ecau

se o

f m

oder

nte

chno

logy

,th

e bu

ildin

gsth

emse

lves

will

tend

to b

ecom

e m

ore

sim

ple

and

form

al.

Thu

s th

e co

ntra

st b

etw

een

thes

e tw

oqu

aliti

es w

ill b

e re

tain

-ed

, eve

n th

ough

rev

erse

d in

sou

rce.

The

res

ult w

ill a

chie

vem

ore

harm

ony

with

the

exis

ting

quad

rang

leth

an w

ould

agr

oupi

ng o

f fo

rmal

bui

ldin

gs a

roun

d a

form

al s

pace

, or

in-

form

al b

uild

ings

aro

und

an in

form

al s

pace

.A

t the

sam

etim

e th

e ne

w s

pace

s cr

eate

d sh

ould

link

to th

e ol

d on

es a

ndto

eac

h ot

her

thro

ugh

vist

as,

void

s an

d th

e de

sign

of

the

circ

ulat

ion

and

land

scap

e fe

atur

es.

-35-

Form

ality

Info

rmal

ity

Info

rmal

ity

Form

ality

.....M

.NaM

a.

Con

tras

t

Con

tras

t

FOL

LO

W T

HR

OU

GH

Tho

ught

ful a

naly

ses

of p

ast a

rchi

tect

ure,

clev

er f

orm

ulas

for

crea

ting

char

acte

r, p

retty

sket

ches

of

build

ing

com

pon-

ents

, and

pla

usib

le p

epta

lks

urgi

ng d

esig

n qu

ality

will

mea

nno

thin

g -

abso

lute

ly n

othi

ng w

ithou

tth

e pr

oper

arc

hite

ctur

alfo

llow

thro

ugh.

We

know

from

exp

erie

nce

that

the

tem

pta-

tion

to p

lace

exp

edie

ncy

over

prin

cipl

e an

d th

e ev

er-p

rese

ntty

rann

y of

dol

lar

cost

as

dist

ingu

ishe

d fr

om v

alue

rec

eive

dca

n pl

ace

man

ypi

t-fa

lls in

the

path

of

prop

er c

ampu

sde

vel-

opm

ent.

The

Boa

rd o

f T

rust

ees

mus

tun

ders

tand

and

sup

port

the

broa

d co

ncep

ts o

f th

e st

udy.

The

bui

ldin

g co

mm

ittee

and

the

Uni

vers

ity o

ffic

ials

invo

lved

in e

ach

proj

ect m

ust u

nder

-st

and

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

in d

epth

and

pur

sue

an a

ctiv

ero

le in

thei

r im

plem

enta

tion.

For

this

impl

emen

tatio

n to

be s

ucce

ssfu

l, th

e m

ost

com

pete

nt a

rchi

tect

s, la

ndsc

ape

arch

itect

s, a

nd o

ther

des

ign

spec

ialis

ts m

ust b

e em

ploy

edfo

r ea

ch p

roje

ct. O

necr

udel

y pl

anne

d bu

ildin

g m

ight

eas

i-ly

rui

n a

sens

itive

lyde

sign

ed b

uild

ing

grou

p. A

nd h

ere

isth

e ke

y to

a s

ucce

ssfu

l cam

pus

plan

.It

is th

e se

nsiti

ve c

on-

side

ratio

n of

spa

ce -

not

just

build

ings

, wal

ks, s

tree

ts, a

ndpa

rkin

g lo

ts.

Whe

n on

e w

alks

thro

ugh,

see

san

d fe

els

a be

autif

ul c

ampu

s,he

is a

war

e no

t so

muc

hof

the

build

ings

as

he is

of

the

wal

ls in

the

outs

ide

room

s, w

hich

he f

inds

as

he w

ande

rsfr

om a

rea

to a

rea.

Isn'

t a q

uadr

angl

e a

big

outs

ide

room

?H

ere

spac

e is

con

fine

d lik

e a

room

.O

nly

the

ceili

ng is

mis

sing

.B

ut e

ven

here

ther

e is

a v

isua

lde

fini

tion

of a

ceili

ng.

The

eff

ect o

f ri

bbon

wal

kssu

peri

mpo

sed

on th

ela

wns

mak

e th

e w

alki

ng p

lane

an

enor

mou

spa

ttern

ed c

arpe

tth

at h

elps

to g

ive

unity

to th

isgr

eat o

utsi

de r

oom

.

-36-

U L...

.... 0

In th

e ha

nds

ofse

nsiti

ve a

rchi

tect

s sp

ace

plan

ning

, inv

olvi

ng

a va

riet

yof

for

ms

and

mat

eria

ls, c

an b

e m

ost

effe

ctiv

e. B

utun

fort

unat

ely

arch

itect

s,lik

e al

l pro

fess

iona

lpe

ople

, hav

eva

ryin

g de

gree

s of

tale

nts

and

expe

rien

ce.

A m

edio

cre

ar-

chite

ct w

ith n

o co

ncep

tof

spa

ce p

lann

ing

nor

the

abili

tyto

hand

le o

utsi

de r

oom

sm

ight

ver

y w

ell

dest

roy

a be

autif

ulan

d

unif

ied

cam

pus

plan

by th

e co

nstr

uctio

nof

one

sm

all

build

ing

com

plex

.

The

refo

re, w

e ur

ge th

eU

nive

rsity

to c

hoos

eon

ly th

e m

ost

com

pete

nt s

pace

-con

scio

usar

chite

ctur

al d

esig

ners

to e

xe-

cute

fut

ure

build

ing

com

mis

sion

s.T

hey-

can

mak

e or

brea

ka

good

cam

pus

plan

.Im

pres

s on

them

that

sch

olar

s ar

ese

nsiti

ve to

thei

ren

viro

nmen

t and

that

thei

r ar

chite

ctur

alde

sign

s ca

n st

imul

ate

orde

pres

s. E

mph

asiz

e to

thes

e ar

-ch

itect

s th

at q

uite

ofte

n th

e st

ress

on

men

tal a

nd p

hysi

cal

deve

lopm

ent i

s ca

used

by th

e ne

glec

t of

soci

al,

spir

itual

,em

otio

nal,

and

aest

hetic

deve

lopm

ent o

f th

ein

divi

dual

. Say

to th

em th

at th

ey a

reno

t onl

y re

spon

sibl

efo

r th

e sp

ace

con-

tain

ed in

the

build

ing

shel

ls, b

ut th

ey a

real

so r

espo

nsib

lefo

r w

hat t

hey

do to

the

spac

e su

rrou

ndin

gth

eir

build

ings

.Po

int o

ut to

o, th

atth

e pr

eser

vatio

nof

bea

utif

ul v

ista

san

d

enri

chm

ent o

f na

tura

lla

ndsc

ape

is th

eir

resp

onsi

bilit

y.

The

suc

cess

of

this

or

any

othe

r ca

mpu

sen

viro

nmen

t lar

gely

depe

nds

on th

e co

mpe

tenc

eof

the

arch

itect

s w

ho a

rese

lect

edto

des

ign

the

indi

vidu

al b

uild

ings

.Pi

ck th

e be

st o

nes;

they

cost

no

mor

e.M

ake

sure

they

hav

eth

e se

nsiti

vity

of

spac

epl

anni

ng. T

he g

ood

arch

itect

will

kno

w th

at s

pace

is e

xper

-ie

nced

as

wel

l as

seen

.

The

com

bina

tion

of a

good

cam

pus

plan

and

good

arc

hite

cts

for

indi

vidu

albu

ildin

gs is

of

the

esse

nce.

One

with

out t

heot

her

won

't do

.

-37-

-n

.

PAR

T B

1,...

...

PRO

POSE

D G

RA

DU

AT

E S

TU

DE

NT

CE

NT

ER

As

a lo

gica

l ste

p in

the

Des

ign

Stud

y it

was

nec

essa

ry to

test

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

on

a re

al b

uild

ing

prog

ram

.Fr

om th

e lis

t of

futu

re p

roje

cts

a pr

opos

ed 6

00 b

ed G

radu

-at

e St

uden

t Cen

ter

was

sel

ecte

d.T

he s

cope

of

the

proj

ect

was

to c

ompl

ete

the

sche

mat

ic d

esig

n ph

ase,

as

desc

ribe

dun

der

the

stan

dard

A. I

. A. A

gree

men

t.

The

pro

gram

min

g, a

naly

sis,

and

des

ign

of th

e G

radu

ate

Cen

ter

are

brie

fly

sum

mar

ized

on

the

follo

win

g pa

ges,

with

em

phas

is o

n a

criti

cal a

naly

sis

of th

e ex

teri

or c

har-

acte

r an

d si

te p

lan.

The

asp

ects

of

prog

ram

and

ana

lysi

sar

e ex

plai

ned

here

onl

y to

the

exte

nt n

eces

sary

for

an

over

-al

l com

preh

ensi

on o

f th

e pr

ojec

t.

A b

rief

exp

lana

tion

of o

ur d

esig

n m

etho

d m

ay b

e in

ord

erfo

r th

ose

unfa

mili

ar w

ith C

RS.

In

our

prac

tice

we

have

foun

d th

at th

e be

st b

uild

ings

res

ult f

rom

a te

am a

ppro

ach,

with

the

clie

nt a

s an

act

ive

mem

ber

of th

e te

am. T

here

-fo

re, a

fter

the

prog

ram

is e

stab

lishe

d, a

des

ign

team

goe

sto

the

vici

nity

of

the

proj

ect f

or a

con

cent

rate

d ni

ght a

ndda

y de

sign

ses

sion

.T

his

on-t

he-s

pot d

esig

n te

chni

que

ata

plac

e co

nven

ient

to th

e cl

ient

and

to th

e si

te, h

as a

cqui

r-ed

the

rath

er u

ndig

nifi

ed n

ickn

ame

of "

squ

atte

r s

".

Dur

ing

the

squa

tters

the

idea

s de

velo

ped

are

rapi

dly

re-

cord

ed in

rou

gh s

ketc

h fo

rm o

n 5

x 8

card

s w

hich

can

be

proj

ecte

d as

slid

es f

or g

roup

rev

iew

and

pro

vide

a c

om-

pact

, usa

ble

reco

rd. T

he g

raph

ics

on th

e fo

llow

ing

page

sar

, hal

f-si

ze r

epro

duct

ions

of

som

e of

the

anal

ysis

car

dsfr

om th

e G

radu

ate

Cen

ter

squa

tters

.T

he o

rigi

nals

are

inco

lor

and

som

e de

tails

hav

e be

en lo

st in

the

blac

k an

dw

hite

rep

rodu

ctio

n.

-39-

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EN

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ON

ME

NT

TO

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