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The Road Aheador Which Way are We Going?
A Facilities Perspective
Carleton CollegeCIVITAS August 2003
Inception 1872
Establishment 1905
Fulfillment Cowling Era 1949
City Beautiful Movement
Second Growth 1962
Maturity 1977
Present Campus Early 2005
Since the 1950’s and the Yamasaki years, Carleton has followed this pattern. If Carleton continues to organize and enclose spaces it will destroy its legacy with the landscape.
There are logical places for new buildings
There are places that should be opened to create views to the surrounding landscape
At the end of their life cycle, these buildings should be removed to reestablish landscape connectivity.
There are select sites that should be preserved for very special buildings
The Campus Today
The Campus of 2103
“And now for something entirely new and different.”
Monty Python
And then it happened…
NMS
Middle School
Conceptual Connections to Campus &
Downtown
Middle School
Conceptual Connections to Campus &
DowntownNeighbors
College
Downtown
HighPoint
HighPoints
HighPoints
Grand
Grand
Grand
Grand
Grand
Grand
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Connection between the Middle School and the campus should occur on the west side of College Street
The major connection to the campus could be Sayles-Hill
This connection has implications for the parking alongCollege Street both on- and off-campus
EnclosedPlaza
Open Plaza
Areas of Interest
Buildings of Interest
AmesMill
VacantBank Grand
Take away points
• New Frame of Reference
• New Neighbors
• New Connections
• New Orientations