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

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Downtown

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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