Yale's immediate and long-term plans for its physical facilities will be the focus of a public program being sponsored by the School of Architecture Friday-Sunday, April 9-11.
Titled "Yale Constructs: Planning and Building for the University's Fourth Century," the program will focus on three themes -- renovation of Yale's architectural heritage, long-range planning and new construction.
Highlighting the event will be talks by Yale officials about new and future initiatives; lectures by the architects for recent campus building or renovation projects; and tours of six campus structures that are "works in progress."
Living laboratory. "The University, with its many and varied projects, is a living laboratory of contemporary architecture," says Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the School of Architecture. "'Yale Constructs' will provide us with an extraordinary opportunity to see through the eyes of practitioners how a host of different real-world design challenges are being met, both in new construction and in bringing older buildings into the next century.
"We will also have a chance to consider the direction Yale plans to take in the years ahead and learn of new initiatives between the University and the City of New Haven," he notes.
In addition to the Architecture Dean, other speakers from Yale will include President Richard C. Levin; Vice President and Director of New Haven and State Affairs Bruce Alexander; Vice President for Finance and Administration Joseph P. Mullinix; and Vincent Scully, Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art.
The program will open on Friday at 6:30 p.m. with a session titled "A Worthy Heritage." After introductory remarks by Robert Stern, Vincent Scully will present an overview of "The Architecture of Yale University."
Saturday morning's session will focus on "Renewing an Architectural Heritage." It will begin at 9:15 a.m. with a talk titled "Lost Yale" by Catherine Lynn, an architectural historian and preservationist.
The rest of the morning will be devoted to presentations about some of Yale's existing facilities by the architects who designed them.
The projects and presenters will be:
* Berkeley College, Stephen Kieran (Kieran, Timberlake & Harris);
* Branford and Saybrook Colleges, Steven M. Foote (Perry Dean Rogers & Partners Architects);
* Sterling Law Buildings, Michael McKinnell (Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects Inc.);
* Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Joan Goody (Goody, Clancy & Associates Inc.);
* Rose Alumni House, Glenn Gregg (Gregg & Wies Architects);
* Sterling Memorial Library, Jonathan Ross (Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott Architects);
* Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, Robert M. Kliment (R.M. Kliment & Architects).
The respondent will be Paul S. Byard (Platt Byard Dovell Architects).
"Planning for the Future" will be the theme of the Saturday afternoon session, which will begin at 2 p.m. After introductory remarks by Joseph Mullinix, the program will feature the following presentations:
* "Campus Framework," Alexander Cooper (Cooper Roberston & Partners);
* "Managing the Landscape," Laurie Olin (Olin Partnership);
* "Science Hill," Alan Chimacoff (Hillier Group);
* "Arts Area Plan," James Stewart Polshek (James Stewart Polshek & Partners); and
* "Yale and New Haven," Bruce Alexander.
David Neuman, campus architect in the Stanford University Planning Office, will serve as respondent.
On Sunday morning beginning at 10 a.m., there will be a tour of six campus facilities:
* Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St.;
* Lanman Center at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, 70 Tower Pkwy.;
* Berkeley College, 205 Elm St.;
* Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St.;
* New Residence Hall, 100 Tower Pkwy.; and
* The Sterling Law School Buildings, 127 Wall St.
The Sunday afternoon program at 1:30 p.m. will focus on "New Initiatives" on campus -- some completed, some still in the design stage.
The projects to be discussed are:
* New Residence Hall, Herbert Newman (Herbert S. Newman & Partners, P.C.);
* Lanman Center, Payne Whitney Gymnasium, Cesar Pelli (Cesar Pelli & Associates);
* Child Study Center, Mark Simon (Centerbrook Architects);
* Environmental Science Facility, David M. Schwartz (David M. Schwartz Architectural Services, Inc.);
* Gilder Boat House, Turner Brooks (Turner Brooks Architects);
* School of Art, Deborah Berke (Deborah Berke Architects); and
* Clinical Research Building, Robert Venturi (Venturi Scott Brown & Associates, Inc.).
Architect and architectural writer Robert Campbell will be the respondent.
The program will conclude with remarks by Richard Levin.
The locations of the talks will be announced. The event is open to the Yale community free of charge; admission is $50 for members of the general public. Reservations are required. For further information or to register, call Diane Michonski at 432-2889.
"Yale Constructs: Planning and Building for the University's Fourth Century" is made possible through the generosity of James Volney Righter '70 M.Arch.
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