Personal summary of reading: At Ohio State University, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam's new KNOWLTON HALL brings the design process to the larger academic community, by Sara Hart (2005)
Ohio’s state Univeristy opened to 500+ students into its
architecture school that explored the various types of architecture as well as
planning. The University made a competition and Mack Scogin Merrill Elam
Architects won the commission to reinstate the school into a state of the art
facility. The brief was to renovate the existing buildings to accommodate its
three disciplines, somewhat segregating them from one another. It was also
specified to for the commission to provide open atmosphere and spaces as well
as being able to seamlessly fit in with its context and neighboring University
buildings; it did not want to be iconic.
Because of this commission the Ohio State University
boosted its own development as well as the future for its enthusiastic
students. This was an interesting article to read and will take the knowledge
gained from this reading into my own research for further studies.
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