The college’s 21-ha (52-acre) campus is an arboretum of more than 1000 trees. On further study SHA realized that these great trees are the oldest and most prominent geometric force characterizing this special place.
“We thought of the geometry of trees as a way to give shape to the new arts rcs data building. Instead of echoing the rectangular block of the former arts building, the new pavilion takes its shape from the inflection of the diameters of those large campus trees,” SHA said in a press release. “The kite-in-the-trees sketch then had a much stronger conceptual grounding in the specifics of the site.”
‘box-kite’ steel frame sits on two ground-floor concrete rectangles to create the dramatic cantilevers and arced geometry with precision and economy. Its main floor is lifted into the trees on a porous ground level open to the campus and adjacent Buchanan Park.
The lightweight, two-story
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