I’m truly glad that former professors Robert Clark *74 and David Billington ’50 never had to gaze upon this monstrosity. It would break their hearts. As a former Orange Key historian, architecture student, and civil engineering major, I find this complex appalling. History will not be kind to those who decided to place a flat-roofed, blank-sided Costco-sized facility in the middle of the historic campus rather than out on the undefined periphery. This is not even a chiefly academic building but rather one that will need many school buses full of visiting high school students each day to fill it. It could have been a very interesting building on Washington Road or Alexander Road or Nassau Street defining a new streetfront presence. But next to Cannon Green this is a disaster.
I’m truly glad that former professors Robert Clark *74 and David Billington ’50 never had to gaze upon this monstrosity. It would break their hearts. As a former Orange Key historian, architecture student, and civil engineering major, I find this complex appalling. History will not be kind to those who decided to place a flat-roofed, blank-sided Costco-sized facility in the middle of the historic campus rather than out on the undefined periphery. This is not even a chiefly academic building but rather one that will need many school buses full of visiting high school students each day to fill it. It could have been a very interesting building on Washington Road or Alexander Road or Nassau Street defining a new streetfront presence. But next to Cannon Green this is a disaster.