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Last February, the University announced that it had taken the first step in assembling the new archipelago of buildings that will become the Allston campus, Harvard’s gateway to the 21st century. The selection of German architects Berhnisch Architekten for the design of Allston??€™s first biolab should be commended for recognizing that designing the future requires not only conceptual vision, but also vision on the scale of the built world. Harvard shouldn’t plan our new Allston playground as an ossified artifact of architectural regurgitation. With the innovative Behnisch architects, our new campus...
...population, is inevitable. Even those who are able to stay in subsidized housing will no longer feel that the Allston community that has developed is their own—it will become a place to work, as much of Harvard Square has become, instead of a place to live. Allston??€™s current personality may be a little gritty, but it’s a community nonetheless. After the expansion, Allston??€™s residents may be able to walk through a beautiful campus, but they’ll be competing for space with tourists and students. They...
During his five-year tenure, University President Lawrence H. Summers painted Allston??€™s future in broad brush strokes: a vision of green pastures and bustling city streets surrounding a hub devoted to interdisciplinary science research.Within the next 10 years—long after Summers is gone—a glass science complex will stand in what is now a parking lot and a new museum for contemporary and modern art will move into the offices of Bank of America.The School of Public Health and the School of Education—both of which have complained for years about...
...starkly geometric concrete slabs were erected like tombstones, housing students and offices, and raising the ire of those who prefer serene beauty to hideousness for diversity’s sake. We are not worried that the University will repeat the same mistakes, but after the presentation of sketches for Allston??€™s first new building—a science complex—students cannot help but wonder if the University will make all new mistakes, albeit of the same genus. “I’m not a traditionalist, I can tell you that right away...
...Board of Directors, whose mother chaired the board until she passed away in October, and whose family ties to the area extend back to the early part of the century when his great-grandfather owned a farm where HBS now sits.Harvard’s holdings in Allston??€”271 acres, many amassed over the course of 20 years—are dominated by autobody repair shops, industrial railyards, and fast-food franchises. Businesses like Pepsi, Kmart, and WGBH, which previously occupied the land, are vacating the premises as Harvard prepares to break ground on its first building?...