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Previously, said Hodgson, GSD staff "tried to organize [the archives] at least physically...
...administrators who might wonder where the money would come from, there is an answer. The rents from the hangouts would cover at least part of the cost. The University could save some money by allowing students at the Graduate School of Design to redesign the hall. The GSD students would probably jump at the chance to design something that would actually be built and they probably know more about creating a space for student than any 60-year-old big-name architect...
...various theoretical and stylistic changes never seemed to affect the education GSD students received. Lawrence Halprin (BLA '44) expresses typical sentiments: "What I got was a great sense of value systems, role models, attitudes and processes. The aesthetic system was not very important...you learn it as a background and then cast it off...the International Style never influenced...
When most grads are asked to describe their time at the GSD, their answer inevitably boils down to one word: tough. "It was angst-ridden. It wasn't fun, but that's not why I was supposed to be there," says Janet Josselyn (MAR '84). "Part of the problem is that you come out overtrained," says Eugene Lew (MAR '61). But now that Lew has his own practice, he believes that "it's no question that the training paid...
...students have any complaint, it is that "at the GSD one learns architecture, and not how to be an architect," says Brad Walker (MAR '85). "Many employers want an employee who knows how to function in their offices. [The GSD's] is not a vocational education...