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Expenses could have been considerably reduced if the GSD faculty had permitted the design firm to carry out the program approved in 1968. But the GSD in 1969 was substantially different from the GSD that commissioned Gund Hall in 1965. It may be difficult to design a building for scientists (consider the dissatisfaction with the Science Center) but it is next to impossible to design a building that will make a large number of architects happy...
Sert had not kept a tight rein on the different departments, and some observers attribute the internal squabbling about Gund Hall to Sert's lack of control. Kilbridge, however, keeps a firm grip on the various factions, a policy that induced three GSD professors to bring grievance charges against him in early 1971. So the design firm had to content not only with usual production delays, but with the shaks at the GSD itself...
Baldwin's pride in the completed building is justified. Despite the delays and internal squabbling. Gund Hall effectively promotes the "togetherness" concept the GSD faculty seeks. But the design firm- not the GSD faculty- is responsible for the large multi- level open studio that puts all the departments under one roof. The studio area, which rests beneath a sloping free spanning roof, was orginally designed as a collection of private cubicles. The design firm, and particularly Baldwin, fought for a four-level studio connected by stairways. At each of these levels, seminar rooms and departmental offices are located opposite...
These structural changes bumped the final cost up to $8 million. Doebele says the Gund family was very sympathetic to the financial pressures throughout the project, and defrayed all additional costs. The W.T. Piper Auditorium which seats about 400, and the Frances Loeb Library were funded separately with the stipulation that the building was constructed to permit entrance to both facilities without entering Gund Hall...
...million cost overrun, although not a University debt, has severely strapped the Design School's maintenance budget. Gund hall is not a typical Harvard building-money was raised to pay for the building, but not for its upkeep...