Word: linked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Link connects two science buildings, Mallinckrodt and Hoffman, and house offices and high-tech laboratories. It links two architectural eras and two related departments. A better reporter might subject the building to a hard-nosed critique, but this one, dear readers, treats it as a structure worthy of reverence. Call him crazy. Call this the Cult of The Link. Call it whatever; but first, get to know his totem...
From Oxford Street, The Link's limestone facadestrikes the passer-by as delightfully atypical,and its beige hue contrasts the abundant red brickof the buildings it connects. Set back from thestreet, its presence is subdued, yet sublime...
...Link's supple shape was what initiallyattracted this subjective--nay, thrilled--reporterto the scene. A deep archway is cut into therectangular, three-story building's center,allowing pedestrians unhindered access to thescience complex beyond and a glimpse into thelaboratories within. The passageway is long andwide and lined with glass. "Oxford Street is amajor circulation space," says Jim Collins, Jr.,the principal architect. "It seemed inappropriateto build a building that would wall off that wholelength...
Crowned by a geometric lattice, The Linkmanages to exploit the site, a negligible patch ofland between two mammoth buildings, to itsaesthetic potential. "In some places, buildingsthat link other buildings can be designed in a waythat helps define residual space or creates newspaces," says Collins. "If that's donesensitively, then those buildings can not onlyphysically link programs, but they can actuallybring a new amenity to the campus that didn'texist before...
More than a mere aesthetic wonder, The Linkaccomplishes two interrelated functions. Byconnecting Mallinckrodt and Hoffman physically, itjoins their two disciplines conceptually. Thecorridor that links the Chemistry Department toEarth and Planetary Sciences (EPS), then, is morethan just a walkway. It's an idea. The Link is onemomma step for science-kind...