Word: saarinen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bold idea, for Moore's recent robust and rugged style would probably be in startling contrast to the varied elegance of the four surrounding buildings: the low-slung theater originally designed by the late Eero Saarinen, Max Abramovitz' travertine-columned Philharmonic Hall, Wallace K. Harrison's fluted Metropolitan Opera House, Pietro Belluschi's Juilliard School of Music. The center's governing committee got Moore to look at the site, and last week, after Yorkshire-born Sculptor Moore pored over a model of the site, he agreed to take on what should be the most formidable...
...construction had consisted of nothing more than the molding of this 5,750-ton sculpture, the terminal would be a landmark; but the elegant sweep of the design by the late Eero Saarinen is carried all the way through...
Just as the exterior symbolized to Saarinen "the excitement of the trip," so the interior suggests the constant flow of human traffic. To Saarinen. form did not merely follow function-it was also meant to lift the spirit: "Architecture is not just to fulfill man's need for shelter, but also to fulfill man's belief in the nobility of his existence on earth...
...more endearing fixtures of the Saarinen design are the four plazas which will adjoin the building. Two courtyards to be enclosed by the new structure with the aid of already existing buildings will shield the libraries and most of the student rooms. The terrace to the rear of the two colleges will be partly enclosed by trees and other shrubbery and partly by other buildings. The front terrace will be open to the street though the student rooms themselves will be largely protected by several clusters of trees. If further expansion of the university becomes desirable this final terrace will...
...public rooms of the two colleges will include music chambers, television rooms, student activity centers, and more original innovations which the architect has labeled "Butteries." These facilities will replace the traditional Yale common rooms which, Saarinen felt, were not as popular as they should and could be. The "Butteries" will be collegiate Rathskellers with snack bars (that can be panelled off for more formal functions) and other furnishings which are expected to inspire wider use than do the regular Yale common rooms. The libraries in both colleges are large two-level halls with capacities for 13,000 volumes each...