Word: sert
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...course stabilized, however, in 1953 with the appointment of Spanish architect Josep Lluis Sert as both dean of the GSD and of the architecture school. Not only did Sert design Peabody Terrace, Holyoke Center, and the Science Center, but the world-renown architect forged strong links between the GSD and the universal church of Modernism, the Congres Internationaux d' Architecture Moderne (CIAM...
Following Sert's departure amidst campus protests in 1969, the GSD entered a period of relative quiet, marked only by the move from Robinson to Gund Hall. Ironically, in later years Gund would gain the reputation as "the worst designed building on campus," after a series of leakage problems caused by inadequate maintenance and, yes, poor design...
While the GSD remained true to the spirit of reinforced concrete and the right angle during Sert's tenure--as evidenced in Peabody Terraces or Boston City Hall--orthodoxy was being questioned at schools like Pennsylvania (homebase of the influential architect and teacher Louis Kahn) and UCLA (where Charles Moore blended high design with neon glitz...
Following Sert's departure amidst campus protests in 1969, the GSD entered a period of relative quiet, marked only by the move from Robinson to Gund Hall. Ironically, in later years Gund would gain the reputation as "the worst designed building on campus," after a series of leakage problems caused by inadequate maintenance and, yes, poor design...
Though the GSD only occupies one building, its spirit might be said to extend to many others on campus and in the area. In addition to Sert's work, the Countway Medical Library, Loeb Drama Center, and Pusey Library were all designed by Hugh Stubbins, Jr. (MAR '35). Even the controversial $52,000 Johnson Gatehouse was farmed out to a GSD grad, Graham Gund (MAR '68). In Boston, GSD buildings include the Federal Reserve Bank (Stubbins), Boston City Hall (Professors of Architecture Gerhard M. Kallmann and Noel M. McKinnell), and the John Hancock Tower (Professor of Architecture Harry N. Cobb...