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D C
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View of the commons and surrounding structures as seen from the south. The larger scale massing of the towers are situated to maximize solar exposure to the outdoor commons balanced against the need for a half million square feet of lab spaces.
DRAWING KEY A Laboratory Tower B Linear labs / Commercial base C Interior food court / commercial D Daylighting / Common space E Goldberg Hotel F Hotel rooms G Below grade parking
“....The city from a simple settlement became the place of assembled institutions. The measure of the greatness of a place to live must come from the character of its institutions sanctioned through how sensitive they are to renewed desire for new agreement... The street is a room by agreement. A community room the walls of which belong to the donors...the ceiling is the sky...� Example of traditional piazza
Example of traditional stoa building type
From a sketch on the Drawings for City
Louis Kahn
7XV08