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UNDER THE HOOD
V12 LARAKI A replica of a V12 Mercedes Benz engine by Eric van Hove
Hood Museum Reopens After Nearly Three Years Rachel T. Gambee
Executive Editor After nearly three years of construction, the Hood Museum reopened its doors last weekend to the great delight of students, faculty, and community members alike. The grand opening unveiled extensive renovations to the museum designed by New York based architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. The slogan for the opening, “Transformed, Transformative,” could not appear to be more fitting. This $50 million renovation has not given Dartmouth a remodeled building, but rather an entirely new, transformed educational space. In the remodel, husband and wife team Williams and Tsien increased the size of the museum by 50%, now totaling 62,400 square feet of
space. They also made substantial changes to the front entrance and atrium. The Hood was originally constructed in 1985 by Charles Moore as an example of the postmodern style. The entrance was dominated by a large metal archway that then led directly into the galleries before emptying into a large open-air atrium. Williams and Tsien instead delivered a sleek low-profile entrance with a focal window into the second-floor galleries. Additionally, they rearranged the first gallery, filling in the old atrium to create the new, covered Russo Atrium connecting the Hood to the Hopkins Center. Despite these changes, Williams and Tsien have not only preserved the spirit of the acclaimed 1985 Moore building, but have revitalized it, creating a modern
Hood which is well-suited to a modern Dartmouth. As Mr. Stromberg predicted, the potential for this building has professors abuzz. In an interview with The Review, Professor Marlene Heck of the Art History Department expressed her excitement and that of her colleagues saying, “it really is just a wonderful space... now [we] have breathing room, [we] have growing room... we were all completely blown away.” Professor Heck, an architecture specialist, also commented on the differences between Moore’s building and the new one created by Williams and Tsien. Professor Heck called the Charles Moore building a “landmark of 20th century postmodern architecture” and remarked that it was “very special that we had it
right here on campus.” For those not schooled in architecture, the postmodern movement was a response to earlier modern architecture which had been characterized by extremely spare designs. It was intended to be a return to what people enjoyed about architecture—color, whimsical qualities and hidden surprises. When addressing the new building, Professor Heck explained that it “reflects the most significant global trend in architecture,” geometric designs. This clever geometric design is what allows the museum to be so expansive, affording students and community members access to a greater portion the ever-growing Dartmouth collection.
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Image courtesy of Rachel T. Gambee
History of the Hood Museum Ishaan H. Jajodia
Senior Correspondent Barely twenty years before the College was founded, in the hazy mist of the early years of the Seven Years War, the British dispatched Major General Edward Braddock along with then-Virginia Colonel George Washington and thirteen hundred soldiers to check the advances of the French and to chase them out of North America. On July 9, 1755, Braddock, along with Washington and his army, crossed the Monongahela River in what is Pennsylvania today, hoping to attack Fort Duquesne, which was nearby and in the control of the French. The expedition was a disaster for the British, who lost a third of all their men that they entered the expedition with. Braddock
died four days later, possibly shot in the lungs by a member of his own army. In 1772, Reverend David McClure, who had been one of Wheelock’s students at the Moor’s Indian Charity School and one of the earliest members of Dartmouth’s faculty, made a missionary trip, which included the Monongahela River and the location of the battlefield. This area, which had been historically home to Native American tribes such as the Seneca, was part of McClure’s expedition. The remnants of the battle still marked the location, and visitors to the location often picked up mementos from the field, including bones and expired armament, well into the last decade of the eighteenth century.
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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER
A LOOK AT MINDHOOD
THE HOP SHOWS REVERSING ROE
Editor-in-Chief Devon M. Kurtz meanders through the newest part of campus: the Hood.
Brian L. Drisdelle takes a closer look at the work Mindhood is doing at Dartmouth.
Editor-in-Chief Devon M. Kurtz discusses one of the latest films shown at the Hopkins Center.
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