STRATEGY 2 Connections that Integrate Places and Programs
SPATIAL CONNECTIONS Phillips Academy’s campus evolved as a series of discrete institutions that developed, dissolved and integrated into the current academy. The legacy of this transformation still reads strongly in the structure of the campus. Platt’s ‘Ideal Andover’ grounded the institution on the east side of campus and created an important connection to the west through the Vista. The subsequent planting plans developed by the Olmsted firm established the vegetative structure required to realize Platt’s vision. The campus master plan aims to further promote connections east and west, as well as to neighborhoods beyond through a series of spatial, vegetation, hydrology, and circulation proposals.
1. PROTECT & PRESERVE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE CAMPUS CORE
2. EXTEND THE CHARACTER OF THE CORE TO UNIFY ADJACENT AREAS
3. STRENGTHEN THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF EACH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD
(1) Protect and preserve the historic character of the campus core. The spatial organization and formal character of the core is strongly established as a series of connected spaces. Topography reinforces its prominent position on the hill. (2) Extend and connect the landscape of the core to adjacent areas by re-organizing neighborhoods through similar spatial planning and planting principles. Remove divisive vegetation to reconnect historic academic and residential buildings to central open lawns, provide Main Street with a consistent treatment on both sides, locate new buildings to define open space, and introduce trees and paths that frame open space and focus views. (3) Amplify the unique character of the other surrounding neighborhoods by creating stronger spatial and visual connections between buildings and their adjacent character-defining landscape features – whether it be open lawn areas, woodlands, wetlands, and/or water bodies. (4) Connect the athletics precinct from Siberia all the way to Rafferty Field and create a more cohesive character for this neighborhood.
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