Boston College Master Plan

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And I just love the assumption that one new building will result in BC hiring a new grounds crew. Umm . . . they have a grounds crew now and the feared Gardeners Genocide has not materialized.
 
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palindrome said:
That would be it!

There is already a mock facade built. I will snap some shots if anyone is interested although be prepared to be bored. Its the exact same facade as the rest of the campus buildings.


another rendering and article.
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http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/newton/2010/07/bc_neighbors_want_parking_crac.html
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I wouldn't mind seeing the mock facade if you are ever back there. Also, do you have any idea what the plaza-esque thing is on the right side of the newest rendering?
 
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labatud12 said:
I wouldn't mind seeing the mock facade if you are ever back there. Also, do you have any idea what the plaza-esque thing is on the right side of the newest rendering?
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i've been wondering that myself. I can't seem to figure out where this view would be from. I am assuming that is college rd. on the left but that doesn't make sense to me in relation to the parking lot where the building is going.
I guess we will find out in October.

I'll grab a shot monday of the mock up and a few shots of the gasson renovation. :)
 
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Incomprehensible drawing, because technically inept. Building is just in elevation, entourage is in poorly-drawn "perspective."

For what it's worth, I kind-of like the facade.
 
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Collegiate Gothic > Colonial Georgian/Federal

Thanks for pointing out the silliness of the rendering, ablarc.
 
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So I take it you like, say Duke's or BC's campus better than Harvard's?
 
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Yale's or Princeton's: yes.
 
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From 5 mins ago. Forgot my camera so had to use my phone.

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Fun Fact: Yale once looked like Harvard, but demolished almost all its colonial buildings to put up its pseudo-Oxbridge fantasyland.

I don't really understand how Princeton gets classified as "gothic"...it has maybe a few large buildings that fit that bill, but otherwise is a pretty eclectic campus.
 
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Here is a pdf on the renovation of 2121 commonwealth ave on Brighton campus, expected to begin in December. These will be the offices where More Hall employees will be relocated to so a dorm can be built on the More Hall site.

http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/sites/imp/pdf/Chancery/Chancery 6-29-10a.pdf

Nothing exciting. Will be tearing down a wing and adding and a new wing + atrium.
 
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Are you talking about the windswept walk-through from Mt. Auburn Street to the Square? He thought he was in Ibiza.

The rest works pretty well.
 
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The Jesuit "village" is now complete.

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So when do the outlet stores move in?
 
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With all that talk about BU/NEU/BC recently on another thread one thing is for sure. BC sucks at being urban. Far more like Bentley and Brandise.
 
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That looks truly crappy. It could be a cheap exurban condo scheme--right down to the uniformly colored exteriors.
 
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briv said:
uniformly colored exteriors
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Right on - this bothers me to no end. Perhaps one thing that separates good architects from trashitects is a history of playing with crayons as a child.
 
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Holy Boxborough, Brighton!
 
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