Designs for SOM campus unveiled
For around an hour late Tuesday afternoon, members of the School of Management community gathered in the General Motors room at 55 Hillhouse Ave. to see their new home.
The town-hall meeting was a chance for students and faculty to hear a 30-minute presentation of plans for the new campus from Chris West, a partner at Foster + Partners, the architectural firm designing the building. The audience of around 120 spent the latter half of the hour asking questions of the architect about topics such as environmental sustainabilty and the way in which the plans could both evoke and...
Please. Huntsman Hall's "design" is highly overrated. I want escalators in a mall not my business school. I think the new SOM campus is very impressive. Plus it should be. Yale is spending more on SOM's new building than Penn spent on Huntsman Hall, and Penn has a student population 10x larger (including the undergrads).
I kind of can't believe they're knocking down 175 Whitney. That building has the most beautiful rotunda.
while i am no fan of norman fosters, thank god for no more gothic / georgian! welcome to the modern era yale!
This building is a true inspiration – a classic that will stand the test of time. Possibly not since Mies van der Rohe’s National Gallery in Berlin has there been such a fresh interpretation of classical Modernism. Foster should be commended for his vision and skill that transforms the traditional courtyard building type into a truly uplifting expression of the aspirations of SOM. From Memorial Quadrangle, to the Kahn art museums, to Beinecke and the Whale, this building will undoubtedly become yet another internationally-acclaimed landmark on the Yale campus.
Even Wharton's Huntsman Hall is better than this.