Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Metropolis magazine quotes Dean

Dean Karen Van Lengen is quoted in the Aug/Sept issue of Metropolis magazine in response to the question: “What is the one place you would tell students to visit to complete their design education?” Her reply: “Thomas Jefferson designed the Academical Village around his vision of an academic community intended to lead the new democratic nation that he helped to found and shape. The architecture frames the public realm and the private spaces of student rooms and faculty pavilions, negotiating the tension between the collective and the individual. It has symmetry and is asymmetrical, it is diverse yet unified, it is ambitious yet shows its unresolved moments. It is a work in progress that, after 200 years, remains a livable and poetic place.”