Return of the Megastructure.

Stephens, Suzanna

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Return of the Megastructure

Stephens, Suzanna

Architectural Forum, 139, 2, 40-47, Sep 73

Describes Knight Campus Rhode Island Junior College which was designed as a megastructure -- a monolithic building, open-ended, additive, modular, and plugged into a service transportation network. It consists of classrooms, labs, and faculty offices wrapped around a central court or commons'' that is 200 feet long and four stories high. (Author/MF)

Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Innovation, Campus Planning, Two Year Colleges

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