News Scrapbook 1986

M Y COLLEGE campuses are a smorgasbord of architectural dest from historical to modem and post-modern But the build ng desi San Diego, perched on a bill above Mission Bay are linked The design"is""SJ!anish renaissance style, a historic mode that sprou century with the conquistadors. Terry Whitcomb director of design for the UDJ style technically is the •platenesqu " style of panish renaissance ThL~ type or architecture never goes out of style she said The umve trendy type of design that will go out of date. Its lasted for this long and it w 1 Each new building or add1t on constructed at the university has to tie into cb1tectural theme he said The idea for th style came when the university was founded more than 30 years ago And 1t ha been mamtamed by the umvers1ty offlc1als and board of trustees b 1Sn't any other uruvers1ty I know of that uses tins theme throughout n th country • tcomb a professor of art, wo ks closely with the a chitects to make sure new buildmgs o add1 ns ht m She explalned that the style ties perfec ly with the umversit and its e a an edu ator Sparush renalllSance flourished 10 an era •when Catholic culture m Spain was at highest pam was a world power and t wa at the top m mtellectual and tntua

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Rosary for peace to be held at US The third ~~5ftosaries for Peace Crusalr?'i~'rcheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Univ~ San Di~o stadium in Alcala Park. The. event will feature a candlelight rosary proce sion s1m1lar to those held at Fatima Portugal a~d ~ourdes, France. The' San Dieg~ M1ss10n Basilica and St. Michael's of Poway choirs, and the Fourth Degree Kmghts of Columbus C..olor Corps will participate in the ceremony. Buses will depart from Catholic churches throughout the county to transport participants to the univer- s1t)'., For informat10n, contact Mary Steiger at 466-9522 or Ruth Cerano at 284-6889.

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*Spanish-- Continued From F-1 done as it might be in some Italian renaissance work. ·•rt usually inter- faces with large open areas so this type of architecture is easier to di- gest," she said. But Whitcomb added that the buildings aren't cookie-cutter repeti- tions. "They do vary according to their function," she said. "Although there again is the overall style theme that is carried through." As an example she cited the Uni- versity Center (or student union) now under construction and scheduled to open in November. The design here is more relaxing and simpler, she said. There isn't as much ornamenta- tion and thrust toward formality. Another factor of the walls of the buildings is their thickness, which makes them sturdy and also good for energy conservation. It helps to re- tain natural heat and provides cool- ing. She said architect Roy Drew did a · good job of combining the historical design with modern needs. It's Drew's second design job at the uni- versity. He did the Copley Library, completed about two years ago. Drew, of the Point Loma architec- tural firm of Drew, Mosher, Watson Ferguson, said the design did present a major challenge. He said he spent time researching in the downtown li- brary for his work at the university. "I do modernistic designs," he said. "This was different. But I think it ~as kind of fun gomg back, research- mg and then putting up something with a historical design. The design represents the era when Spain was at the height of its power. It was the dominant force, and art and intellec- tual things flourished." He said the Moors may have been driven out of Spain but "they left their influence with a lot of fine or- namentation work. That's part of this design" • Drew said to him the hallmarks of this type included such elements as the classical Roman arch, heavy stone forms, fine detail and symme- try of the building forms. He said he can't argue with the approach being used by the u I versity because "other universitie; sometimes use odd-shaped buildings.'' "I think the approach that this uni- versity has taken gives the entire university campus a feeling of unity, togetherness that ties in very well with the great site it has.'' The university now occupies 130 of its 175 acres and has 1.17 million square feet. There' room for more, so more of the Spanish renaissance look will go up. Two proJect~ planned for the fu- ture include additional studen apartments including 154 units and an expansion of the Law School Ii brarv,~------~---'

~allmarks of the architectural design at the University of an Diego 1~cluJe s~ch elements as the classical Roman arch, heavy stone forms, fmp detail and symmetry of the building forms.

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ALUMNI SERIES A concert of vocal har- monio at 8 Pm Wednesday, Oct 1 at the Univers1ty...Q!_Qal1f rn1a at San Diego in Room B 1 Information 534-646 FATHER NICHOLAS REVELES Piano roctt;il at 4 P m Sunday n the Camino Th • tre tt the Uritv!lCSi1\I.-Qf San Diego Info •

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