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10 7. Virginia Key 1960’s, Yehle
3. Campus History 1. Agassiz Building, Yehle. Note exisng mangrove behind newly placed fill. rsmas campus development choice of site The University of Miami marine laboratory was formally established in 1943, and its inial home was in a private boathouse on Miami Beach. The research team grew, and through a series of contracts with state and commercial conservaon and marine resource interests, the instuon grew to the point where it needed a consolidated home. In 1951, Dade County offered the University a long-term lease on 6.38 acres along Bear Cut if a marine research building could be built within the year. Funds were raised with contribuons from the fishing and boang community and through newspaper appeals. the structure resembled the architecture of 1930’s Miami Beach. However, the structure was elevated a full story, acknowledging its exposed locaon. The Collier Building, a similar laboratory structure, was added two years later. Both were oriented east-west along the shoreline, maximizing southern exposure and onshore breezes for natural cooling potenal (figure 3). academic core Over the next decade, the three secons of Grosvenor were constructed, allowing for consolidaon of the marine library, laboratories, and offices into 3. Collier and Agassiz from Bear Cut 1955, Yehle 2. Agassiz interior showing open plan and exposed structure andservices, Yehle original structures Designed by Marion Manley, the Agassiz Building was opened in 1953 as the first structure of the Virginia Key Campus (figure 1,2). The elevated structure had no interior walls, and infrastructure was exposed allowing for adjustment according to varying research requirements (Yehle). Seawater was pumped in directly from the adjacent bay, creang a literal connecon between the scienfic life of the University and its physical context. A simple stuccoed concrete volume with jalousie windows and a connuous horizontal shading fin, 11
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