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one campus. A two level south wing was built first in 1957. A third level and a two level east wing were completed in 1957. In 1965 the three level North Grosvenor was completed (Yehle). The north wing was designed for an addional two levels. Built with a combinaon of reinforced concrete and stuccoed concrete block, the south and east wings have ground levels at grade. Only the north wing is slightly elevated. The style of the three secons is fairly consistent with horizontal banding, horizontal windows, and simple overhanging concrete plates marking the entries (figure 5). In contrast to the Manley design, the Grovesnor buildings seem to take lile cue from their tropical waterfront locaon. South Grosvenor has some southfacing windows, but the other two structures face an internal courtyard used primarily for outdoor storage of research equipment. Double loaded corridors mean that workspaces have light only on one side, and lile cross-venlaon. Low floor-to-floor heights emphasized the horizontality of the structure, but limited space for horizontal distribuon of ulies and for convecve cooling in a hot climate. Had they been built, the upper levels of North Grosvenor would have had beer potenal to gain views and breeze from the Bay. 6. Grosvenor East entry, Yehle 4. Founder Walton Smith on tractor, Yehle 5. Rendering of Grosvenor South and East, Yehle The formal entrance of the complex is on the East side, and was originally visible from the Rickenbacker causeway (figures 6-8). Street frontage took precedence over connecon to the site. This core complex was completed with the construcon of Glassell in 1966. With an open ground level, two levels of labs, plus rooop salt-water seling tanks, the bar building created a vercal element perpendicular to the original low-slung waterfront labs (figure 9). The upper levels were marked by an extended concrete frame. The south elevaon facing the water had no windows, relying on an abstract paern of scored stucco to break down the scale. Period photographs show a parking lot covering most of the remaining available space. 7. Campus entry c. 1960, Yehle 12 ancillary buildings Meanwhile, three small buildings were added in 1960, on an axis perpendicular to the bay. The three two story structures were an operaons building, a small dormitory, subsequently converted to the trium laboratory, and a refrigeraon building (figures 11-14). These were ulitarian concrete structures, narrow bar buildings, slight elevaon from exisng grade and concrete overhangs being the only concessions to climac condions. Oriented roughly north south, they were fully exposed to the western sun and minimally exposed to views and onshore breezes. They are also rotated about 20° to the 8. Campus entry 1963, Yehle
west from Grosvenor, Collier and Agassiz, seng up unresolved spaal rela- onships which were only worsened as larger structures picked up this pattern. In 1968 a steel service building was built on the northern edge of the site following the same axis. Intended originally as a temporary structure, it now forms the northern edge of the main campus entry zone (figure 13). 9. Glassell from Bear Cut, author campus completed The next major structure came in 1971 with construcon of the Doherty Marine Sciences Center. Hugging the west edge of the site, the three level building rose up behind the operaons building with an elevated entry courtyard and a series of exposed stairways. Deep overhangs, varied floor heights, and vercal concrete brise-soleil place the building in the Brutalist school popular 10. Glassell showing laboratory floors below third floor seling tanks, author 13. Campus 1969, Yehle. Note full hardening of shoreline. 11. Operaons building, author 14. Dormitory 1959, Yehle. Now Trium Lab. 13
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Page 10 and 11: esilient community As urban designe
Page 12 and 13: Biscayne Bay Land-Fill Rickenbacker
Page 14 and 15: environmental history As is typical
Page 16 and 17: 10 7. Virginia Key 1960’s, Yehle
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Page 22 and 23: uildings: interior • Poorly defin
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Page 26 and 27: city of miami virginia key plan Whi
Page 28 and 29: 6. Rendering from Rickenbacker entr
Page 30 and 31: master planning critique make bigge
Page 32 and 33: site diagrams relaon to causeway pr
Page 34 and 35: 28 virginia key ecosystem urban •
Page 36 and 37: proposed redevelopment sequence The
Page 38 and 39: campus square footage studies build
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Page 42 and 43: 2. High Line route. adapted from go
Page 44 and 45: 8. Venice Hospital model, from Alla
Page 47: Works Cited Abramovitz-Harris-Kings
Page 50 and 51: campus challenges/ proposed solutio
Page 52 and 53: site master plan Hobie Beach To Mar
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Page 56 and 57: grosvenor north transformation shel
Page 58 and 59: circulation interior circulaon serv
Page 60 and 61: climate comfort exisng condions •
Page 62 and 63: social interaction exisng condions
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