In addition, both sites are situated within a seven minute walk to the Academic Quad and other central campus locations. 1860 plan for Central Park in New York City. For the future of Wellesley, we propose an equally comprehensive attitude that would allow the occasion of a new Campus Center to solve problems of parking and truck services. If chosen to continue work, we would be open to study other sites which could be considered with the composite strategy. Both schemes would have a series of entry points with portals that shape the views of arriving pedestrians.
Parking is sited to provide a special entering experience for the visitor.
The parking areas within the schemes are spaces of generous height and natural light from above through reflecting pool lenses. The first experiences of an arriving visitor viewing the beautiful vistas of the campus would be enhanced by an inspiring naturally lit parking level with vertical proportions allowing service vehicles to pass through adjacent areas. The Campus Center proposed for Alumnae Valley is a porous building of light materials bracketed by two masonry structures of a character similar to the original Wellesley buildings. By locating the Campus Center on the Alumnae Valley parking lot, new opportunities arise for Wellesley College. First, by locating the Campus Center with an immediate connection to the north campus entry, the Center begins to transform the industrial feel of the western campus with a sense of welcoming.