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Working with Clinton, the architects
decided to situate the linear building perpendicular to the
river, seemingly against the instinctive strategy that would
parallel the building with the natural feature for views.
By doing this, dramatic views are created to the east and
west down the river, and - coupled with the 90-foot cantilever
- the roughly 30-acre site continues along the water's edge
unobstructed, and an arrival and celebration plaza ("scholar's
garden") is created between the new structures and Choctaw
Station, an 1880s renovated into the Clinton
School of Public Service. Looking at the site
and location plan, Hargreaves Associates exploited a 7-degree
difference between the river's edge and the downtown street
grid, a difference extended to the building's location. |
