Open Spaces
CU-Boulder campus buildings are set around malls, courtyards, plazas, quadrangles, fields, greens, and gardens, creating a unified whole. Each open space is planned to be complimentary in scale to the buildings and other facilities around it, and most importantly, to be variable in size and importance to other adjacent or connecting open space. Floor surfaces vary from hardscape to softscape, and plantings are variable reflecting scale and environmental conditions. An important and necessary open space is parking lots and structures for campus user's vehicles. These require a sensitive fit into the campus environment.
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| Fountain Ct. fountain, Design Concepts, 2004, Replaced original | Herbst Plaza, KCJD (Klipp), 2002, Entry plaza to EC | Math Plaza, Fentress Bradburn, 1992, Southeast entrance | Norlin Quadrangle, Early 20th century |
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| Norlin Quad walk, Early 20th century | Norlin Quad west, Early 20th century | Prexy walk, 1880, CU-community link | Varsity Lake north, 1880, Current view |
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| Varsity Lake south, 1880, Current view | Education courtyard, Trautwein & Howard, 1956, Connection with Hellems | JILA Plaza, Anderson Mason Dale, 1987, Oil storage tank under | Kittredge pond, Arch. Associates, 1964, Retention pond |
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| Fountain Court, Sasaki Walker DeMay, 1964, Original fountain | Research Park pond, Love & Associates, 1988, Unique site detention | Norlin Quad ravine, Drainage way | UMC Terrace, Moore & Bush, 1964, 1980s new decking |
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| Hawthorne Court, 1938, Named for tree species |