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vol. 10 • nos. 7 and 8 • july - aug. 1968 • new mexico architecture

NMA News 7 Letter from Archb ishop---Loretto Academy for sale Awards Program-Schlegel Appo inted

The University of New Mexico Its History and Its Expansion-by Von Dorn Hooker, University Architect

Tom L. Popejoy 11

Historical Background 13

Planning 14

Con struct ion 22

Index of Advertisers 30

(Cover - College of Business Administration :-: UN M)

- Official Publication of th e New Mexico Society of Architects, A. 1. A. -

Society Officers Commission for NMA President- Kenneth S. Cla rk, F.A.I.A. John P. Conran-Editor Vice- President-Beryl Durham Bainbridge Bunting-Editorial Consulta nt Secretary-Treasurer-Joe Boehning W. M. Brittelle, Sr.) - Advertising Director-Richard S. Clark Robert G. Mallory ) Director-Loren S. Mastin Von Darn Hoaker-Circulation Director-Albert S. Merker John B. Arrison Director-John B. Reed Director-Fronk M. Standhardt Ja mes Murray, III Director-John P. Verso John B. Reed

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NMA July . AugtLSt 1968 FOR SALE.'! But all will be well. Th e buyer owners of the struc tures to be of the propert y will have to build ~~ recognized. It is planned that cop­ .11' new struc tures in faked adobe, and '...... ies of the award certificates will wood stained concre te vigas! be presented to those additional persons who have been instrumen­ AWARDS PR OGRAM tal in the construc tion, design, or ANNO UNCED preservation of the recognized Th e New Mexico Arts Commis­ struc ture. sion and the New Mexico Society Th e nomination s for either of Architec ts will make annual awa rd catego ry are not limited awa rds for new construction and to architect designed buildings. for historic preservation. Any man-made struc ture is eligi­ ble- a bridge, a dam , a house, a 1) "AWARD OF barn , a site, or a monument. Nom­ EXCELLENCE" FOR NEW inations are solicited from archi­ CONSTRUCTION tects, engineers, planners, land­ scape architects, historical socie­ In orde r to recognize signif­ ties, garden clubs - any person, or icant and distinguished contri­ any orga nization. butions to the total environment, The committee appointed by the the New Mexico Arts Comm is­ New Mexico Society of Architects sion and the ew Mexico Societv wants to see all that has been con­ of Architects hereby establish a;1 struc ted or preserved throughout annual Awa rd for Excellence for New Mexico which might warrant Loretto Chapel- Santa Fe new or recent contruction. consideration for these awards. Th e awa rd will be present ed This piece of New Mexico archi­ For this first year of the pro­ to designers of any man-mad e tec tura l heritage is FOR SALE. gra m, no rules or restriction s will struc tures which have been Loretto Academy, which inclu des be placed up on the presentation of built within the sta te of ew seven other buildings of assorted entries. It is nomin ations which Mexico, and which enhance the sizes and uses plus 4.5 acres, as are solicited, not expensive and environme nt for Man. well as this chapel, is for sale on elaborate brochures. How ever, suf­ the open market. 2 ) "AWARD FOR ficient pictorial and docum entation Com missioned by the Sisters of material must be submitted to ex­ Lore tto as early as 1878, this little EXCELLENCE" IN THE FIELD OF HISTORIC plain the nomination to the jury. cha pel is the most successful fac­ Th e Dead-Lin e for Receipt of PRESERVATION simile of a Medieval building ever Nominations Is October 1, 1968 crea ted in New Mexico. It is an established fact that Send to: John P. Con ron, Probably the architects were An­ the retention of the histori cal Box 935, Santa Fe, N.lI!. 87501 toine and Projectus Mouly who records of man's achi evement is also designed the Cathedral. Con­ of immense value to present and SCHLEGEL APPOINT ED structed of well cut stone, the future generations. Historical ACTING CHAIRMAN light, vertical composition and the buildings, artifacts, and sites are Thomas Reed Vreeland, [r., active Gothi c silhouette form a the visual catalogue of that heri­ cha irma n of the Department of striking contras t with the compact, tage. Architecture at the Uni versity of lethargic buildings of adobe which Accordingly, the ew Mexico New Mexico since 1965, has re­ had hitherto been built in the city. Arts Commission and the New signed to head a new program in Thi s little chape l is a valuable Mexico Society of Architects architecture at UCLA. piece of the visual record of ew hereby establish an Award for Don P. Schlegel, UNM architec­ Mexico's growth and history. It Excellence in the field of His­ ture professor, was named to re­ should not be allowed to be For toric Preservation. Th is awa rd place Vreeland as acting depart­ Sale-and, therefore, a ripe candi­ will recogni ze valuable efforts ment chairman for next year by date for destruction. in the preserva tion of significant Dr. Clinton Adams , Dean of the The sellers have expressed the architecture, artifacts, or sites of UNM Department of Fine Arts. hope that the eventual bu yers will historical imporance. Schlegel has been with the UNM preserve the chapel. Th e Old Santa Th e ew Mexico Society of architec ture d e pa r t m en t since Fe Association has expressed "in­ Architects undert akes to administer 1954. He received his B. Arch., terest" - but has apparently taken these awards programs. Similar from the University of Cincinnati no active steps to formulate a pres­ awards in both categori es will be and his M. Arch from the Massa­ ervation plan. presented to the designers and chusetts Institute of Technology.

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8 NMA July . August 1968 ARCHBISHOP portunce that these remnants be not be feasibl e in all cases. But not lost. protection of such monuments as E STABLISHES In order that we may work to­ part of our Christian heritage is a geth er to preserve and show proper duty. To provide helpful and com­ PROTECTION respect and reverence for such re­ petent advice and direction in FOR COLONIAL ART ligious art and architecture as re­ these cases, I am pleased to an­ mains in our midst , I requ est most nounce the appointment of a spe­ A precedent - setting letter has earnes tly the cooperation of the cial Committee on Colonial I been sent to the clergy of the clergy and laity with the follow­ Churches to review any and all Archdiocese of Santa Fe by the ing policy for the preservation of plans for abandonment, replace­ Most Reverend Jam es Peter Davis , the artistic patrimony of our holy ment, or remodelling before such Archbishop of Santa Fe. The let­ faith : plans are put into effect. This ter outlines new policies for the 1. Henceforth it shall be forbid ­ Committee will function as a Sub­ protection and preservation of co­ den to sell, to give awa y to pri­ committee of the Committee on lonial art belonging to the Roman vate parti es, or to destroy any Co­ Art and Architecture of the Litur­ Catholic Church in New Mexico. lonial work of art regardless of its gical Commi ssion of the Archdio­ To the Reverend Fathers of the simplicity or compl exity, size, im­ cese of Santa Fe. We are ind ebted Archdiocese of Santa Fe: portance, etc. to the following gentlemen who No doubt you are aware of the rich 2. Th ese objects where possible have accept ed to serve : heritage of Colonial religious art should be preserved and used as The Reverend Benedict Cuesta , and architecture within the con­ integral components of the chapels Chairman; assisted by the Very fines of the State of New Mexico and churches where they are now. Reverend Monsignor O. A. Cog­ and particularly within the terri­ If this cannot be for some reason, giola - Mower; Messrs. John Caw tory of the Archdiocese of Santa they should be sent to the Arch­ Meem, architect ; John Conron, Fe. Some of these works of art are diocesan Collection in care of the architect, and Charles vV. Collier, quite simple and almost rude ­ Internation al Institute of Iberian patron of the arts and founder of some quite sophisticated. All of Colonial Art at the College of the International Institute of Ibe­ them are the fruit of talent inspir­ Santa Fe. Anyone with any ques­ rian Colonial Art. ed by faith and reverence. Th e ar­ tion regarding these objects should May I emphasize the urg ency of tists and artisans were Spaniards consult the Reverend Benedict clear ing with this Committee all and Indians, for the most part if Cuesta , pastor of Arroyo Seco Par­ plans for abandonment, rep lace­ not entirely. Among the outstand­ ish and Chairman of the Liturgical ment or remodelling of Colonial ing examples are the famous Commi ssion of the Archdiocese of churches, prior to any final com­ Churches of Rancho de Taos , Santa Fe. mitm ents or plan s which must be Trampas and Acoma, the great 3. With respect to Colonial approved by the Subcommittee on church of Pecos, all but lost, and a churches, it shall be the policy Art and Archit ecture mentioned number of historically significant where economically and structur­ above. In the case of projects smaller chapels and moradas. ally feasible to continue to usc already in progress, it is ord ered Th ere are beautiful altars and re­ such churches for public worship, that all plans be submitted to this redos like those of Cristo Rey in to restore and maintain them in Subcommittee before further de­ Santa Fe and of the Santuario de accordance with their original de­ cisions are made. Chimayo and Santa Cru z. Also a sign. This policy is in accord with May I ask your kind assistance I host of bultos and retablos in old the dispositions of Canon Law and in conveying these instructions to churches, in moradas and in pri­ the Constitution of the Sacred Lit­ anyone of your acquaintance who vate collections. urgy as decreed by the Fath ers of may be involved in any way with Much of this art has been sold to the Vatican Coun cil. Colonial religious art. private persons for decorative use In too many instances Colonial Similar instructions are going out in their homes or offices. A number churches of great historical signifi­ to the Hermanos Mayores of the of churches and chapels have been cance and artistic value have been Hermandad de Nuestro Padre abandoned to the ravages of time abandoned, destroyed or modifi ed Jesus (Penitentes ) and to the and the elements and have been beyond recognition. In some cases clergy and officials of the various lost. In some cases beautiful struc­ they have been repla ced by new Pueblos. tures have been disfigured by in­ structures of inferior artistic worth With anticipated thanks for your appropriate additions and changes. at considerable expe nse. Th e same kind cooperation, I am, Great quantities of objects of re­ expenditure or perhaps even less ligious art of Colonial times have might hav e sufficed to restor e and Sincerely in Christ, been stolen and sold. What re­ preserve in use a historic building. James P. Davis mains is but a fraction of what was Particular decisions in these cases once here. It is of the utmo st im- involve many factors. Salvage may ARCHBISHOP OF SA TA FE

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T OM L. POPEJOY Too much cannot be said about the efforts of one man, Presi­ dent Tom L. Popejoy, in adva ncing the ph ysical developm ent of the University of New Mexico while at the same time maintaining a COIl­ stunt rise in the acade mic stand­ ards. His term of office as Presi­ dent ende d with his retirement on Jul y 1, 1968. When he assumed office in 1948, the University was in the midst of the postwar stu­ dent explosion as veterans returned to resum e their interrupted edu­ cation. With extremely limited funds available for construc tion, he arranged for the new buildings necessary to meet the acade mic needs. After the emergency was over, he concentra ted on obtaining for the Universitv those facilities which would enrich the lives of studen ts and faculty as well as the state as a whole - such as the 1 ew Mexico Union, the new Zim­ merman Stadium, the Music Build­ ing, the Concert Hall, Basketball Tom L. Popejoy Arena , Johnson Gymnasium. Th e esta blishment of the School of Medicine and the building of its facilities has been du e in grea t part to the efforts of this dedicated man . Many of the most practical and imaginative ideas on methods of building, site location, and campus planning have been advanced in the President's office. Architects have also found him to be always receptive to and excited by imag­ inative approaches to problem solving. Eve n though construc tion on the campus during his administra tion The UNMLobo - a scu lpture by John Tat schl has exceeded all that which came before by many times, it would be wrong to evalua te his influ ence on the campus in dollars and cents. Th e impetus he has given to good campus planning and the qu ality of architectura l design will be felt by generations of students to come. It behooves those of us who will continue at the University after he leaves to do our utmost to carryon in the fine tradition he has establishe d.

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I NTROD UCTION As there is an infillin g of spaces when new buildings are built and Th e purpose of this article is to wings added to existing ones, it is report on campus planni ng and planned to make the remaining pa­ building construc tion at the Uni­ tios and plazas as beautiful and in­ versity of ew Mexico, which has teresting as possible, scaled to the taken place since John Carl Wa r­ human user, necke and Associates present ed their General Developm ent Plan to the Regents of the Unive rsity in HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1959, and to add more historical Its History and background to what has been pre­ Th c University of New Mexico Its Expansion- viously published. was established by act of the Terri­ At least three articles were pub­ torial Legislature in February, enhances the campus. His greatest lished in New Mexico Architecture 1889. Th e first classes were offered contribution, however, was the es­ after 1959 which gave critica l re­ in a building rent ed from the Albu­ tablishment of the region al style of views of the plan. It is interestin g querque Acad emy whil e the con­ architecture, even to the remodel­ to note with the passing of time struc tion of the first University ing of Hodgin Hall , which has pro­ the validity of these appraisals. building was in progress. This building, Hodgin Hall, still in use, vided a unit y to the campus found Campus landscap e and develop­ was occupi ed by the Preparatory on few oth ers. His interest in the ment has not kept pace with the and Normal Departments in the physical aspects of the campus was construction of buildings, prim ar­ summer of 1892. In 1894 the first reflected in the plan published in ily becaus e of insufficient funds to class of six students received bac­ Th e Mirage for 1908. do both. In the last few projects calaureate degrees, and the Uni­ In 1914 or 1915 the architectural there have been funds allocated for versity began its gradual develop­ firm of Griffin and Byrne of Chi­ site development adjacent to the ment of degree programs. cago was retained to develop a building, but only one significan t plan for the campus and to do two Th e first serious campus plan­ landscap e project has been fund ed buildings. Walter Burley Griffin ning began with the appointme nt and construc ted which was not re­ was a gra duate of the University of lated to a specific building: the of Dr. William George Tight as Illinois in 1899; he joined Frank president in 1901. He began imme­ mall area north and east of the Lloyd Wright's office in Oak Park diately to plan for a large increase ew Mexico Union. Thi s project in 1900 and remained with him in enrollment, even thou gh there has made a grea t impact on the ap­ until 1905, at which time he started were less than 100 students on pearance of the campus, and it is his own practice. In 1913 he won campus at that time. Wh en under­ hoped that fund s can be found an international compe tition for ground water was located in suf­ in the future to expand it and to the design of Canberra, Australia, .develop other presently "open" ficient quantity, he emba rked on and from then until 1916 spent a tree planting program which still spaces . much of his time in winding up Model of the Central Compus-1970-80 his affairs and getting an office started in Sydn ey. Some of the de­ sign for the University campus was done in the Sydn ey office. A letter to the President of the Regents in 1915 summed up his ideas : " . .. the general scheme is a compac t, continuous pueblo to afford a maximum of shelte r, conven ience, and coziness. Th e whole group is low-lying with economical plain masses, ... and all dominated by a lofty pyramidal central structure and rend ered attractive by a wide variation of correlated courts and axial vistas ... " All that has been found of this plan are two vertical sections and some correspondence. Th e old Chemistry Building was apparently designed by Byrne

NMA July . August 1968 13 alon e and does not reflect much playing fields between the gym­ IOns to the General Development of the preliminary design by Gri f­ nasium and the dormitory area. Plan will be required by time and fin. 1 2 This plan had hardly been pre­ changing circumstances, and, ult i­ mately, the accumulation of ma­ In the period followi ng World sented when the Uni versity admin­ jor and minor changes should be War I several buildings were built, istrati on realized that instead of incor porated in a new statement. including Sara Raynolds Hall, Car­ planning for 15,000 students they But , the Plan , if effectively used lisle Gym, the "Fine Arts Addition" must prep are to accommoda te and periodically revised on the to Hadley Hall, the old Library 25,000, and certainly sooner than basis of continuing institutional building, etc. Campus plans dated had been considered before. In studies and acade mic proj ections, 1922, 1928, and 1938 are "maps" 1958 the firm of John Ca rl War­ should serve as a valua ble devel­ showing buildings and stree ts as necke and Associates was employ­ opmen t guide well beyond the they we re at the time with no pro ­ ed to prepare a General Develop­ jection for the future. Buildings ment Plan based on higher enroll­ foreseeable future." were located facin g existing streets ment projections and in considera­ and were confined in the area tion of the changing role of the CENTRAL CAMPUS north of Ce ntra l, wes t of Univer­ Unive rsity in the pattern of higher Th e first effort by the admin­ sity, south of La s Lom as, and only educa tion in New Mexico, Law­ istration at continuing the planning the Presid ent's hou se, Zimm erm an rence Lackey, a gradua te of the was to engage the firm of Eckbo, Library, and the present Infirmary Unive rsity of New Mexico, and Dean , Austin and Willi ams, Land­ were located on the east side of Alfred W. Baxter, [r. , made th e sca pe Architec ts, to prep are a land­ Yale as late as World War II. Th e on-site studies and prep ared the sca pe plan of the Central Campus, apparent lack of planning is con­ plan within the Warn ecke organ ­ with emphasis on certain ar eas firmed by sta tements from peopl e ization. whi ch might be developed first. who were on the campus at the This plan has received coverage Th e work by Garrett Eckbo and time. in previous issues of New Mexico his associates has been an uninter­ Architecture. Th e first article, writ­ In 1946 there were approxi­ rupted effort, and th e first of his ten by Bainbridge Bunting, ap ­ mately 2,000 students . The influx designs, not directly relat ed to a peared in the Jul y - August 1961 building proj ect, to be completed of war veterans necessitated the issue. It was a factual presenta­ acquisition of man y barracks build­ is the landscaped mall to the north tion of the General Development and east of the New Mexico Union, ings (of whi ch only five are still in Plan as had been presented to the use ) and the construction of sev­ finished in 1965. Regents a few months previously. eral new buildings. From 1946 Th e "Wa rnec ke" plan took most Th ere followed oth er articles until 1955 the firm of Meem of the valid features of the 1955 whi ch praised, conde mned, and Zehn er, and Holien made man; "Mee m" plan and carried them qu estion ed the ph ilosophy of the studies of campus plans, whi ch further, but mad e a very signifi­ plan." culmina ted in th e 1955 "Meem can t modifi cation by elimina ting In the introduction to the Gen­ Plan" whi ch has been th e real basis all th rough stree ts and crea ting a eral Developm ent Plan, the plan ­ loop road aro und the perimeter of for all lat er planning. Th is plan ners stated: was developed with a tot al of the campus. For the first time con­ "The Plan is pred icat ed upon 12,000 to 15,000 students in mind. sideration was given to the plan­ aca de mic expec tations and pro ­ Th e features of the plan whi ch ning of the North an d South Ca m­ grams related to local and region­ have present-day validity are : pu ses, and how they would relate al needs. It proposes ult imate and to the Ce ntral Campus. Buildings 1. The establishmen t of "build­ proximate goals starting with the we re proj ected to enclose or semi­ ing groups" such as enginee ring resources of the existing cam pus. enclose cour ts an d patios varying and science, academ ic fine arts It is general and flexible. Ele­ in size and cha racter, most of student activities, etc. Almost with ~ ments can be alte red without which would be developed around out exception these groups still ex­ cha nging completely the basic or­ a focal small pool or fountain. The ist as proposed at that time. ganiza tion and structure. existing Yale Boulevard was to be 2. Th e location of the main "The concept of con tinuous a long, rather forma l lagoon with parking areas on the periphery of plannin g is th e only rea listic ap­ a round reflecting pool centered on the campus, principally along Cen­ proach to the intrica te problems the wes t en tra nce to the library. tral Avenue . of campus development. Revis- Th is would be a "pa rk-like area" 3. The location of the intramural in which buildings would be gen­ ' John Udy, "A Plan for UNM - A erou;;ly spaced. The only "urban Critical A ppr aisal," NEW M EXICO AR­ 1 H . Allen Broo ks, Jr.," Th e Old Chem· area of consequence was between istry Building at the University of CHITE CTURE, January-February, 1962. New Mexico," NEW MEXICO ARCHI· 3 Jose L uis Yguado, "A Pla n f or UNM the Union and Mesa Vista Dormi­ TECTURE, Vol. 2, Nos. 7 and 8, July· - A Cr i tical Appraisal ," N EW MEXICO tory and a portion of the old Zim­ August 1960. ARCHITECTURE, March-Apr i l, 1962. merm an Field west of the Union. e James Birrell, WALTER B URLEY GRIF­ 3 " A Conversation with A llan Tem· Th e plann ers suggested that most FI~ , Univ ersity of Queensland Pre ss, ko," NEW MEXICO ARCHIT ECTURE No- Bnsbane, Queensland, 1964. vem ber-December, 1964. ' landscaping he confined to the

14 NMA July . August 1968 tenance. However, the campus is not a desert. It is in the center of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area .. .Even now, a distant view of the city is domin ated by the abundance of trees which alread y exist in the city - for it is in a river valley and not a desert." Th e demand has been for shade and grass, where possibl e. Th e use of native trees such as cottonwood and willow has been supplemented with oth er shade trees that hav e proven their hardiness in this cli­ mate - such as mountain ash, syca more, locust, and fruitl ess mul­ berry. Pines have been used for accent, but they are hard to tran s­ ! ~-i f ~ plant and when they do survive have a limited lifespan. Many of Land scape planning by Eckbo, Dean, Aust in and W illiam s the pines planted in the early "green area" mentioned abo ve and problem was left to be solved by 1900's are dyin g because, some be­ the cultivated patios. "The external others. lieve, they were never able to de­ areas around the buildings would, Th e best feature of the War- velop the root struc ture necessary generally, be landscap ed with des- necke plan, the loop road system, to maint ain a full-grown tree. crt plantings, rocks, gravel and has been fully acce pted, imple- Boulders from the nearby moun­ ment ed and modifi ed to make it tains have been used sparingly, sand in the mann er of the sur- more effective than originall y but effectively, parti cularly in the rounding mesas." pIanned . TI ley suggested retaining Education Complex and the park­ The parking problem was almost Terrace Avenu e and using it as ing lots. Nati ve plants, such as ignored, and the only solution of- the western portion of the loop, cha misa, cactus, and yucca , hav e fered was too expensive to be real- but off-campus pressures have been planted in beds fronting on istic. Th e Meern plan had begun changed this thinking. Th e City of Central Avenu e and west of John­ the suggestion of peripheral park- Albuquerque has begun planning son Gymnasium. ing with large lots located along the widening of University Boule- Because of the enormous amount Central Avenue east of Yale Park. vard into a divid ed four-lane ar- of foot traffic south of the Library, Th e Warn ecke plan estimated a terial from the present terminus at betw een it, the classrooms to the total need of 7,000 to 8,000 parkin g Ha zeldine SE to Lomas TE. This west, and the Union to the east, it spaces when the enrollment has alignment will allow the University has not been feasible to develop reached 25,000. Since some 50 acres to acquire the present street from grassed areas there as suggested of surface parking lots would be Central to Las Lomas and incorpo- in the Warn ecke and Eckbo plans. required to fill this need, they sug- rate it into the loop road system, Instead , present plans call for a gested most of it be placed under- thus allowing the use of several large pa ved mall with raised plant­ ground close to the main campus acres of land on the interior of the ers, large shade trees, and small entrances with the main concen- campus oth erwise required for the protected grass plots. tration under the playing fields stree t. A large portion of the loop Th e developm ent of the Central cast of John son Gymnasium. How- road has been completed on the Campus plan, the up -datin g of the ever, in their plan they did insert northeast, east, and south parts of campus model, and initial pro­ small parking lots, generally sur- the campus. gramming for several of the new rounded by walls or land scaping, Th e suggestion for the use of buildings has been the assignm ent close in to most major buildings. "desert planting" has not been of Robert B. Riley of the Univer­ The "Eckbo" landscape plan elim- widely used in the Eckbo land- sity Architect's office. (See photo inated most of thes e lots, but ·did seaping. This idea was questioned of model-Page 13) retain the large lots on Central by Jose Luis Yguado in a criticism Avenu e. Since the University was of the plan in the March-April 1962 NORTH CAMPUS in no position to spend the $4,000 issue of NMA. He stated, "The Many things hav e occurred to $5,000 per parking spac e that consultant suggests 'dese rt plant- which have affected the planning underground parking structures ing' for the large open expanse of of the North Campus since the would cost (a total of some $25 to the campus." I feel that we should Warnecke Plan was prepared. $30 million for 6,000 spaces even have planting and that it should be In 1958-59 the creation of a over a span of years ), the parking of a type that is of fairly low main- School of Medicine had heen dis-

NMA July . Aug ust 1968 1:; cussed , but no finn commitmen t cine, the Bernalillo County Medi­ Th e Veterans' Administration had been mad e to planning. cal Cent er board obtained a grant has expressed some interest in lo­ Shortly thereafter a Dean was se­ of some $4 million to match a cating a new hospital on the Med ­ lected , and programming began county bond issue of $2 million ical Campus, whenever it might immediately on a Basic Medical for a major addition to the exist­ be authorized. If this mat erializes, Sciences Building. Additional land ing hospital. This addition neces­ it represents a commitment of was acquired north of the Berna­ sita ted the closing of Stanford be­ many acres of land. Th ese are a lillo County Medical Cent er, and tween Marbl e and Lomas, and per­ few of the forces which were or some existing buildings were mission was granted by the Albu­ are now affecting planning on the bought and remode led to become querque City Commission. North Campus. part of the facilities needed to Th e Corps of Engineers agreed North Campus planning has house the first classes of students. to cover a maximum of 700 feet of been carried on by Professor Don Land was purchased or leased the flood control ditch beginning Schlegel, newly appointed Acting on the east side of University at Stanford and Lomas to allow Chairman of the Department of Boulevard to extend the Univer­ parkin g on top. Th e Central Cam ­ Architecture at the University of sity's holdings almost from Central pus utility tunnel system was ex­ New Mexico. Professor Schlegel Avenu e to Indian School Road . tended under Lomas and carried presented the planning methods This land is separated from the to the Basic Medical Sciences and and goals for the North Campus rest of the North Campus by a Physics Buildings. A major addi­ in a very interesting article in the very formid able flood control ditch tion, unfortunately a one-story ad­ March - April 1967 issue of NMA. now under construction by the dition, was made to the Physics It is anticipated that a formal pres­ U. S. Arm y Corps of Enaineers for Building, which used up much entation of the plan can be made the Metropolitan Flood Control valuable space on an already re­ within the next few months. Authority. This ditch right-of-way stricte d site. is about 150 feet wide and will be Th e School of Law is a self-con­ bridged at only three points from tained unit with all the curriculum SOUTH CAMPUS Stanford northwestward. taught in its own building, a fully Th e developm ent of the South graduate student body, and a very Campus has deviated from the strong relation to the public and Warn ecke scheme in man y ways, the legal profession of the state. hecause there was not too much When a site was being sought for their new facility, consideration Th e North Campus--a great urban space will 1:: , was given to moving it to the pe­ cou rse a nd a ut ility spine. Along this connector-c riph ery of the Central Campus, or detachin g it completely. It was de­ cided after much deliberation to locate it on a site considerabl y north of the Basic Medical Sciences Building on the west side of Stan­ ford Boulevard, where there would be room for expansion, sufficient parking, and ease of access for the public. This bu ildin g will be the northern terminus of the North Camp us Mall, which will be west of the present medical buildings Future North Com pus development with Bosic Med ical Scien ces Building running north and south. in th e bac kg rou nd . When studies were mad e of the needs of the Department of Phys­ In the meantime, the Basic Medi­ ical Plant, it became immediately cal Sciences Bldg., was sited facing apparent that more space was Stanford Boulevard NE , north of needed for that Department than Bernalillo County Medical Cen ter, the Warnecke Plan allowed , and and construction began in 1965. impetu s was given to the land ac­ Th e county leased some land north quisition on University Boulevard. of the Medical Cen ter facing on A portion of this land on Univer­ Marble NE , and is constructing a sity Boulevard was allocated to a Mental Health-Mental Retardation new studio building for educa­ facility to be operated by the De­ tional television to be buil t jointly partment of Psychiatry. In co­ with the Albuquerque Public operation with the School of Medi- Schools.

16 NMA July . August 1968 definition of purpose from the ad­ 3. A football stadium 1966. Shortly thereafter, the United ministration at that time. Wh en the 4. Practice fields States Forest Service acquired a Development Plan was present ed , 5. A research park site for a laboratory building, but there was no University-owned this project has heen delayed for 6. Auxiliary buildings for the land west of University Boulevard. lack of funds . Th e EG & G Corpo­ Technical-Vocational Institute Th e southwest comer of the inter­ rati on leased a site in 1967, and a section of University and Cam­ 7. A basketb all arena $1.5 million building is presentl y bridge was city-owned and was not 8. A bui lding for the Depart­ und er construction . There is a large acquired by the University. Since ment of Athletics additional area between this initial then large tracts of land have been 9. Parking development and the Interstate purchased west of University on A project to provide housin g for Highway for further expansion. both sides of Stadium Boulevard. marri ed students was carri ed Athletic fields were started south Th e Warnecke plann ers suggest­ through the working drawing stage of the football stadium instead of ed that the South Campus ha ve and made read y for bidding sev­ north across Stadium Boulevard as areas devoted to: eral years ago. Th e real estate situ ­ planned because of the inherent 1. Married student housing ation had changed so much dur­ danger in havin g the athletes cross 2. A baseball field ing developm ent of the project a husy street to get from the field s that by tha t time there was no to the locker rooms at the Stadium. 3. A football stadium shortage of medium and low-cost Plans are now being prepared for 4. Fraternity housing apartments in the city, and the a building for the Department of 5. Practice fields University withdrew the project. Athletics, to be located south of 6. Parking Since that time a large low-rent the football stadium, which will What has actually happened is housing development has been house all of the intercollegiate ath­ that certain areas have been com­ built on Yale Boulevard SE, which letic faciliti es now located in John­ mitted to the following: has a high percentage of Univer­ son Gymnasium, allowin g that va­ sity married couples living in it. cated space to be used by the De­ 1. A baseball field for the Uni­ partment of Physical Education for versity Almost two years of effort went into tryin g to develop a frat ernity instructional purposes. 2. An all-purpose athl etic stadi­ housing project that would be eco­ Since the compl etion of the War­ um for the City nomically feasible. Th e high cost necke Plan, the Universit y has con­ of developing the site and erecting structed a new golf course about a I between the bu ildings over a pedestrian con ­ the buildings put it beyond the mile south of the footba ll stadium. lew buildings will be constructed. reach of most of the fraternities. In Th e architect for the Club Hous e the interim, the Albuquerque Pub­ was selected through an AlA spon­ lic Schools were developing the sored competition. Th e results of Technical-Vocational Ins tit ut e this competition were reported in nearby and acquired the land for the July-August, 1965, issue of some auxiliary struc tures. NM A. This developm ent has cre­ Th e city passed a bond issue re­ ated a beautifully planned , green cent ly to erect a multi-purpose ath ­ course, oriented to the magnificent letic facility that would primarily vistas of valley and mountains, out accommodate baseball, bu t also of an otherwis e barren, unus ed football. Th e Regents agreed to area. their use of the land on the north­ east comer of University and Stad i­ PRESENT CAMPUS um with a joint use agreement on PLANNING parkin g lots. An article by John Udy appeared After the land was acquired on in the January-February , 1962, is­ the west side of University, a plan sue of NAJA, entitled "A Plan for was developed to place a 14,500­ UNM-A Cri tical Appraisal." In seat baskethall arena on the south­ this article the author criticized the west comer of University and Warnecke plan for its lack of hu ­ Stadium and a baseball field for man scale in the outdoor spaces, the exclusive use of the Uni versity the plazas and patios, and its dis­ south of it. regard of the influence of the On the northwest comer of this Spanish garden design tradition. intersection a large area was set He showed the distances between aside for a Research Park. Th e buildings on a sketch map and first occupant, the Dikewood Cor­ compared the average of 250' with poration, erected a building in the 140' width of the Garden of

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Thi s to pay for parking spaces In the need, matched to a program for same criticism has been voiced by amount necessary to amortize the implementation on an incremen­ many architects and plann ers who cost of parking struc tures . Th ere­ tal basis. have visited the campus. \Vhen fore, for some time to come, sur­ 2. To provide more interesting definitive studies were begun a face parking will have to be used outdoor spaces for the interfa ce yea r or so ago on the Zimmerm an to accommoda te demand. Studies of students and faculty, scaled Field area, which is to be devel­ of the parking problem are und er to the hum an need, be it the oped into a space for various de­ way and will be completed this large urban space for large gath­ partments of th e College of Arts summer. Th e closing of Yale erings and major circulation, or and Sciences ( the Humanities ), it through the campus last yea r dem­ the sheltered patio with shade becam e more and more apparent onstrated how much more safety and seating for a few. that this was almost too bi g a space and freedom the campus pedes­ 3. Disperse and expand stude nt to be contained architecturally trian enjoys with the absence of service facilities to creat e study with rather low buildings and still the automobile in the cent er of areas, snack bars, relaxation keep an urban feeling. Further the campus. But there are still space, etc., into various parts of planning led to a decision to try to some critics who demand parking the campus to reduce the pres­ develop the area bounded on the space immediately adjacent to the sure on the central Union build­ north by the Library and the Col­ building they office or work in, ing. Th ese faciliti es should be lege of Education, on the east by and there arc students who want more tailored to the needs of the Mesa Vista Dormitory, and on the all the playing fields conv ert ed to commuting student than they south by the New Mexico Union parking, and all stree ts reop ened. ha ve been in the past, since and future buildings, into the A positive statement was made in these represent the bulk of the dominant urban area of the cam­ the Warnecke plan: "Th e core of student body. pus. Th e Zimmerman Field area the campus would become a pedes­ 4. As the campus expands and would be planned for a much trian preserve. Existin g through circulation distances become denser final development, with streets would be removed . Other longer, a pleasant walking en­ building increments based in size existing stree ts would be convert ed vironm ent must be created with on the projected flow of funds , sur­ to pleasant pedestrian ways , var y­ comfortable walks, shade trees, rounding small er courts and patios ing in scale and design. Within the interestin g vistas, all well-light­ scaled to human use, open on the acade mic areas, some of the walks ed for night time use as well. lower (ground) level to allow free would be broad enouch to provide 5. Careful planning of new movement of pedestrians through controlled access to buildings for projects should allow for the the complex. Th ere will be at least service and emergency vehicl es." minimum disruption of campus one full floor below grade and pos­ Th e word "core" is in italic to em­ life when new building projects sibly two , to accommodate the phasize that this is what is meant, are und er construction. Confin­ more specialized areas. and not that automobiles would be ed construction yards are going Th e southwest part of the cam ­ bann ed from all of the Central to make more problems for the pus, the science-engineering area, Campus, as has been rumored. builders, but the aim is to have has been planned to allow the On e of the more interestin g as­ the campus look "complete" maximum reasonable concentration pects of the parking problems is with each new project , and have of bui ldings planned on a module how to make fuller usc of the sev­ the untidyness of construction to be built in increments of about eral thousand paved parking spaces hidden as much as possible. $2.5 million. These increments are on the South Campus which are 6. Th e architectural unity which based on the flow of money for in­ used at most a few times each year. has been achieved on the Cen­ dividual projects at the present Today it is very doubtful the stu­ tral Campus must be maintain­ time. Th e module can be varied to dents would ride a shuttle bus, no ed by the tasteful use of color, accommodate escalation of build­ matter how fast and inexpensive material , and form. Future con­ ing unit prices, or a change in the service, when as man y spaces struction on the orth and available funds. for parking are available on or ncar South Campuses must also be Previous campus plans have the Central Campus as at present. designed to achieve this same don e littl e to come to grips with feeling, but not necessaril y iden­ PRESENT P LANNING the total parking problems, other tical to the Central Campus. than to offer exotic schemes which PROBLEMS Th ese are just a few of the aims are not economically feasible. Th e Th e planning problems on the of present planning. All of these University of New Mexico has University campus arc many and must be don e with extremely lim­ never charged for parking and is varied, and new ones are appear­ ited budgets and over long periods one of the few major universities ing all the time. Some of the most of time-so long that it is very dif­ that does not. Parking on the sur­ pressing of them are: ficult for a stude nt with a normal face, be it on lots or streets, is not 1. To develop a comprehensive campus life of four or five years to in such short supply that faculty, parking program which will see that anything consequential students, or staff would be willing take into account future total Continued - Page 22

NMA July . August 1968 1!l SALUTE

We the following, members of the construction industry, salute the University of New Mexico, its President, Regents and participating Faculty, for their untiring efforts and accomplishments at the University as told in this issue of N.M.A.

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"':',, See our Display Advertisem ent else whe re - Refer to Index to Adv ertisers for page No. has been don e. But it is refreshing a ceiling or geometric metal clouds to talk to some of the newer stu­ which are adjustable to correct for dents who don't rememb er the old sound diffu sion in the auditorium. street with the chuck holes that There is a full workin g stage with only a few years ago ran between a movable orchestra shell, which the Union and Mesa Vista - they provides the proper sound en­ think the mall has always been closure for a symphony orchestra. there. Th e subdued colors of the audi­ torium and the proscenium arch CONSTRUCTION AT emphasize the beauty of the gold­ THE UNIVERSITY OF colored curtain, and when it is NEW MEXICO open, the action on stage . The per­ The College of Education build­ fection of the acoustics has been ings at the University of New Mex­ accla imed by performers such as ico, designed by Flatow, Moore, Sir John Barbirolli of the Hous­ Bryan and Fairburn (see NMA, ton Symphony and Eugene Or­ May 1963 ) were completed in late mandy of the Philadelphi a Or­ 1962, and since that time fifteen chestra. The Hall has had a great major projects have been built or influence on the cultural life of are now under construction. Most the campus, of Albuquerque, and of these have not been reviewed in Pipe a rgon recently installed in the of the entire state. NMA, so we will try to summarize recit a l ha ll by Holt kamp Orga n Co. Architects: briefly the development of the ministra tive offices for the Music Holien and Buckley building program, including infor­ Department, the Fin e Arts Gallery, Structural Enginee r: mation on projects which are now the Fine Arts Library, a recital hall Fred Fri cke in the planning stage. seating abo ut 300, faculty studios, Mechanical Engineers: These projects represent total practice rooms, classrooms, a re­ Bridgers and Paxton construction contrac ts in excess of cording studio, and a lobby to ac­ Elect rical Engineers: $23,000,000. Four buildings, two commoda te the future Concert Carl Albach on the North Campus and two in Hall and Drama Building. It was Acoustical Consultants: the UNM Research Park, are being designed in a modified pueblo Bolt, Beran ek and Newman erected by off-campus interests, style with integral colored stucco Theater Consultant: but are related to the University walls and exposed concre te beams, George Izenour function and represent investments columns and trim. General Contract or: of over $9,000,000. University proj­ The Fine Arts Gallery is a two­ Lembke Construction Co., Inc. ects in the planning, programming, level exhibition hall designed with PHYSICS BUILDING or bidding stage number eleven at the utmost flexibility in mind . An the moment and will total abo ut open grid ceiling allows for unlim­ ADDITION $11,500,000 construction cost. ited arrangements of lighting fix­ A 46,000-square foot addition hires, and wall panels can slide was made to the Physics Buildin g along ceiling supported tracks, on the North Ca mpus in 1964-65 anchored in place for exhibition to provide space for resea rch and use or stored in a "garage" when graduate laboratories; new offices not needed. Vaults for storage of for the faculty; wood , metal and art objects are located on the lower plastics shops; electronic shop; floor. glass blowing room; dark rooms, etc. Essenti ally a one-story addi­ CONCERT HALL tion with a parti al basement, it is The second phase of the Fine steel frame construction with ma­ Arts Cen ter, Popejoy Hall, a con­ sonry panel walls and stucco ex­ cert hall seating 2100 people, was terior, windowless except for the Recital Hall bid in December, 1964, and com­ faculty offices on the north side. pleted in October, 1966. This Architects: Fe rguson, Stevens, MUSIC BUILDING building was attach ed to the south Mallory and Pearl The first large project completed side of the Music Building and General Contractor: after the College of Education was makes joint use with it of the lobby George A. Ruth erford, Inc. the Music Building, Phase I of the constructed in the first phase. The Following occupancy of the Fine Arts Center, which was occu­ large, handsomely designed audi­ new building, the existing building pied in the fall of 1963. This build­ torium has a fully carpe ted in­ was remodeled and air condition­ ing provided offices for the Dean terior, upholstered seats, bush­ ed to bring it up to present day of the College of Fine Arts, the ad- hammered concrete side walls, and requirements for laboratori es.

22 NMA July - August 1968 1964 DORMITORIES fluorescent fixtures with a special ballast. Th e system gives clear, Two dormitories, Alvarado and glareless light, free from the flicker Santa Ana, designed for 180 stu­ commonly associated with regular dents each and patt erned after 60-cycle installations. Th e ballasts Onate and Sant a Clara Halls, built dissipate only 1 watt of energy and earlier, were started in 1964 and this factor, with oth ers, reduces the completed in Septemb er, 1965. heat gain from the lighting fix­ Both buildings hav e three floors tures, thus lessening the air condi ­ and a basement with the upper tionin g load. floors containing bedrooms around the periphery, a double corridor Architectural, Structural and system around central core of serv­ Mechanical work: ice elements, baths and toilets, and Ferguson, Stevens, Mallory a large study room located at the and Pearl New entra nce portal ­ Electrical Engineers: end of the floor. Lounge and rec­ Zimmerman Libra ry addition reation rooms are in the basement. Uhl and Lop ez Th ese units were designed as part the east balcony cover extensions General Contractor: of a future compl ex which will pro­ of the floor and roof beams for Lembke Construction Company, vide dining facilities and more so­ this addition . Inc. cial areas. Besides the stack spa ce, a new Arch itects : Technical Services area was in­ cluded, as well as offices for the B A SIC MEDICAL William W. Ellison and SCI ENCES BUILDIN G Associates library staff. The existing building Stru ctural En gineer: was remode led to provide more Th e first permanent building for Randy Holt space for the Rare Book Collec­ the School of Medicine, the Basic Mechanical En gineers: tions, a readin g room for blind stu­ Medical Sciences Bldg., was com­ dents, general reading rooms, and pleted and occupied in Sept. , 1967. Bridgers and Paxton a room to house the Clinton P. An­ This culminated five years of plan­ Electrical En gineer: derson Collection. ning , programming, and construc­ Dean Powell One of the most interesting fea­ tion of the largest single building General Contractor: tures of the new building is the yet built on the U M campus. It K. L. Hou se Cons truc tion high - frequ ency lighting system, has over 175,000 gross square feet Company which is one of the first installa­ on four floors and a basement, and tions in a library of the 3,000-cycle is so designed that a fifth floor can ADDITION TO syste m developed by General Elec­ be added. Situated north of the ZIMMERMAN LIBRARY tric Corporation. Solid state "in­ Bernalillo County Hospital and Programming for an addition vertors" change the regular 60­ west of Stanford Boulevard, it is to Zimmerm an Library to provide cycle power to 3,000 cycles fed to accessible on grade from a parking stack space for 400,000 volumes was started in 1963. However, du e Basic Med ica l Scie nces Building - North Campus to the complexity of the program and some funding probl ems, the building was not bid until Decem­ ber 1964. Th e facility was occu­ pied in the summer of 1966. Th e photograph shows the main entra nce on the south side of the new bu ilding which is also the con­ nectin g link from the old building. Th e architects were faced with a very difficult design problem in trying to attach this addition to probabl y the best of the John Meem buildings, and were criti­ cized by some for their approach (see NMA, ovemb er - December 1964, p. 15 ). Th e building is so planned that a second addition of approximately the same stack capacity can be added on the east side. Decorative panels on

NMA July . Aug ust 1968 lot at ground floor level on the ational Institutes of Health , who The next phase will continue the west side and the first floor on the parti cipated in the construction mall west to Yale Boulevard. (See cast. costs, as the most economical and photo-page 15) The building is designed to pro­ best of any building of this type Architects: Ferguson, Stevens, vide teaching space for the "basic they have been party to. Mallory and Pearl sciences" : Anatomy, Pharmacol­ Archit ects: Landscape Archit ects: Eckbo, ogy, Microbiology, Physiology, ' V.C. Kruger and Associates Dean, Austin and Williams Biochemistry, Path ology - and re­ Mechanical Engineers: Gene ral Contractor: search laboratories for the faculty Bridgers and Paxton Hesselden Construction and graduate students. The labora­ Electrical Enginee rs: Company tories are mostly confined to the Uhl and Lop ez central core, which has corridors Buildin g Programmer: GOLF COURSE AND on both sides and a 10' wide utility Lester Gorsline and CLUB HOUSE chase down the middle and rising Associates In the spring of 1965 a competi­ through the bu ilding from base­ General Contractor: tion was held for the design of a ment to penthouse. The offices and Lembke Constru ction Club House for the new UNM a few smaller labs are on the ex­ Company, Inc. terior walls of the building. The Golf Course located on the South central utility corridor is fast prov­ Campus. John Heed of Albuquer­ ing its efficiency in providing ease CORNELL MALL que present ed the winning design of maintenance and modification What remained of Com ell Street selected from over 20 entries, to the mechanical and electrical east of the New Mexico Union was (NMA July - August, 1965). The systems. removed in early 1966 to make building was constructed with only In addtion to the laboratories way for the first complete land­ a few modification s to the original and offices, there are studios for scape project on the UNM campus. design and completed in Decem­ Medical Illustration, closed circuit ber, 1966. It received an Honor television, large animal quarte rs, Award from the Albuquerque student lounges and study areas, Chapter, AlA, in 1967 (NMA May­ and administrative offices for the June, 1968 ). School. Architect: John Reed Because of the unstable nature Mechanical Engineers: of the soil on the site, the building Bridgers and Paxton is supported on a raft slab founda­ Kiosk Electrical Engineer: tion three feet in depth which con­ Dean Powell The area east and north of the tains over 3,000 yards of concrete General Contractor: Union was converted into a paved and was poured in one continuous Weaver Construction mall with raised plant ers, seats, in­ 40-hour pour. The structure is a Company teresting lighting, and kiosks on concrete fram e with pan joist floors, and exterior walls of pre­ which the students can post any­ thing that comes to mind. This BASKETBALL ARENA fabri cated curtain wall panels pro­ project connected directly with The University Arena, First tected by a sun shade of precast what had already been done in the Honor Award, Albuquerque Chap­ concrete. ter, AlA, 1967 (N MA, May - Jun e The interior walls are in most College of Education, and has 1967 ), has been described at length part concrete block covered with since been completed on the south in several publications and has re­ epoxy coatings or painted. Epoxy­ with the Student Health Center. More than any thing else, this has ceived wide accla im as one of the terrazzo floors are used in most of set the example for the urban en­ best, most economical solutions to the public areas and epoxy floor­ vironment sought on the campus. the problem of pro viding maxi- ing in labs and animal quarters. The building contains 14 environ­ Golf Clubhouse ment chambers capable of main­ tainin g selected temperatures and humidity for various types of ex­ periments. Th e building itself is completely air - conditioned with steam and chilled water supplied from the main power plant on the Central Campus through a tunnel under Lomas Boulevard and the Flood Control Ditch. The Basic Sciences Buildin g has been described by officials of the

24 NMAJul y . August 1968 mum sea ting for basketball. Th e light steel, stressed skin , trus s sys­ tem supported by a concrete fram e was erected and the ceiling coated with acoustica l mat erial before earth moving equipmen t bezan re­ movin g the dirt from the seating area. Th e pla ying floor, 37 feet be­ low the on-grade concourse, is con­ nected by a ramp to dressing rooms behind and just below grade out­ side the main arena area . Th e 15' deep roof truss system pro vides the return air plenum, spaces for ac­ cess to lights and spea kers, and required no applied roofing mate­ rial. Mechanical equipmen t rooms Biology addition in the four corne rs supply filtered , an d Stanford, to remodel it into a obtained in the various divisions heated , or evaporative cooled air building for the Department of within the greenhouse. The con­ to the 14,500 seat auditorium. Architecture. Th ey e ng a g e d nection to the old Biology Building The building justifi ed itself George Wri ght as the architect , resulted in a U-shuped building when, in its first yea r of operation, an d he worked with the Depart­ with an enclosed sunken patio be­ it was second only to the new men t in developing a pro gra m an d tween, which has been developed UCLA facility in total attendance planning a building to fit their into a bot anical garden featuring at basketball games in the entire needs. Th e result is an outstanding native desert plants. country. Since then, however, it exam ple of what can be done in re­ Th e building is designed in the has been used for even ts ranging mode ling with imagination and not same idiom as the Colleze of Edu­ from a conce rt by the Tiju an a much money. The roof tru sses cation, with integrally-colored, pre­ Brass to commence men t exercises were raised to provide suffi cient cast conc rete panels attached to a for U M and the public schools. heivht for a lar ge design laboratory concrete fram e, sloped to emulate Architect: Joe Boehning and a classroom on the upper floor, the battered walls of the more tra­ Structural En gineer : while offices and other lab s were diti onal buildings. Th e exterior Euge ne Zwoyer locat ed on the gro und level. A wall is spaced 3' from the interior Mechanical En gineers: fanner storage room on the cast surface and contains within it all Bridgers and Paxton side was converted into a shop the verti cal utility services. Altera­ Electrical En gineers: where stude nts learn the use of tions to and maintenance of exist­ Uhl and Lopez power tools in making architec tura l ing systems can be accomplished Acoustical Consultant: mode ls. easily by workm en in this perim ­ C. P. Boner Architect: Geo rge Wright and eter chase . General Contractor: Associat es Th e basement level, whi ch opens K. L. Hou se Con struction Mechanical En gineer: on grade into the patio, is devot ed Compa ny Ralph Stee le to the collections: herpetology, or­ General Con tractor: nithology, etc., and related lab s. ARCHITECTURE BUILDING Bradbury and Stam m T he uppe r floor contain instruc­ U M mad e a lease-purchase tional and research laboratories, ag ree ment with Bradbury and faculty office-labs , the departmen­ Stamm, own ers of a store building BIOLOGY ADDITION tal offices, and classroom s. An exte­ on th e southwest corne r of Central Th e program for an addition to rior stairway on the west sid e pro­ the Biology Building did not pro­ vides an int erestin g architectural Th e Architectural Deportment vide for the unusual approach taken feature and access to roof decks by the architect in the design of which can be used for outdoor ex­ the building. I-I e suggested that the perim ents and animal runs. main entrance be th rough a two­ Architects : story greenhouse, the fea ture of the Flatow, 1\ Ioore, Bryan, and building. As the ph otograph shows, Fairburn the results were quite spectacular, Mechanical En gineers: and this structure has become one Bridgers and Paxton of the show places of the campus. Electrical Enginee rs: nder the bronzed plexiglas roof Uhl and Lopez grow exotic plants from all over the General Contractor: world, in different environments George A. Rutherford, Inc.

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26 NMA July - August 1968 STUDENT HEALTH CENTER AND U NI VE RS ITY COLLEGE Th e Student Health Center and University College Building is a two-story addition to the south end of Mesa Vista Dormitory and con­ tains the Health Service on the upper two floors and the College on.the lower. Th e first floor is be­ low grade, but opens into an exten­ sive sunken plaza surrounded on the west and south by stepped planting beds. Wid e steps lead down into it from all sides, and a wide ramp pro vides wheel -chair access to the plaza. Th e University College floor contains administra­ W hee l-chair ramp and stai rs to sunke n plaza tive offices, coun seling and testing Hea lth Cent e r - Un iversity Co llege - rooms, a remedial reading room, and vocational library. Th e corri ­ Mechanical Engineers: with a crosswalk on the second dors are wider than normal in or­ Bridgers and Paxton floor. Th e external spaces in and der to accommodate the large Electrical Engineer: around the building are planned crowds of students at registration. Carl Albach to be landscaped as soon as possi­ General Contractor: ble following occupancy. Th e Student Health Center is George A. Rutherford, Inc. entered on grade on the north side Th e two-story building contains by a ramp from Cornell Mall and four arena-type classrooms with COLLEGE OF B USINESS is connected at this point to the complete audio-visual capabilities A DMINIS TRAT ION first floor of Mesa Vista, which will typin g and office practice labs, a ultimately house Student Affairs Th e site for the new College of library, and a closed-circuit tele­ Business Administration and the offices in the south wing. This floor vision stu dio for the College. The Bureau of Business Research on is devoted to diagnostic and treat­ upper floor houses the Bureau of ment areas, X-ray, therapy, a cold Las Lomas between Hokona Dor­ Business Research, its offices, work mitory and Bratton Hall ( Law) clinic, doctors' offices and examin­ spaces, and library, and the facultv was chosen primarily for ease of th~ ing rooms, and administrative and administra tive offices of access by the many off-campus offices. Th e upper floor, the nurs­ College. visitors who wiII be using the serv­ ing area, has bed space for 35 on Th e construc tion is concrete ices offered by the College and the the periphery, connected by a dou ­ with an exposed column and beam Bureau. Th e architect has design­ ble corri dor around a central system, concrete block curtain ed the structure so that it faces nurs es' station and service-utility walls, precast concrete "T" floor both toward the campus on the area. Emergency treatment rooms and roof system, and precast pan­ are provided in the facility, but south and the street on the north. els used as sun screens on the ex­ Entra nce is throur h a beamed-over terior. Th e outside sur faces are serious or long-term care patients cour t running north and south and covered with an applied epoxy will be referred to local hospitals. making two separate buildin gs base coating, integrally colored. Th e building has a concrete frame, pan joist floor system, con­ College of Business Adm inistration crete block walls with integral col­ ored stucco, and is completely air­ conditioned for year-round use. In­ cluded with this project was the extension of the landscaped mall south to the end of the ew Mex­ ico Union. A complete planting plan wiII be started as soon as pos­ sible. Occupancy of the facility is scheduled for July. Architects: Holien and Buckley Structural Engineer: Fred Fricke

NMA Ju ly - A ugust 1968 Q-,.... strong architec tural statement, as it is seen from almost all sides . Th e concrete frame is exposed on the lower floors, and the battered con­ crete walls have been bush-ham­ mered to give them a warm and rugged feeling. Th e second level is almost all glass for lighting the offices behind, whil e the two top floors are covered with precast in­ tegrally colored concrete panels, sand-blasted to expose the agg re­ gate. Th e highest pan els have ex­ truded window reveals which add contras t to the plain sur faces be­ low. A subtle slope on the exposed columns and the panels recalls the shapes of other campus buildings. Th e size of the large specialized laboratories and their need for di­ rect tru ck service dictated that they be on the ground level, and the architect was faced with the difficult task of developing a struc­ tural module that would not im­ New Dorm itories - model pose columns and beams in them and would still work with the Engineer ing Center - smaller clements above. In ord er to acco mplish this, the entire floor framin g system in both buildings is post-tensioned. Th e building will be occupied before the beginning of the second semester in February, 1969. Architects: Flatow, Moore, Bryan and Fairburn Mechanical Engineers: Bridgers and Paxton Electri cal Engineers: Uhl and Lop ez General Contractor: The interior partitions are mostly campus, houses the major research K. L. House Construction vinyl-covered laminated gypsum and some instructional labs for all Company board on steel studs with a "T" bar the Departments of the College, lay-in ceiling system. Construction including heat transfer, fluid me­ will be completed this summer. chanics, vacuum, laser, low tem­ AUTOMOTIVE BUILDING FOR THE PHYSICAL Architect: John Reed perature labs and a building for Structural En gineer: the Department of uclear Engi­ PLANT DEPARTMENT Howard Cottrell neering, which is a sepa rate, heav­ A small building is being erected Mechanical En gineers: ily shielded unit. Th ese facilities in the area east of University Bridgers and Paxton are all located on the ground level Boulevard near the present Phys­ Electrical Engineer : and can be serviced by tru ck from ical Plant, which will provide Dean Powell University Boulevard. Th e upper space for automotive maintenance, General Contractor: floors provide for administrative storage of supplies, and service of Lembke Construction and faculty offices, small labs, University-owned vehicles. This is Company, Inc. seminar and reading rooms, and the first of the new buildings graphics labs. plann ed for this area to satisfy the Th e building is four stories with growing servic e and supply needs E NGIN EE RI NG CE NTER the second level reach ed on grade for the entire campus. The Engineering Cent er, locat ed from the east at the main entrance. Th e building is a single story at the far southwest comer of the Th e building makes a very concrete fram e, with precast con-

28 NMA July . August 1968 crete panels on the exterior coated making dormitory living more at­ crowded Department of Chemis­ with an applied epoxy-base sur­ tractive to the upper-classmen. Th e try. It was a difficult design prob­ facing. photograph is taken of the archi­ lem to match the floor to floor Architects: tectural model made by students of heights of the present building Gathman and Long the Department of Archit ecture. with the large quantities of me­ Structural Engineer: Architect: William W. Ellison chanical and electrical services re­ Howard Cottrell and Associates quired in this very technical build­ Mechanical En gineers: Consultant:Ernes t Kump and ing, so the architects resorted to Bridgers and Paxton Associates post - tensioned concrete slabs Electrical Engineer: Stru ctural Engineer: which eliminate the deep beam s Dean Powell Randy Holt otherwise necessary. Th e mechan­ General Contractor: Mechanical Enginee rs: ical system provides for 100% ex­ R. M. Swain and Son Bridgers and Paxton haust from the laboratories through Electrical Engineer: the num erous fume hoods scatter­ W. Dean Powell ed throughout the building. Th e 1967 DORMITORIES General Contractor : photograph shows the architectural A dormitory complex, which will Lembke Construc tion model viewed from the southeas t provide housing for about 375 stu­ Company, Inc. with the exterior concrete stairs dents and dining and commons fa­ which provide a distinctive fea­ cilities for over 1200, has been bid ture, matching somewhat the same and construction is expec ted to CHEMISTRY BUILDING type of stair of the adjacent Bi­ begin in July. This project is lo­ ADDITION ology Building. cated north of the existing wom­ A three-stor y plus basement ad­ Architectural, Structural, ens' dormitories on Campus Boule­ diti on to the Chemistry Building, Mechanical: Ferguson , vard. Th e design is based on a Clark Hall, is in the working draw­ Stevens, Mallory and Pearl house unit of 50 students, with two ing stage, and will be bid as soon Electri cal Engineers: students to a bedroom and four as funds from the participatin g Engineering, Inc. students to a study room and bath. Fede ral Agency are released. Thi s It is an effort to personalize the building will provide research and NEW BRATTON HALL living in the dormitories, culti vate instructional labo rat ories and a few A new facility for the School of a better study environment, thu s faculty offices for the badl y over- Law, to be located on the north Chemistry Building - model end of the North Campus west of Stanford Boulevard, is now in the final workin g-drawin g stages and will be bid sometime this year. Th e building will pro vide two large, arena- type classrooms, one smaller conven tional classroom, faculty and administrative offices, a large concourse which allows for infor­ mal furniture groupings for study, a moot court, and a two-level li­ brar y. Th e library wall, which is almost solid glass floor to ceiling, faces north east toward the Sandi a Mountains and provides spectac­ ular vista from the second level New Bratton Hall - model readi ng rooms. Th e structure is a concrete frame, deep concrete cof­ fered ceiling, with precast concrete panels on the exterior. The photo­ graph shows the model as viewed from the north east. Architects: George Wright and Associates Structural Engineer: Howard Cottrell Mechanical En gineers: Bridgers and Paxton Electrical En gineers: Engineering, Inc.

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NEW MEXICO MARBLE & TILE CO. WILL MAY BE SOON COMPLETE INSTALLATION OF THE APPLIED LARGEST EPOXY TERRAZZO FLOOR JOB IN BY BRUSH, THE UNITED STATES, AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOS­ SPRAYER PITAL IN ALBUQUERQUE. THIS IS THE MA· TERIAL THAT WILL SURELY REVOLUTION­ OR ROLLER IZE THE FLOORING INDUSTRY IN COMMER­ CIAL & INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS. EASILY CLEANED WITH DETERGENT, IT NEVER NEEDS WAXING AND PERMANENTLY RE­ TAINS ITS LUSTRE. I YOUR INQUIRIES ARE INVITED INTO THIS REVOLUTIONARY NEW FLOOR­ ING MATERIAL. Ano ther Quality I Product of ... ~I:W MI:XIC() , 2714 4th St. N.W . M~~I3LI: ~~[) TILl: C(). P.O . Box 6086 414 Second s-, S.W. Albuquerque, N. M. Albuquerque, P. O. Box 834 0 Phone 243-5541 New Mexico Postmaster: Address Correction Requested. New Mexico Archlteeture • Box 18, University Station • Albuquerque, ~ew Mexico 8710l

Bulk Rate U. S. Postage Lib ry PAID Un1v ra1ty or Ne Mexico Roswell, N. M. Albuquerque, N. M. 87106 Permit No. 47

PRECAST CONCRETE • •• The Way to ENDURING Beauty _

PRECAST CONCRETE WI NDOW PANELS BEING INSTALLED ON THE NEW ENGINEERING CEN­ TER, UNIVERSITY OF NE W MEXICO. PRECISION ENGINEERED AND PRODUCED BY HYDRO CON­ DUIT CORPORATION.

ARCHITECT-Flatow . Moore - Bryan & Fairburn CONTRACTOR-K. L. House Construction Co.

1:' HYDRO CONDUIT CORPORATION L~ 2800 SECOND ST., SW • ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87103