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used in the Harvard Medical School, 

 has been applied as being most con- 

 sistent with the needs of the work. 

 Here light and air are the essentials 

 and this construction permits the re- 

 cesses to be almost entirely of glass. 

 At the corners are pavilions, which sat- 

 isfy the eye as to stability. In the 

 buildings nearest the river, which here 

 present long facades, the pilasters will 

 be. two stories in height with the third 

 story really constituting the frieze. In 

 the structures farther back there is a 

 attic above the establature. This suc- 

 cession of buildings increasing in 



will be the standard saw-tooth skylights. 

 The unit system is used in the interior, 

 so that partitions can be readily re- 

 arranged. The departmtments can be 

 extended as more space is needed and 

 in the rear less expensive construction 

 can be used. 



The frontage along the Charles 

 River Esplanade is fifteen hundred 

 feet, while the length along Massachu- 

 setts Avenue is about the same. Half 

 of the site is to be devoted to the edu- 

 cational buildings; the other half, to 

 the east, will be for the students and 

 social facilities. It is the intention to 



The Pkatt School of Naval Akchitecture and the Massachusetts Avenue 



Facade. 



height from front to rear is a distinc- 

 tive feature of the group, and fur- 

 nishes grades and lines that converge 

 towards the massive octagon from 

 which rises the drum and its culmina- 

 ting dome. 



The courts will be flanked by the de- 

 partment buildings and the latter are 

 to be linked together so as to afford 

 circulation throughout all portions of 

 the vast structure. It will be unneces- 

 sary for the student to go out of doors 

 in passing from one exercise to another. 

 The comparatively narrow buildings 

 will receive light from both sides and 

 in addition it is planned to place all 

 the draughting rooms on the top floor. 

 Here, hidden by the parapets, there 

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develop a dormitory system surround- 

 ing the Walker Memorial, gymnasium, 

 commons and other student features. 



In the educational group the school 

 of architecture will occupy the right 

 angle at the corner of Massachusetts 

 Avenue and the esplanade, the bridge 

 being really a part of the avenue. On 

 the third side of the court will be civil 

 engineering, running parallel with the 

 esplanade. Continuing along Massa- 

 chusetts Avenue will be the Pratt 

 School of Naval Architecture and Ma- 

 rine Engineering. Within the interior 

 court behind the Pratt School is the 

 great auditorium. Parallel with the 

 Pratt School and bordering the central 

 court will be hydraulic engineering and 



