Since I graduated last month I can’t stop thinking about my future and my career. In the specific I would like to attend a phd in the architecture’s field, focus on the heritage and restoration. With these idea on my mind today I have been at Columbia University to visit the campus and get some informations. Columbia University is a private US university, part of the Ivy League, and it is considered one of the most prestigious and famous of the world. It was founded in 1754 by King George II of Great Britain, in the period that is where the legitimate government of New York was to Her Majesty. It is located in New York City on the western side of the island of Manhattan, the Upper West Side. The core of the University was the King's College, whose name stands still on the lintel of the main building in which the library, but the official name changed in 1784 when, with the American Revolution, it became Columbia College, which emphasizes so distant ancestry precolonial European continent. In 1896 the Columbia College became "Columbia University in the City of New York": name that still holds today. This campus, designed by NY's most important architects of the turn of the 20th C, McKim, Mead & White, is a fortress, surrounded by a pink granite palisade walling it off from the neighborhood. Once you enter, though, the campus opens up as a remarkable, unique place: a quintessentially New York college. Eschewing the faux-Oxford feel of Yale and Princeton, it is uniformly Beaux Arts in style, boldly symmetrical and vertical, with tall palazzo blocks creating courtyards and quads. The center is dominated by Low Library, a limestone homage to the Parthenon. The formality of the design is softened by the lush greenery and by the casual play of the many students hanging out, draped across its grand stair. The campus is dotted with great buildings that are worth a visit: St. Paul's Chapel has a wonderful honey-brick interior; Avery Library has one of the world's best collections of original architectural books and prints; the new science lab at the northwest corner is a cutting edge structure, with metal louvered siding and expressed trusswork. The whole place has a distinctly noble feel, with just the right balance between regal pomp and warmth, between vastness and intimacy. It was a great experience to visit the campus: it has such rich history and culture, and really provides a unique new perspective to the city at whole.
Isabel Marant shirt / Theory shorts / Chanel flats / Louis Vuitton bag
