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Jose Luis Sert, Dean of the School of Design and architec for the project, revealed yesterday that the complex will contain "three high-rise apartment blocks" and several lower buildings. The 18-story structures will be about twice the height of Leverett Towers...
...Sert said that the lower buildings will be about five stories and will have courtyard space and playlots for children. "In many ways," he said, "they will resemble the older College Houses." All the buildings will be made of concrete and "will be linked by a series of elevators...
...apartments will be distributed in "several buildings," Wiggins said, but he refused any exact descriptions until after the architect's plans have been released. The firm of Sert, Jackson, and Gourley will design the dormitories...
Contacted yesterday, Jose Luis Sert said that he was "just starting to think about" the projects, and had no definite ideas. He emphasized that although the Office of Planning Coordination has been gathering information as to what sort of building is needed, his firm has made no measurements on the site or other formal preliminary steps. Sert, Dean of the Faculty of Design, said no estimate on the date of completion could be made at this point...
...roiled up is something of a mystery, for his own life remains as methodical as an engineer's blueprint. He wakes at 5, meditates for a while, and then, in measured steps, proceeds to his white studio, designed by U.S. Architect (and fellow Catalonian) José Luis Sert. There, surrounded by favorite shapes and objects-a rotting rudder, a rusting anchor, a decaying sheet of metal, bits of pottery, and some toy turtles-he contemplates for about an hour. "By this time," says he, "I am filled with fury for my work, and I am ready to jump...