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Originally Posted by sentinel
On a practical level, why would the medical campus ever use a quadrangle layout? It's not very efficient or even logical in terms of program; maximum floorplates and connectivity between separate specialty hospital buildings (via skybridges, like here) is ideal, and the UCM campus has that.
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I don't insist that a quadrangle is the only option--but the idea that the only thing that matters is to squeeze as much square footage into as little room as possible isn't the best policy. And it could be used to justify turning all of campus into a single megaskyscraper. There are, of course, other kinds of considerations. The Cleveland Clinic has been criticized for its ugly, sterile, car-choked campus:
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