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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE NAZARETH HALL ADDITION-SCHEMA TIC DESIGN 19 DECEMBER, 1985 Design Influences Nazareth Hall is located on the north end of the college campus with Lake Johanna on its east and north sides. The building was erected in 1922 by the St. Paul Archdiocese for a catholic seminary and was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Maginnis and Walsh (commission No. 518). The bui Iding and campus were purchased by Northwestern College in 1972 and has since that time served many diverse functions. The addition presented in this report infills one of the tWo 'U' shaped courtyards defined by the original building. This courtyard faces slightly east of south and is bordered (in the existing building) by the chapel, academic spaces, and KTIS Radio. . ' The physical manifestation of the college's programmatic needs in this addition WQS affected by various constraints. Externally: - by the varying heights of the building mass defining the courtyard. - by the gabled roofs that pitch into the courtyard. - by the limitation established by the city of Arden Hills that the addition not expand beyond the walls of Nazaret!1 . Hall. ' - by the' "southern European" style archi tecture on Nazareth Hall and the desire to blend in with the original building as much as possible. - by the presence of the sacristy'in the courtyard and the wish to preserve this portion of the original building. Internally: - by the location of the five major users of the addition in the existing building - Food Services, KTlS Radio, Blue Room, Classrooms, and Library. - by the need to tie the addition into the existing corridor system for smooth movement and proper egress. - by the request of the college to maintain natural light on stained glass windows in the enclosed wall of the chapel. - by the need for a new entrance into the addition which by its 'location would become the primar.y public entrance to the building. Concept: The overriding concept of this addition after the functional needs of the users were satisfied was to relate the exterior character of the infill to the original building as closely as possible. The use of pitched tile roofs, modular brick, and I.