Work in Progress

Not many non-Archis have cause to venture inside of Anderson Hall, home of one of the nation's better architecture schools, and few do.

The doors, though, are unlocked and the hallways unguarded, and anyone who does venture inside may be richly rewarded.

Scattered throughout the hallways is an often-changing collection of models, renderings and strange contraptions.We found these models in a first floor hallway, where they have stood for several weeks. The are the work of first-year graduate students who work in an upstairs studio overlooking the Inner Loop.

Neither of the two students whose work we chose had ever built a wooden model on this scale before. Even so, the level of detail and precision is quite amazing.

Ultimately, photos can't do these models justice. We encourage you to see them for yourself. They're in the first-floor hallway in the older part of the building, along the quad.

This item appeared in the Arts & Entertainment section of the March 18, 1994 issue.

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