Selected Quotes from Members
of the JHU Community

Campus Planning Meetings with Ayers/Saint/Gross Observations Phase / Spring 1999

Natural Systems of the Place

Homewood is a tree-lined, wooded campus in an urban setting; this should be maintained.

There is a perception that new buildings will result in a loss of open space and recreational space.

We need to hold onto our green spaces.

We should use the principles of the original Homewood plan to guide the current plan.

The campus is in the city, but it's a nice oasis.

The natural amenity of the trees are seen as an afterthought--they should be a design element.

Plan should be like a coat that you can turn inside out--it should look as good on the inside as on the outside.

Spirit of the Place

There is an abhorrence of "c" word (centralization) which creates another "c" word (chaos)--but it leads to excellence. There is no strong sense of community. This is due to decentralization.

There is a Balkanization of thinking that needs to be adjusted.

We need to connect all those places that are Hopkins without stifling entrepreneurial spirit.

Some things should be centralized: identity, the look of the campus, PR.

Decentralization inhibits collaboration.

It shouldn't be about decentralization vs centralization, but rather about collaboration and connections.

There's a cynicism that is useful in academic research that isn't useful in running an entire university. If you work for IBM, you would not create your own stationary.

Character of the Place

I liked the quads and old buildings and the feeling of campus--brick with white porches and porticos.

I wish that Charles Street was more like the hospital.

New buildings don't seem to fit in with what is Hopkins.

I'm concerned that new Arts Building is so different from every other building at JHU.

I think it's important for the architecture on campus to be consistent.

The University should be in the business of promoting their students to walk.

I always said as a kid coming with my parents to JHU: "When I make my millions, I'm going to make all the walkways brick."

The original master plan drawing in library is gorgeous--why didn't we build that?

It definitely matters what the campus looks like--it's why I came here.

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