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SIMON FRASER —

a UNIVERSITY
Inspired by the. Acropolis
‘of ancient Greece and the
Aztec ruins of Machu Picchu
in Peru, the .magnificent
architecture .of Simon
‘Fraser University has
impressed thousands of

students .and tens of.

thousands of visitors during
its 11 years of existence.

jurial of architecture calls
a _ **monumental
Achievement?” and says that
-a-visit to Simon Fraser
campus is “mandatory on
any North American ar-
tectural pilgrimage. ”

But. social commentator
Dick Gregory felt that the
_British- journal was un-
derstating the situation.

miracle’... —

assessment ‘that ‘wasn’t too

far from .wrong.

‘ Because of its unique xe
setting and structure, Simon -
_ Fraser. University stirred up ©
great. interest from the day" 7

° it ‘opened. °

is: interest manifested
itself j ina steady stream of
‘visitors to. the campus,

le who wanted to. see
this: omuch-:
: university: for.
With ‘few: exceptions, they

raised
emselves.

. _ were. impressed - by. what.

they saw.

To -help. these visitors

from around the world find

- relationshi
After he paid a visit to the:
| campus, he declared it to be :

‘summit © of.
» Mountain ;. capped’ -with “a
single, integrated, multi-.
‘level but always low-lying

structure. (“It . would be

“massive, parti
Loire ‘mall forming ‘a

and to ensure that they saw
all the major points of in-
terest; the university. in-
troduced a program of free
guided tours. Students serve
as guides:and the walking
tours take about 50 minutes.

The campus desigh was
the brainchild of Vancouver

architects, Arthur Erickson -

and Geoffrey Massey, who

- conceived a structure which
restigious British

complements the. natural
grandeur of Simon Fraser's
setting — straddling. the
twin peaks of. Burnaby

_Mountain,..1,200 feet (360

metres) above the hustle
and: bustle \of the “Lower,
Mainland.

Erickson ‘explains that the
two. architects. strove. to
achieve ‘a ‘‘harmonious
between the
the contour of.

building an
.allowing the

the hill,

7 n.. university: not to sit on the ‘
mountain top. but to become ”

part of. it.’
‘How well ‘they succeeded

‘in achieving their. Boal:

presumptuous to put towers

on. a. mountain. top,” says.
Erickson): of unem jellished |

conerete. Then a picture ea
y-covers

idge over the sa ile

On the south peak are the
playing fields,:. gymnasia,

swimming and ‘diving pools,

residences and lounges. for
the students, faculty and
staff of the university.

On the north peak is “the
Academic Quadrangle, a
building whose top. two
floors are raised above
ground level on columns and

whose four sides enclose one-

of the major open spaces of

the campus, a tranquil.

garden area which affords
spectacular.

- views of the city below.

‘Terraced classrooms and

laboratories flow ‘down

« report recommen

4’ second university be built in.
-. the Lower Mainland to cope -
with the escalating student

panoramic .
_ University News Service at:

ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Nov.’3, 1976, 9

“It. was only in 1963 that the ~
Pe. * "provincia government of

foam at nome] |

A.C. Bennett received a
thata

enrolment brought on by the
post-war baby boom.
The government decided

“.. to” proceed with the

establishment of. a second

university, but it had no site

for the new institution, no
building to house its
students, no faculty to teach
them and no curricula to
offer them.

Yet somehow, impossible,

all three problems were —

solved and, only 18 months

after the first cement was
poured, Simon Fraser

niversity opened its doors
to 2,500: students.

Special group tours may
be arranged for any time by -

calling . ahead to the

291-3219.

‘and ali parkin

offered every. Sunday at
12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30
p.m. All tours start from the:
Kdministration Building —
at. the.
university on Sun lay is free.
Six tours are given daily’
ond ug the month of July
and ust, with the first |
tour starting at 10:30'a.m.
and the last at 3:30 p.m.
All visitors to the
University receive a small
brochure which contains a.
map of the campus, a brief .
description of - the univer:
sity’s ts and j
achievements an points of

jinterest.. -

(This © Roam at: Home

article is one of a series

provided by Tourism British
Columbia.)

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Some people. once believed
that the first farmer to feed
his cattle on New Year's Eve

. would fiave healthy animals
call year long.
Free public tours are

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quadrangle like elaborate §

_ staircases, humanities down

one side, science down the - \ :
other, down and.down —an
almost unlimited:-potential ff

desire to retain the natural
“green belt’? between the

_ Gampus.and the neigh-
. bouring communities at the

Picture. ‘the twin eae foot of the mountain, .

Burnaby.

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