Copley Square Design Competition 01, Plan
- Title:
- Copley Square Design Competition 01, Plan
- Collection:
- John Clair Miller
- Designer:
- John Clair Miller
Cyril B. Beveridge
- Project Owner:
- City of Boston
- Date:
- 1966
- Site:
- Copley Square
- Location:
- Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (inhabited place)
Copley Square - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- JCM_COP_001
- File Name:
- JCM_COP_001.jpg
- Project Title:
- Copley Square Design Competition 01
- Project Type:
- Competition Entry
- Culture:
- American
- Style/Period:
- Contemporary
- Work Type:
- plan (formal concept)
plans (orthographic projections) - Materials/Techniques:
- ink
screentone
strathmore board - Subject:
- Boston Public Library
squares (open spaces)
aerial views
black-and-white (colors) - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Plan
- Description:
- Award – Runner-Up
Design a pedestrian space related to the existing surrounding urban context including the Trinity Church designed by H. H. Richardson in 1872, the Boston Public Library, designed by McKim Mead and White in 1888, a large commercial hotel and Boylston Street.
The design for Copley Square included raising the plaza above the street to the level of the floor of Trinity Church and its Rectory, to strengthen the relationship to the church for activities such as weddings and other church related events that would flow from the Plaza into and out of the Church. In addition, the change in level would create a visual separation between pedestrians at the plaza level and the vehicular traffic at the street level. The Plaza would be paved with local stone and brick in a formal pattern, and would include a water fountain, statue/kiosk of Philip Brooks [former rector of Trinity Church, who inspired the appointment of H. H. Richardson as the architect], linden shade trees, pedestrian benches and lighting. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the John Clair Miller Collection (here presented as “Projects”, “Competitions” and “Collages”) and the John Clair Miller Image Collection of Twentieth-Century Architecture in Iceland are protected by copyright, and the copyright holder is their creator/photographer, John Clair Miller. Images in the John Clair Miller Collection were created between 1962-2007, and were digitized by Cornell University Library. Images in the John Clair Miller Image Collection of Twentieth-Century Architecture in Iceland date from 2001-2007, and were digitized from 35mm slides by Cornell University Library in 2016. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.