Strongly sculpted landforms. A granite plaza with a wide fountain. A series of stepped lawns, a picnic grove, a brick-pavement plaza and cone-shaped hills, one of them topped with a meditation garden and another the setting for sculptor George Rickey's "Five Lines in Parallel Planes."
Adjacent to University Hall, Kingsgate Conference Center and the Vontz Center

photo/Dottie Stover

Considering the modest size of this green space, which serves as a symbolic and physical link between East and West Campuses, the architects have managed to include a wide variety of landscape features, making it as appealing for a quiet stroll as for large celebrations.

Three recently acquired artworks find a place in the commons' outdoor sculpture garden: "Belief" by Terry Allen, "Five Lines in Parallel Planes" by George Rickey, and an untitled bronze by Joel Schapiro. This is the first of five sculpture gardens planned for the campus; other sites are Zimmer Plaza, where Kenneth Snelson's prickly, silver "Forest Devil" will be installed; Teacher-Dyer Courtyard; the Health Professions Building Courtyards; and DAAP-Wilson's College Court Ravine.

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