Eighth College is proposed to be housed in the Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood depicted here , now taking shape between Revelle College and the La Jolla Playhouse .
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↗ AN EIGHTH COLLEGE is now being proposed for the Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood , currently taking shape on the southwest corner of campus , once just parking lots between Revelle College and the La Jolla Playhouse . This Living and Learning Neighborhood will have an urban energy similar to Sixth , yet still hold to Alexander ’ s founding principle that each college neighborhood has a distinct atmosphere . In this case , its atmosphere will draw upon proximity to the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theatre District , with the performing arts being a cornerstone for the essence of the neighborhood .
Having just broken ground this January , the Theatre District development is the first project in which the pandemic had a bearing on its design . “ It made us rethink the utility of having things like a 500-person , fixed-seated lecture hall ,” says university architect Joel King . “ We ended up shifting course to allow versatility and flexibility in our spaces . With the lecture hall , for instance , instead of a sloped floor with stage and screen , we made it flat with movable partitions , allowing for multiple uses in accommodating educational or environmental factors .”
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Early campus architect Robert Alexander balanced distinction in each college ’ s design with campus-wide unity expressed by the landscape and building materials . He proposed four initial “ types ” for colleges , which have more or less held through the years :
01 . Open Type : Roosevelt , Sixth 02 . Cube Type : Marshall , Warren 03 . Tower Type : Muir , Seventh ,
Theatre District 04 . Cloister Type : Revelle
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