University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Va.

Thomas Jefferson said his proudest achievement was creating this campus in 1819. Jefferson believed that real learning could only happen in an academical village" setting, and toward that end, he designed the campus around an posing rotunda with a great lawn at its feet and 10 neo-classical pavilions (classrooms) lining the green. Professors' quarters were directly above the classrooms, so that discussions--and learning--could happen organically and freely. The Lawn is considered one of the great architectural achievements of the 19th century, symbolizing the harmony between professor and student and university and landscape. Today the university also features major architectural works by McKim, Mead & White, Michael Graves and Billie Tsien.

弗吉尼亞大學(xué)
位于美國(guó)弗吉尼亞州，夏洛茨維爾

托馬斯杰斐遜曾說(shuō)過(guò)，他最為自豪的成就便是在1819年創(chuàng)建了這所學(xué)校。杰斐遜認(rèn)為，真正的學(xué)習(xí)只可能在“學(xué)術(shù)村”氛圍中發(fā)生。以這個(gè)前提為主旨，他完成了整個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)。校園中央是氣勢(shì)恢宏的圓頂大禮堂，禮堂腳下是一片開(kāi)闊的草坪，兩側(cè)還有10個(gè)新古典主義風(fēng)格的帳篷式的建筑（作為教室)。教授們的宿舍就建在這些教室上方，使得師生間的探討交流更加隨意身形。草坪這一帶的建筑也成為19世紀(jì)的經(jīng)典之作，象征著師生之間，以及學(xué)校與景物之間的融洽關(guān)系。而現(xiàn)在，我們也可在校園內(nèi)觀賞到現(xiàn)代建筑大師，如McKim, Mead & White, Michael Graves 以及華裔建筑師錢以佳（Billie Tsien）的傳世之作。