Wellesley College
Wellesley, Mass.

Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., this serene liberal arts college for women, on the edge of Lake Waban near Boston, is considered the crowning jewel of the prestigious "Seven Sisters" campuses. Architect Natalie Shivers says both "the historic and contemporary have always been beautifully integrated with the natural topography." And a recent master plan only reaffirms "the key role the natural landscape plays in the character of the campus." To wit: Paramecium Pond, (pictured) edging a rich, botanical garden through which travels a stream fed by nearby waterfall.

衛爾斯利女子學院
位于美國馬薩諸塞州，衛爾斯利

由奧姆斯特德（Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.)設計的這所女子學院，袖珍而寧靜，坐落于波士頓近郊的慰冰湖(Lake Waban)畔，它還被認為是久負盛名之“七姐妹”校園中，那顆最為璀璨的明珠。建筑師Natalie Shivers表示：“不管是古老建筑，還是當代建筑，都巧妙地與自然地形相融，美不勝收。”學院最新的總體規劃再次重申了“在塑造大學的特性方面，自然景觀發揮著舉足輕重的作用”。比如說，草履蟲池（如圖所示）通過蜿蜒的小溪與一個物種豐富的植物園緊緊相連，小溪的水流量則源自附近的瀑布。