1 STUDIO 431 University of Michigan Gerstacker Grove ANN ARBOR, MI Landscape Forms Elements: Custom Benches Design Partner: Stoss The Eda U. Gerstacker Grove is a renovation of an underutilized campus quad at the heart of the University of Michigan’s North Campus, home to the Schools of Engineering, Art, and Architecture and freshman dorms. The transformation has turned four acres into an active and lush space that accommodates a range of rotating performances, events, and everyday activities. The central plaza connects the campus community and can host larger- scale activities, student and alumni events, and casual play. The elevated lawns beyond provide a quiet place to relax in the sun or shade. Benches of precast concrete clad in two-inch wide steel ribs provi

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