New Saarinen exhibit

[Diane Kaplan <diane.kaplan@YALE.EDU>]

Five School of Architecture students have designed and mounted an exhibit
in the Sterling Memorial Library utilizing the extensive collection of
Eero Saarinen papers in the Manuscripts and Archives department. 
The exhibit opened yesterday, February 28, in the Library's Memorabilia
Room.  

Eero Saarinen (1910-1961), Yale B.A. 1934, is regarded as one of the most
significant mid-century American architects.  The exhibit consists
of sketches, photographs, drawings, and correspondence that reveal the
network of relationships needed to create the David S. Ingalls Rink,
Saarinen's relationship with Yale University, his little known master
plans for various sites around the campus, and how the building served
various functions over its lifetime.  In addition to sharing the
story of Eero Saarinen and the creation of the David S. Ingalls Rink, the
exhibit also sparks more interest in one of the 20th century's most
influential architects. 

The exhibit represents over a year's worth of research and collaboration
between five students from Professor Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen's Fall 2003
graduate seminar Eero Saarinen and the Yale Library's Manuscripts
and Archives department.  The original student team consisted of
Patrick Hyland (M.Arch 2, '04), Michael Rey (M.Arch 1, '05), Gregory
Sobotka (M.Arch 2, '04), Gretchen Stoecker (M.Arch 2, '04), and Esin
Yurekli (M.Arch 2, '04). The exhibit was completed and mounted by Michael
Rey and will be on display through mid-May. 

This exhibit coincides with a research symposium entitled, Eero
Saarinen, Form-Giver of the American Century that will be held on
April 1st and 2nd and will be chaired by Professor Pelkonen.  The
symposium is part of an ongoing research and exhibit project on Eero
Saarinen, funded in part by the Getty Foundation, a program of the J.
Paul Getty Trust.  In a related initiative, the Getty Foundation is
also supporting the processing of the Eero Saarinen collection at
Yale.