DAN KILEY LANDSCAPES IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, INDIANA MATERIALS FROM THE COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES
CONTENTS Introduction Miller Residence .................................................................. 1 Hawcreek Boulevard ........................................................... 2 Hamilton Residence............................................................. 3 Hamilton Cosco.................................................................... 4 Columbus Community Schools............................................ 5 W.D. Richards School........................................................... 6 Otter Creek Clubhouse......................................................... 7 Irwin Union Bank – Washington Street................................. 8 Cummins Technical Center................................................... 9 North Christian Church......................................................... 10 First Baptist Church.............................................................. 11 Cummins General Office Building (GOB)............................. 12 Cummins Occupational Health Association (COHA)............ 13 Private Residence................................................................ 14 Irwin Union Bank – State Street........................................... 15 Indiana Bell.......................................................................... 16 Bicentennial Project – State Road 46.................................. 17 Cummins South Mapleton.................................................... 18 Lillian Schmitt School........................................................... 19 Northside Middle school....................................................... 20 APPENDIX: Typological Research One Tree / Row.................................................................... Two Trees / Allée.................................................................. Grid...................................................................................... Bosque................................................................................. Quincunx.............................................................................. Hedgerow.............................................................................. Forest................................................................................... Miller House and Garden..................................................... North Christian Church.........................................................
INTRODUCTION Between 1955 and 1990, Dan Kiley did over 40 projects in and around Columbus, Indiana. To our knowledge, this is the largest concentration of his work in any city. He is well-known both locally and nationally for several significant projects in Columbus, but few people know about the many other projects, large and small, he worked on. At the same time, he is sometimes credited with projects that he did not do. Using the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives collection and a variety of other materials, we have begun to recreate a record of Kiley’s work in Columbus and in Bartholomew County and to assess what remains of each project. While we have made considerable progress, there are still many projects that require further research. The exhibition was originally curated by the Columbus Architecture Archives in 2014 and the Stuckeman School installation is the second exhibition of this curated work. The dates shown on the projects are from Dan Kiley: The Complete Works of America’s Master Landscape Architect by Dan Kiley and Jane Amidon (New York: Bullfinch Press, 1999) and indicate the year in which Kiley began work on the project, not the year in which the project was completed. In some cases, work on the building design began a year or two before Kiley became involved. Funding for the Pennsylvania State University exhibition was provided by the Department of Landscape Architecture and the Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
Dan Kiley circa 1962. Image courtesy of the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives.
This exhibit provides an overview of 21 of Kiley’s project including: Cummins Engine Plant Hawcreek Boulevard Miller Residence Hamilton Residence Hamilton Cosco Columbus Community Schools Cummins Technical Center Irwin Union Bank – Washington Street North Christian Church Otter Creek Clubhouse W.D. Richards School First Baptist Church Cummins General Office Building (GOB) Cummins Occupational Health Association (COHA) Private Residence Irwin Union Bank – State Street Indiana Bell Bicentennial Project – State Road 46 Cummins South Mapleton Northside Middle school Lillian Schmitt School
TYPOLOGICAL RESEARCH
The exhibition is augmented by analytical work completed by students in the Spring 2015 Landscape Architecture Design and Implementation II: Planting Design course (LARCH 332) led by Professors Ron Henderson and Maria Debije Counts. Each student researched planting typologies using species taken from one of Kiley’s projects and completed diagrams to represent their findings. The research that is represented in the diagrams explores planting typologies and phenological or morphological nuances within each tree species through canopy growth, seasonality, texture, growth in caliper, structure, and form, among other topics. The typology models, Miller Garden model, and North Christian Church model included in the Stuckeman School exhibition explore the physical and spatial implications of each typology. Over two thousand trees were made by the students for the exhibition. Planting Typologies one tree / row two trees / allÊe grid bosque quincunx forest hedgerow
ROW
ALLﾃ右
ALLﾃ右
GRID
GRID
GRID
BOSQUE
BOSQUE
BOSQUE
BOSQUE
QUINCUNX
HEDGEROW
HEDGEROW
FOREST
FOREST
FOREST
MILLER HOUSE AND GARDEN NORTH CHRISTIAN CHURCH
MILLER HOUSE AND GARDEN
NORTH CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Kiley in Bartholomew County - Roundtable Discussion Jim Nickoll, Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives, respondent Christopher Counts, Christopher Counts Studio and Pennsylvania State University, respondent LARCH 332 students, plant typology presentations Ron Henderson FASLA and Maria Debije Counts, moderators 30 March 2015
Credits Penn State Curators Ron Henderson, FASLA Professor of Landscape Architecture and Asian Studies Stuckeman Chair in Integrative Design Maria Debije Counts, ASLA Visiting Instructor of Landscape Architecture Stuckeman Gallery Manager Scott Tucker LARCH 332 Graduate Teaching Assistant Zhen Tong Curatorial Advisor Christopher Counts, FAAR Stuckeman Career Development Professor in Design Penn State Students Erik Boyer, BLA ‘17 Benedetto Ceci, BLA’17 Paul Duffy, BLA ‘17 Ashley Eichlin, BLA ‘17 Michael Fargnoli, BLA ‘17 Matthew Gawarzewski, BLA ‘17 Adam Groshek, BLA ‘17 Jack Hall, BLA ‘17 Natalie Harper, BLA ‘17 Nicole Hill, BLA ‘17 Connor Kane, BLA ‘17 Grace Houpt, BLA ‘17 Kimberly Kassinger, BLA ‘17 Mengna Li, MLA ‘16 Xinxin Li, MLA ‘16 Andrea McCullough, BLA ‘17 Maria Olsen, BLA ‘17 Jessica Owens, BLA ‘17 Marie Passuello, BLA ‘17 Hailey Rohn, BLA ‘17 Jacqueline Schaeffer, BLA ‘17 Matthew Stowell, BLA ‘17 Hannah Thomas, BLA ‘17 Jason Thomson, BLA ‘17 Rebecca Waravdekar, BLA ‘17 Chase Weaver, MLA ‘16 Jordan Weber, BLA ‘17 Zachary Wright, BLA ‘17 April Yang, MLA ‘16 Bailun Zhang, BLA ‘17 Tulip Zhang, MLA ‘16 Stephen Zimmerer, BLA ‘17 Photography Credit Courtesy of Cody Goddard