The Kraus Campo
Carnegie Mellon University
Gift of Peter and Jill Kraus
Artist: Mel Bochner
Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Construction Manager: Mascaro Construction Company
Kraus Campo Website (CFA)
Artist's rendering of the Kraus Campo
Pathways repainted & Stainless steel cleaned, May 14, 2005
Repainting pathways, taken May 11, 2005
Photo notes before final clean-up, taken May 10, 2005
Photo notes for Spring clean-up review, taken March 18, 2005
The Kraus Campo with snow on March 10, 2005
Propsed light fixture for quote wall 2004-12-8
Shots from above on a sunny day. 2004-11-7
Quote Wall Tilework is complete. 2004-11-2
Painting is complete. Press preview. 2004-10-8
Painting, planting and mulching continues. Skatestoppers are installed. 2004-10-7
Primer coat of blue (lighter than final color) on the quote wall. 2004-10-6
Pathway color is not true to the actual color in these images. 2004-10-5
Beginning to coat the pathways. All of the tiles on the French curve are set. 2004-10-4
Installing the numbered tiles. 2004-10-3
Quote wall panels are installed. Installing expansion joints in the mud bed. 2004-10-2
Sample of stainless steel "skatestopper." 2004-10-1
Quote wall panels being installed. Stainless steel edge and mud bed installation. 2004-10-1
Quote wall panels at the plant. Stainless steel edge installation. 2004-09-30
Quote wall panels getting cleaned and grouted. Final cleaning will be done after the grout sets. 2004-09-28
Brick is removed from the Tepper wall 2004-09-27
Mulching, Light Pole Foundations and Brickwork 2004-09-24
Planting Progress 2004-09-22
Planting and finetuning the pathways 2004-09-16
Planting Details 2004-09-14
Placing the organic soil and stockpiling the first plant material 2004-09-10
Pouring the last of the orange sidewalk and the stairs at South Court 2004-09-03
Tile Sample with grout and caulk, 2004-08-31
New Concrete Pathways 2004-08-30
Pouring the sidewalk at the French curve 2004-08-23
Sidewalk curing 2004-08-20
Pouring the sidewalk 2004-08-19
Sidewalk forming 2004-08-18
Sidewalk forming 2004-08-17
Surbeck Waterjet, Ardmore, PA 2004-08-16
Mel Bochner Site Visit 2004-08-10
Soil Placement 2004-08-09
Soil Placement and French Curve Slab Poured 2004-08-05
Soil Placement and French Curve Slab 2004-08-04
French Curve Formwork 2004-08-03
French Curve Formwork 2004-07-20
French Curve Formwork 2004-06-25
French Curve Formwork 2004-06-21
French Curve Formwork 2004-06-10
Pathway Retaining Wall 2004-01-21