Temporary city photography representing Meridian University
Saint Morrow · District file · The campus and collections

Meridian University

A large public university whose ambitious campus plan has repeatedly swallowed the neighbourhood it was meant to serve.

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Street-level brief

The campus and collections

A large public university whose ambitious campus plan has repeatedly swallowed the neighbourhood it was meant to serve.

Collegiate limestone, 1970s concrete megastructures, glass laboratories, residence towers, and an older street preserved as a walkway.

Culture

Research deadlines, student organizing, lab access, quiet rivalry between departments, and campus legends revised every term.

Who lives and works here

Students, faculty, facilities staff, campus workers, international scholars, and nearby renters.

Public record

The archive's catalogue skips a run of accession numbers from 1911, though the corresponding shelf space remains.

Restricted · Hidden record

A seminar room appears on room-booking software but has no door on any floor plan.

On the map

Landmarks and local knowledge.

Landmarks

  • Vey Archive
  • Senn Library
  • The North Quadrangle

Famous locations

  • Basement Reading Room
  • Radio Meridian
  • The Old Anatomy Hall
Story engine

The work waiting here.

Adventure opportunity

Recover a thesis before it is defended by someone else; find the seminar room before the building is renovated.

Story opportunity

A research team proves a street was erased, then receives grant amendments written in its street address.

Expansion runway

Student factions, archival mysteries, campus terrain, field-research equipment, and episodic investigation arcs.

Art direction · Placeholder photography in use

public university campus, limestone hall beside concrete science blocks, wet quad, students and service entrances

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