If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Philip Enquist, Partner in Charge of Urban Design and Planning at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, explains generational layering on the University of Chicago campus and its function in fostering vibrancy, activity, and a higher quality of life through architecture and design. Credits: Direction and photography by Tom Rossiter; editing by UChicago Creative; interview by Carmen Marti; video assistant Andrew Bruah; sound recording Nick Clemente.