What's up with the dog?Except it isn't a hospital. It's a school where students will be spending a ton of time.
For comparison, here's Harvard's 2019 health library renovation and their 2021 med school rennovation.
Not afraid to use wood to create warmer, more inviting spaces.
Minimalist. Sharp clean lines. Plenty of room for Dinesh and Gilfoyle over in the corner.Here's a rendering if the new Computer Science building's lobby!
On a smaller scale, they've also done some really dumb things like replacing the street lamps around the William Pitt Union with modern style that don't fit with the surroundings at all. They even got rid of a clearly antique/historic one on the 5th Ave corner of the WPU which was borderline criminal...you don't see that happening across the street at Soldiers and Sailors. Even so, there are modern LED one's that could have complemented the style of the 19th Schenley Hotel and gothic Cathedral so much better. You can see these are other campuses that seem to get the cultivation of atmosphere. Whoever made that decision on the lamp style was either cheap or tasteless or perhaps both.
The faculty and NIH funding doesScaife Hall addition/renovations (are these attractive? Do they visually say top 10 med school?):
source: http://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/inside-scaife-hall
More reasons for you to roll Pennies and stay On the couchHere's a rendering if the new Computer Science building's lobby!
Yes - if you look at the bulkhead between in the ceiling between the two spaces, the track for a folding partition is visible. So they are able to create two separate spaces - a lecture hall and a multi-purpose space. The seating in the front section appears to be moveable as well, creating more flexibility in the use of the lower section.
I’m assuming that’s the current “style” since most new or renovated office buildings I’ve been to recently have a similar look.
It seemed the objective might have been to make it seem bigger, since they couldn’t actually make it bigger? Dunno.
They are making it bigger. There is an addition going up on the Forbes/Bigalow corner.
For something as center piece as the main campus library, absolutely no one that should retain their job should sign off on a latest style of office space.
we cant have nice things.So, more images of the redesign with the first floor finishing this year....
Latin American Reading Room went from this....
To this...
Leroy Irvis Room went from this...
To this....
Honestly, the people signing off on this should be shot. I think they actively hate the university. What an absolute failure.
I thought you had the “before” and “after” mixed up at first… wow. Talk about a downgrade. Were they lacking classrooms that much that they thought it necessitated gutting the existing spaces?So, more images of the redesign with the first floor finishing this year....
Latin American Reading Room went from this....
To this...
Leroy Irvis Room went from this...
To this....
Honestly, the people signing off on this should be shot. I think they actively hate the university. What an absolute failure.
I didn’t see the pictures
There is a general shortage of classrooms at the university. This is not an attempt to fix that, since my understanding is that is not what this is for. The main points of the Hillman renovation was to increase the size (long planned) and then increase student congregation and study areas to make it more functional for students (the library's usage is actually up, not down) and less about storing reading materials in stacks which were moved to the library archive service center in Point Breeze. Looks like they've decided they should host speaking engagements primarily and not be about reading at all. No one is going to sit in these former "reading rooms" to read.
nah, they went from the communist look...I went to the Czech embassy in DC for a Christmas fare in December. Built in the midst of the Cold War in the 60s it has the same lame stale behind the Iron curtain paneling as this had...There must have been a sale. The Czechs are also moving on from it...Seems to me some decent artwork (Pitt is It SI cover painting and a Send it in Jerome mural) on those nice clean walls will do wonders..
Of course not. It’s mostly just for people watching.
Far too contemporary. Looks like they're being groomed for future cubicle jobs. I went to CBA, and was mostly allergic to the library. But at least it used to look like a library.
Those are unspeakable horrors. What a disaster.So, more images of the redesign with the first floor finishing this year....
Latin American Reading Room went from this....
To this...
Leroy Irvis Room went from this...
To this....
I hope these aren't fully finished or are only a small part of their respective rooms. If not, honestly, the people signing off on this should be shot. I think they actively hate the university. The funny thing is, they actually sent these renovation images out in an email boasting about them saying "seen here with their unique palettes and finishes." Looks like an absolute failure. How can people be this obtuse? They should be ashamed.
