IanO
Superstar
Pray tell.
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cmd uw
Active Member
The amount of 'reaction' people get over renderings is incredible. FFS people....
northlands
Senior Member
With how much ag land the U of A's farm is losing between West 240 and the new Stollery, at what point do they start taking a hard look at consolidating some of their ag land/research facilities elsewhere to allow for a master redevelopment plan for south campus?
Hard not to think there may be more opportunity with West 240's design if it was done as a phase I to a greater overall development across 122nd.
Hard not to think there may be more opportunity with West 240's design if it was done as a phase I to a greater overall development across 122nd.
archited
Senior Member
Ag is going through a major revolution; U of A is simply trying to update to the new new.
ADob
Active Member
Please explain.
archited
Senior Member
^ The overarching advent of CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) aligned with AI, robotics, machine learning, plant miniaturization (large tropical species reduced in scale to fit CEA environments), aquaponics and hydroponics, building environment tech, and a dozen or so other subsets has largely changed the focus in Ag. The project that I am working on in Alberta is in this realm (and -- wooo -- are things going to change rapidly both in the Rural arena and in the Urban city aspect (look out 'O). As soon as I can divulge my project (maybe by this Fall) the full meaning will be clear. If you want to sign a tightly worded NDA then DM me and I will share more.
IanO
Superstar
constance_chlore
Senior Member
I noticed the Administration building is taped/fenced off now.
First Peoples' House with lighting:
First Peoples' House with lighting:
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
I don't know, the lights look nice the designs look nice but the siding looks very Warehouse.
archited
Senior Member
I love the difference in lighting effect from the upper band compared to the lower band, the upper band reflecting off of cement plaster and the lower band off a vertical standing seam with an non-illuminated meandering seam between the two light effects. Simple but eye-catching. And the supersized mosaic entry is focused by these effects -- boldly beautiful.
IanO
Superstar
Dislike wholeheartedly. It looks cheap and amateur hour. The designs are nice, but the rest are regrettable.
scyeg
Active Member
Yeah, I don't like this building either. Very cheap looking, even more so in person.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Agreed. Won’t age well. Especially amongst the rest of campus’ architecture.
an_edmontonian
New Member
That building is downright ugly. No business being in the middle of the main campus. It looks like the offspring of the downtown library.
Gronk!
Senior Member
The U of A must hate indigenous people since I can't think of any other reason why they saw fit to erect a cheap ugly building and call it a First People's House.