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Falcon137 wrote:The problem with the area surrounding the library, is no one uses it. My 4 years on campus I saw 3 skateboarders and a bike rider on it. No one was ever up there studying / hanging out. It's just a big slab of concrete around the library, lots of wasted space.
I'm not sure if it still gets used for this, but AFROTC used to practice marching on it some of the times we marched.
I remember burning a hole through the Art building with my eyes when the POCs (upper classmen) used to try and get us to crack while standing at attention.
Tech83 wrote:No one will disagree that the concrete plaza fails to be an attractive area for users. Would you rather sit in the grass under a tree in the quad.... or on the hot exposed concrete deck. Its a no-brainer. I personally would like to see the plaza enclosed as a study area with lots of glass.
So I will play along...With regard to the concrete plaza, Tech couldn't you "green it up" similar to what they are doing now in urban areas were they plant grasses and trees on the roofs on mid-rise buildings? Could be a little park all around the library.
Falcon137 wrote:I think Jerome is an eye sore and one of, if not the worst looking libraries on any college campus. The mural on the side is bad, the concrete around it is unused and full of weeds.
Sorry one of the few things on campus I find really, really ugly.
My opinion is the complete opposite! I've always loved the look of the library!!! My very first visit to the BG campus was on a high school field trip for the GTCTM test (a math test). The library is what I remember seeing first and was fascinated with the mural on it! I thought it was really neat! I was thrilled when it got refurbished!!! I also spent a LOT of time in there as a student and would "borrow" some of the private study rooms upstairs to hole up and write lesson plans and make materials during my first few years of teaching after we moved back to BG. Never got anything productive done at home, so I would go there for a few hours to get work done for school on many, many Sunday afternoons.
I agree that the outside decks are wasted space that needs a lot of work, but the library itself, LOVE IT!!
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Tech83 wrote:No one will disagree that the concrete plaza fails to be an attractive area for users. Would you rather sit in the grass under a tree in the quad.... or on the hot exposed concrete deck. Its a no-brainer. I personally would like to see the plaza enclosed as a study area with lots of glass.
So I will play along...With regard to the concrete plaza, Tech couldn't you "green it up" similar to what they are doing now in urban areas were they plant grasses and trees on the roofs on mid-rise buildings? Could be a little park all around the library.
In short, no.
You would have to totally reconstruct the roof structure, such that you would have to close the wing and rebuild. Of course, this would be required if you built-out from the existing second floor, and Tech seems to have heard that is their thought. The roof leaks like crazy anyway. The best long-term approach might be to simply shut a wing down, build-out the second floor, and put a green roof on top of the expansion.
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Tech83 wrote:No one will disagree that the concrete plaza fails to be an attractive area for users. Would you rather sit in the grass under a tree in the quad.... or on the hot exposed concrete deck. Its a no-brainer. I personally would like to see the plaza enclosed as a study area with lots of glass.
So I will play along...With regard to the concrete plaza, Tech couldn't you "green it up" similar to what they are doing now in urban areas were they plant grasses and trees on the roofs on mid-rise buildings? Could be a little park all around the library.
It always freaks me out to look out my office window and see guys mowing the downtown library roof.
Tech83 wrote:No one will disagree that the concrete plaza fails to be an attractive area for users. Would you rather sit in the grass under a tree in the quad.... or on the hot exposed concrete deck. Its a no-brainer. I personally would like to see the plaza enclosed as a study area with lots of glass.
So I will play along...With regard to the concrete plaza, Tech couldn't you "green it up" similar to what they are doing now in urban areas were they plant grasses and trees on the roofs on mid-rise buildings? Could be a little park all around the library.
Actually - I think you can. These materials are pretty light compared to people running around up there. That deck probable can hold 125/150 Lbs per SF. You can get plant materials and green roof systems that weight less than 15 #/SF. It might require repairing the deck if there are leaks already, but greening the roof would help with heat gain, storm water run-off and water filtration. And would be a great project area for the biology department.
Falcon Fanatic wrote:The library is what I remember seeing first and was fascinated with the mural on it! I thought it was really neat!
Of course you loved it. Wasn't it brand new?
SO THERE!!! Happy now?
"Regarding BGSU, I would think their biggest strength is that they never give up, They never slow down and they battle hard even after the other team scores. We have to be on our game and never, ever take the foot off the gas for a second." ~~USCHO Poster "BG was relentless. It's like they know that a good first pass on the breakout from a defenseman will almost always result in an odd-man rush against them - but they go in anyway and dare you to make that pass. All three of their goals were just grit and effort. That's a team any fan can be proud to support...they give all they've got." ~~USCHO Poster, AFTER Tech beat us #NeverGiveUp
#NeverSurrender
#Relentless
#Resiliant
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