Posted April 7, 200619 yr I've been waiting to do a thread about THE University of Cincinnati. I had a good day to take pictures today so I went at it. I'll start the tour with some views around campus: 1. On top of CBA Garage 2. From bottom of Main St. 3. Bottom of Stairs (you'll see them later) 4. Main St. in all of its glory 5. 6. 7. 8. Tangeman University Center 9. 10. 11. 12. Some of the GREAT College Conservatory of Music Bldgs 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Walkway near CCM northbound 19. southbound 20. McMicken College of Arts and Sciences 21. 22. 23. Mick and Mack guard UC 24. McMicken Commons 25. 26. Van Wormer Hall 27. 28. Crosley Tower 29. DAAP 30. Engineering Research Center 31. Mews Gardens (near Main St.) 32. 33. Nippert Stadium 34. Sawyer Hall coming down 35. The stairs I mentioned earlier (I take these 3-4 times a day, 63 total) 36. The Quad (under reconstruction) 37. Campus Green and Turner / Schneider Halls 38. 39. Ending with some random views 40. Hopefully you enjoyed this trip, through UC's west campus, as much as I did!!!! Maybe I'll indulge you all with a little taste of east campus next :-D
April 7, 200619 yr Great post Uncle! It's amazing how much a place can change in 5 years... When I was graduating, DAAP still seemed like a relatively progressive building. Now, it looks like one of the more traditional buildings on campus! (I'm exagerrating, of course). Basically, the place looks entirely different...with a few exceptions, like the CCM area (I always loved that part of campus) and the Quad (minus the lawn construction). I don't know if I'd even recognize the place if I was blindfolded and dropped in the middle of it!
April 7, 200619 yr Wow, fantastic shots. I definitely need to go through campus on foot again soon (it has been about 2 years). The campus has come such a long way in about 15 years. UC got a great plan, stuck to it, and you can see the great results. I think this has to be one of the coolest urban campuses in the country, not even counting all the great stuff under construction and coming online around campus. Also, back in my day this CCM building was the last all-female dorm with very secure male visitation rules, nicknamed "the virgin vault".
April 7, 200619 yr Miami U of Ohio? Meet Tokyo. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 7, 200619 yr Thank you - it's been almost a year since I was around campus regularly...very nicely captured - keep 'em coming!
April 7, 200619 yr awesome tour. very eclectic and urban. hopin' to go to grad. school here so these pics reaffirm my hope.
April 8, 200619 yr UC has come a long way! It now has an incredible campus. One of the best compact urban campuses anywhere. I am always amazed at how far that school has come. Go Nancy!
April 8, 200619 yr Did you get any pics of the surrounding neighborhoods? Have they finished the Calhoun Street Market Place project?
April 8, 200619 yr Ink there is of course University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida... When someone says Miami University, I always assume they mean Ohio. When I hear University of Miami, I assume Florida.
April 8, 200619 yr Problem is most people just say "Miami" leaving out the U. I think Ink was just busting ColDay's balls for saying "Miami U. of Ohio" instead of the common "Miami of Ohio".
April 8, 200619 yr The name is Miami University. "Ohio" is no where in any official form for the university (except for the website, which will be changing in the near future. Just remember, Miami was a university while Florida still belonged to Spain!
April 9, 200619 yr Did you get any pics of the surrounding neighborhoods? Have they finished the Calhoun Street Market Place project? No, sorry I didnt have time that day to go around the surrounding areas in Uptown including east campus. I will continue and then post some more of the beauties that Uptown has to offer!
April 9, 200619 yr at Ohio State, THE stands for Technical Horticultural Engineering. What does it stand for at UC?
April 10, 200619 yr lets start putting THE in front of every school There are a couple of guys at my office who graduated from OU and their diplomas say "The Ohio University" :roll:
April 10, 200619 yr Jealous ;) "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 2, 200618 yr Looks nice. But when are they going to finish the job and clad CCM in tungsten?
November 2, 200618 yr Great Pics, I really like how UC has been willing to mix old architecture with new modern architecture. Very refreshing to see a university willing to step out of 'standard university architecture' and do something bold.
November 2, 200618 yr ^Many people criticize it saying that it looks out of place. I think it's great. It shows how UC is transforming...progressing...evolving. It's inspiring.
November 3, 200618 yr Very nice indeed. IMO UC doesn't get anywhere near the coverage it deserves. As many have already said "the university has come a long way." Job well done Rando
November 4, 200618 yr Thanks for the tour. U of Cincinnati has dramatically transformed itself into a showcase of dazzling architecture over the past several years by commissioning "star" architects to design new buildings (isn't there a Frank Gehry on campus?). In fact, while perusing the magazine section at Barnes & Noble recently I noticed an article about the new recreation center there in the October issue of Architectural Record(http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0610cincinnati.asp). Very impressive, to say the least. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 6, 200618 yr Thanks for the tour. U of Cincinnati has dramatically transformed itself into a showcase of dazzling architecture over the past several years by commissioning "star" architects to design new buildings (isn't there a Frank Gehry on campus?). In fact, while perusing the magazine section at Barnes & Noble recently I noticed an article about the new recreation center there in the October issue of Architectural Record(http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0610cincinnati.asp). Very impressive, to say the least. Yeah the Frank Gehry is the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies...I didn't even know that until a few days ago.
November 6, 200618 yr Yeah, the DAAP thing is scary. Very scary. It's if Eisenmann himself popped in a couple of X pills, decided to draw using pastels and cocaine strips, played with a Rubix cube, watched Clockwork Orange, and eventually churning out the Mark of the Beast at the corner of Clifton and MLK Drive. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 16, 200618 yr I just walked past the Crosley Tower tonight, and it looked really creepy/awesome with half of the exterior lights burned out.
December 7, 200618 yr Yeah, the DAAP thing is scary. Very scary. It's if Eisenmann himself popped in a couple of X pills, decided to draw using pastels and cocaine strips, played with a Rubix cube, watched Clockwork Orange, and eventually churning out the Mark of the Beast at the corner of Clifton and MLK Drive. I heard that the DAAP building was supposed to be covered in some stone, instead of painted all sorts of ugly pastel colors, but that UC decided to paint it because it was cheaper. Not sure if this is true, but I think it would have looked a lot better without the pastel.
December 7, 200618 yr That would be tragic if true. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 7, 200618 yr I heard that the DAAP building was supposed to be covered in some stone, instead of painted all sorts of ugly pastel colors, but that UC decided to paint it because it was cheaper. Not sure if this is true, but I think it would have looked a lot better without the pastel. While I think the interior of the Eisenmann building is confusing and basically stupid, I've always liked the exterior, particularly the way the building buries itself into the hillside, connects with the other, older buildings, and yes, the pastels. I think the pastels are a nice change of pace from the greys ranging from light stone to dark gunmetal or brick ranging from buff to burnt red that one sees in most every building. Of course, I'm also a wuss who orders Chip Wheelies when I go to Graeter's. Question: does anyone have any idea what on earth that concrete cut in the hillside next to DAAP on MLK near the intersection with Clifton is for? It's got a chain-link fence around it but no entry/exit points through the concrete as far as I can tell, so what is the fence keeping people out of? It's baffling. Sorry I don't have a picture.
December 8, 200618 yr DAAP: Dumpy and Disjointed. But I've never been inside - could be a whole new world!
December 8, 200618 yr DAAP: Dumpy and Disjointed. But I've never been inside - could be a whole new world! It isn't. It's dumpy and disjointed still. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 8, 200618 yr Very nice! A little Georgian. A little Gothic (my fave college architecture). ... and I love this: ... did the woman win a design award for this?
December 13, 200618 yr I heard that the DAAP building was supposed to be covered in some stone, instead of painted all sorts of ugly pastel colors, but that UC decided to paint it because it was cheaper. Not sure if this is true, but I think it would have looked a lot better without the pastel. Didn't Eisenmann design the Convention center in Columbus? It is also pastel colored which leads me to draw the conclusion that the DAAP building was built and painted/colored as designed.
December 13, 200618 yr This may have been what I was thinking. The building cost too much: The design was expensive, but the materials were cheaper than the brick and stone typically used in commercial structures. Consequently, the expenses evened out, and ultimately, the cost for new construction was less than the national average for a commercial building.
December 13, 200618 yr I heard that the DAAP building was supposed to be covered in some stone, instead of painted all sorts of ugly pastel colors, but that UC decided to paint it because it was cheaper. Not sure if this is true, but I think it would have looked a lot better without the pastel. While I think the interior of the Eisenmann building is confusing and basically stupid, I've always liked the exterior, particularly the way the building buries itself into the hillside, connects with the other, older buildings, and yes, the pastels. I think the pastels are a nice change of pace from the greys ranging from light stone to dark gunmetal or brick ranging from buff to burnt red that one sees in most every building. Of course, I'm also a wuss who orders Chip Wheelies when I go to Graeter's. Question: does anyone have any idea what on earth that concrete cut in the hillside next to DAAP on MLK near the intersection with Clifton is for? It's got a chain-link fence around it but no entry/exit points through the concrete as far as I can tell, so what is the fence keeping people out of? It's baffling. Sorry I don't have a picture. I love the DAAP building. It's pretty wacky but I think it's appropriate for a design-oriented school. I just don't think pastels and brick go together. Id rather see the brick building torn down than attempted to be integrated with the rest of DAAP. Although if anything at UC should be town down its Dabney Hall--what an embarasssment :(
December 13, 200618 yr Can we tear down the EPA building while we're at it?! Dabney Hall is a sprawly 4-6 story residence hall with no public elevator that looks like brick housng projects. They even have window-air conditioning units.
December 14, 200618 yr They need to plant more trees/shrubs on the mainstreet area. You have the great commons in front of the soviet block housing and McMicken but mainstreet is all grey pavers and buildings. Make some of those terracing steps planters or something.
December 14, 200618 yr Make some of those terracing steps planters or something. That would sound nice, but those steps are use A LOT by students on nice and even questionable days. I love trees and plantings as much as the next guy, but it is great to be able to sprawl out and study/read/eat/relax outside on those steps...and many people do, its just a great use!
December 14, 200618 yr "Didn't Eisenmann design the Convention center in Columbus? It is also pastel colored which leads me to draw the conclusion that the DAAP building was built and painted/colored as designed." Yes he did...it like a giant DAAP building. Its actually a pretty nice convention center in my opinion. Long and sprawly like any other center i have been to.
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