May 11, 20232 yr I really like that Jefferson Ave facade view. Really nice way to jazz up what is really just a big empty box, and making it glass at the end vs a huge closed off wall is a nice surprise. Just have to keep prying eyes away if we get another Superbowl team practicing in there. :)
May 11, 20232 yr The last image looks like it is paying homage to Sanders Dining Hall. Everything else looks very, very nice.
May 11, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, tonyt3524 said: https://gobearcats.com/news/2023/5/11/football-uc-sets-indoor-practice-facility-and-performance-center-groundbreaking-date.aspx The view along Jefferson looks a lot like the new CVG airport terminal addition. Maybe its just me, but once the renderings were released its what came to mind first.
May 11, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, CincyIntheKnow said: The last image looks like it is paying homage to Sanders Dining Hall. Everything else looks very, very nice. That has to really be it still right? Just tacked on at the end. I havent been to that part of campus for a bit i thought SDH was still there.
May 11, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, SleepyLeroy said: That has to really be it still right? Just tacked on at the end. I havent been to that part of campus for a bit i thought SDH was still there. No, that is actually the elevation along Corry of the new indoor practice facility. SDH is much more centrally located on campus.
May 11, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, CincyIntheKnow said: No, that is actually the elevation along Corry of the new indoor practice facility. SDH is much more centrally located on campus. Wow, of all the buildings to pay homage too.........now that i think of that I hope Crosley Tower gets replaced with MEGA Crosley Tower. Twice as tall and three times more Brutalist!
May 12, 20232 yr While I thought the old car-friendly campus of the 80s was fascinating in its broke-down spaghetti complexity, UC has gone from worst to best looking campus in 25 years.
May 12, 20232 yr You know I'd say you're right. OSU is too mid-century, SSU is too 1990, OU is pretty good, YSU is a little forgettable, so is C(leveland)SU. There's some I haven't been to. I'm only doing the state schools.
May 12, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, savadams13 said: The view along Jefferson looks a lot like the new CVG airport terminal addition. Maybe its just me, but once the renderings were released its what came to mind first. I came here to say this!
May 12, 20232 yr This makes me feel old. When I was a sophomore they built the bubble and it made the school feel so legit. Graduated in 14 and it almost feels like an entirely different school.
May 12, 20232 yr Has anything been decided about what will go immediately north of the indoor training facility, across "Charlton" on the little 50-yard turf field? Or is that turf field just remaining as-is?
May 12, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, jwulsin said: Has anything been decided about what will go immediately north of the indoor training facility, across "Charlton" on the little 50-yard turf field? Or is that turf field just remaining as-is? Half field is remaining as is (and is part of the reason all that glass from the indoor practice field faces north, to maintain the connection.
May 13, 20232 yr University of Cincinnati releases renderings of Sheakley Athletics Center overhaul The University of Cincinnati is finally offering a sneak peek at what its $134 million overhaul of the Sheakley Athletics Center will look like, as officials prepare to break ground on the massive project. Renderings showcase a glass-encased building that includes a 84,000-square-foot indoor practice facility for the Bearcats football and 96,000-square-foot performance center that will serve all UC student-athletes. Officials will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the project May 23. The practice facility component is expected to be complete in time for the 2024 football season. The athlete performance center is due to be finished by July 2025. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2023/05/12/uc-sheakley-renderings-donation.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 13, 20232 yr The street trees planted in the middle of Jefferson Ave. about 10 years ago are starting to get big:
May 22, 20232 yr On 5/11/2023 at 2:04 PM, tonyt3524 said: https://gobearcats.com/news/2023/5/11/football-uc-sets-indoor-practice-facility-and-performance-center-groundbreaking-date.aspx Architecturally, UC really has mastered creating a unique campus.
May 23, 20232 yr Author UC breaks ground on $134 million indoor athletic facility By Steve Watkins – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier May 23, 2023 Updated May 23, 2023, 3:25pm EDT The University of Cincinnati has broken ground on its $134 million on-campus indoor practice and training facility for athletics. UC held a ceremonial groundbreaking event Tuesday morning, although work had already begun on the site of the current Sheakley Athletic Center at Corry Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue, UC Athletic Director John Cunningham told me. That’s where the Bearcats’ inflatable practice bubble stood during cold-weather months. Work started shortly after spring football practice ended in mid-April. MORE
May 23, 20232 yr Author University of Cincinnati completes $93 million Clifton Court Hall project: PHOTOS By Abby Miller – Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier May 23, 2023 Updated May 23, 2023, 4:35pm EDT University of Cincinnati’s major $93 million classroom building on its Uptown campus is now complete, and it will soon usher in students and faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences. UC’s Clifton Court Hall completed work this May. The 185,000-square-foot building blends modern design and modern learning technology, with an emphasis on openness, natural lighting and state-of-the art spaces for students and faculty to learn. MORE
May 24, 20232 yr ^I pass that building most days, so it's been fun to watch it get built. I think it's a handsome building, and I especially like how they handled the topography (resulting in three "at grade" levels) as well as the interaction with the street. I also like the facade materials and windows - without knowing the details, those materials seem durable and like they'll age well (without looking "dated"). Someone on this thread previously derided the design as a cheap imitation of the Lindner Business School building. And that's probably accurate (similar style, less generous budget). But I think the building largely succeeds, even if it's not quite as impressive as the Lindner building (which set a high bar in terms of style and presumably budget). Most recently, this site was home to the trailers (2014 streetview), and before the trailers, it was home to Wilson Auditorium (2012 streetview). Both the trailers and Wilson were setback from Clifton Ave and up the hill a bit. Bringing the entrance down to the street level and right up to the sidewalk makes a huge difference as you approach from Clifton Ave. I appreciate UC's unapologetically modern and even urban approach here. Especially in contrast to the faux-historic, "pastoral nostalgic" ideal that most universities seem stuck in (from a bygone era when students wanted to get out of the cities to study in a rural hamlet), I love how UC's campus continues to evolve and grow denser with its newer buildings. My primary complaint, and I have similar complaints about other UC buildings (I'm looking at you, Marian Spencer Hall), is that there's no visual "top" or roof. If they made a deliberate design decision to allow for future floors to be easily added, then I'd be ok with it (and I think the structure would be even more attractive with a few more floors of height), but to my eye it looks like a partially-finished structure.
May 24, 20232 yr 57 minutes ago, jwulsin said: ^I pass that building most days, so it's been fun to watch it get built. I think it's a handsome building, and I especially like how they handled the topography (resulting in three "at grade" levels) as well as the interaction with the street. I also like the facade materials and windows - without knowing the details, those materials seem durable and like they'll age well (without looking "dated"). Someone on this thread previously derided the design as a cheap imitation of the Lindner Business School building. And that's probably accurate (similar style, less generous budget). But I think the building largely succeeds, even if it's not quite as impressive as the Lindner building (which set a high bar in terms of style and presumably budget). Most recently, this site was home to the trailers (2014 streetview), and before the trailers, it was home to Wilson Auditorium (2012 streetview). Both the trailers and Wilson were setback from Clifton Ave and up the hill a bit. Bringing the entrance down to the street level and right up to the sidewalk makes a huge difference as you approach from Clifton Ave. I appreciate UC's unapologetically modern and even urban approach here. Especially in contrast to the faux-historic, "pastoral nostalgic" ideal that most universities seem stuck in (from a bygone era when students wanted to get out of the cities to study in a rural hamlet), I love how UC's campus continues to evolve and grow denser with its newer buildings. My primary complaint, and I have similar complaints about other UC buildings (I'm looking at you, Marian Spencer Hall), is that there's no visual "top" or roof. If they made a deliberate design decision to allow for future floors to be easily added, then I'd be ok with it (and I think the structure would be even more attractive with a few more floors of height), but to my eye it looks like a partially-finished structure. I think the design would benefit from a horizontal datum to express how it accommodates the grades more clearly, about 1/3 of the elevation up. It might also satisfy your design for a cap by bringing in a horizontal element, even if not at the top.
May 25, 20232 yr I know there's been a lot of discussion internally over the last couple of years around the 10-year campus plan. I'll be curious to see what's next after this (and the Indoor facility) is completed. Have to think old Law and Crosley are up next. Daniels as well? If that's the case, I'm sure plans/ideas of these spaces are already being discussed.
May 26, 20232 yr Some photos from yesterday (5/25/2023) of the in-progress demolition for the future indoor training facility. Good riddance to the floating benches, several of which were installed too high and thus never usable. For a school that prides itself on landscape architecture, it was embarrassing how UC screwed up (in such a highly visible location) something as simple as installing a bench at the proper height.
June 1, 20232 yr And goodbye to the Corry Gate video board. That thing worked for maybe a week, then went out of commission for the next 3 or 4 years.
June 12, 20232 yr Looks like some significant work coming soon to Rievesch Hall to help separate it completely from Crosley in preparation for its demolition. https://ofcc.ohio.gov/static/Portals/0/Documents/Opportunities/RFQ/RFQ-UCN-23081A-AE.pdf
June 12, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, tonyt3524 said: Looks like some significant work coming soon to Rievesch Hall to help separate it completely from Crosley in preparation for its demolition. https://ofcc.ohio.gov/static/Portals/0/Documents/Opportunities/RFQ/RFQ-UCN-23081A-AE.pdf From that project description in the RFQ, what the hell is meant by "multi-biennia"?
July 21, 20231 yr Author UC'S BIG TEST As record enrollment continues to explode, the university faces a major challenge in the demand for student housing With UC’s enrollment goal of 60,000 students, and more wanting to live on or near campus, developers and the university are scrambling to provide space. By Luke Bisesi – Intern, Cincinnati Business Courier Jul 21, 2023 Just over a year ago, University of Cincinnati sophomore Sujal Choukse, an international student from India, spent the summer heading into freshman year imagining what college life would be like – picturing the days hanging out on Sheakley field playing soccer, taking notes in his computer engineering classes and bonding with new friends he’d make in his dormitory. Choukse booked his dorm room in the middle of the summer and waited. This would be the first time that he, or anyone else from his family, had even visited the United States, let alone lived there. Things didn’t pan out like he expected. Because of a shortage of space in campus housing, Choukse was one of more than 200 students who had to spend their first semester in a hotel or apartment building near campus. MORE
July 21, 20231 yr 54 minutes ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said: UC Block 1 development Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corp. (CHCURC) owns the land, and the university currently has an option agreement in place with CHCURC to partner on development concepts. The $100 million project will open summer 2025 with around 750 beds for UC students. Would love to see renderings of this proposed project. Hopefully, with some height at the corner of Vine and E. McMillan. 54 minutes ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:
July 21, 20231 yr https://ofcc.ohio.gov/static/Portals/0/Documents/Opportunities/RFQ/RFQ-UCN-23147A-AE.pdf Looks like demolition of the old law building will be happening next year with some temporary assets added until they decide what's next.
July 21, 20231 yr 42 minutes ago, jvarney1 said: Would love to see renderings of this proposed project. Hopefully, with some height at the corner of Vine and E. McMillan. Summer of 2025 opening means that it should start sometime this year I’d think. When is Hollister Court starting construction? And any ideas of what’s going in place of Superior Credit Union?
July 21, 20231 yr 1 minute ago, Ucgrad2015 said: Summer of 2025 opening means that it should start sometime this year I’d think. When is Hollister Court starting construction? And any ideas of what’s going in place of Superior Credit Union? Have to think that the Hollister court stuff is on hold until they snatch up the rest of the properties, right? There's probably only 1-2 left at this point. There's some mention of the credit union lot in the CUF thread. Student housing with credit union taking first floor.
July 21, 20231 yr 5 minutes ago, tonyt3524 said: https://ofcc.ohio.gov/static/Portals/0/Documents/Opportunities/RFQ/RFQ-UCN-23147A-AE.pdf Looks like demolition of the old law building will be happening next year with some temporary assets added until they decide what's next. Maybe more on campus housing? Would love to see another tower go there to go with the new one at The District at Clifton heights.
July 21, 20231 yr 1 minute ago, tonyt3524 said: Have to think that the Hollister court stuff is on hold until they snatch up the rest of the properties, right? There's probably only 1-2 left at this point. There's some mention of the credit union lot in the CUF thread. Student housing with credit union taking first floor. Ahhh thanks! I didn’t know they still needed some properties.
July 21, 20231 yr Just now, Ucgrad2015 said: Maybe more on campus housing? Would love to see another tower go there to go with the new one at The District at Clifton heights. There was once discussion of this being a "gateway to campus" type setup with UC alumni association, not sure if that is still on the table or not. That entire southwest corner has a lot of opportunity from Law over to the old YMCA, especially the development at the district bringing a little more foot traffic over that way.
July 21, 20231 yr Just now, Ucgrad2015 said: Ahhh thanks! I didn’t know they still needed some properties. I'm just assuming based on only 1-2 buildings left standing.
July 21, 20231 yr This is great news for the City of Cincinnati too. Growing the campus with more and more students in and around the area will help fill the pipeline for employers now and into the future for the whole area. I think a good area to keep expanding as well is on McMillan corridor from Walnut Hills / Peebles Corner all the way to UC. It seems there are a lot of areas where you can build up and add a lot of housing, and the more that area gets filled in they can maybe redesign the street to be much more pedestrian friendly and get better bus routes back and forth on that corridor to UC. I see that becoming a key corridor over the next 10 years. For example this area you could really put some big housing here: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1270361,-84.5073036,3a,75y,99.37h,85.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4dWHiXGJy6dKx7EaRjjM9A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Here: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1271123,-84.5085141,3a,75y,237.43h,85.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sW9klCXkY26RPGmeKXWpXvw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu etc. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1272423,-84.5104574,3a,75y,157.14h,85.62t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sv4SuUW46zDWzZJcKQDPjDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu That said it seems a lot of the focus is on the south and west side of campus no? Developers are probably working hard to snatch up and build that up first since it's right next door. But, if you can develop a good corridor along here with like I said, improvements to McMillan to make more pedestrian friendly (maybe even a bus only lane with pedestrian crosses) it can be connected to UC much better. (Maybe some of these spots I posted are already spoken for above...)
July 21, 20231 yr There is plenty of space on the actual campus itself, i.e. in the useless corner in front of DAAP or in place of the Indian Burial Mound that nobody takes selfies on, or in the parking lot across from DAAP: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1349438,-84.5195818,307m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu The dilemma is that students want to a)walk to campus but b)bring their cars to school, which makes the housing situation much more expensive, since there needs to either be structured parking for each student's car or the new housing has to be relatively far away, where there is space for surface lots.
August 15, 20231 yr Author UC opens new Bioscience Center for advanced research after $11 million building renovation By Brian Planalp – Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Aug 15, 2023 The University of Cincinnati has a new research center where engineers and doctors will partner on new projects that aim to benefit public health. Officials will cut the ribbon Aug. 16 on the Bioscience Center at 3159 Eden Avenue. The 35,000-square-foot building features 13 custom research labs, 12 offices, resources for co-op students, a lecture room and six study rooms. “The Bioscience Center is just tremendous,” Eric Nauman, professor of biomedical engineering at UC, said. “We needed a facility where we could interact with clinicians from places like Children’s Hospital, UC Health and the Veterans Administration.” MORE
August 17, 20231 yr ^It's odd that after a complete renovation on the day of its ribbon cutting ceremony, UC is saying the renovated building only has "10-15 years left in its life cycle." Either this is sloppy reporting, or perhaps UC is hinting that they have a long-term plan for the site, and this renovation is only intended to hold them over until they tear it down in 10-15 years. UC spent ~$350/sq foot on the renovation which isn't exorbitant for this kind of space, but they also said said the labs were in "good condition and the coroner's office had taken good care of the building." So, it's hard for me to tell if they treated this as just a "short term" solution. The site is nestled next to two large parking garages (the VA to the west and UC's Eden garage to the north), and so the small footprint of the short building does feel like a waste of that corner. I'd love to see a tower replace it one day. But perhaps that's just wishful thinking on my part. Quote The UC Board of Trustees approved up to $13 million to renovate the Eden Avenue building in June 2021 hoping to leverage “tremendous opportunities for growth” in biomedical engineering research within the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), according to university documents. The coroner’s office reported frequent power outages and ventilation issues at the building. A university spokesperson told the Courier in 2021 the building’s research and lab space remained in good condition and the coroner’s office had taken good care of the building. The ensuing renovation work included replacement of electrical gear, air handling units, lab ventilation and exhaust. Built in 1974, the building reportedly has 10-15 years left in its life cycle.
August 17, 20231 yr It would have been pretty sweet if UC would have wound up being mostly towers as planned in the '70s. The downside of that time frame would be the whole place could have been Ugly Sisters.
August 18, 20231 yr 13 hours ago, jwulsin said: ^It's odd that after a complete renovation on the day of its ribbon cutting ceremony, UC is saying the renovated building only has "10-15 years left in its life cycle." Either this is sloppy reporting, or perhaps UC is hinting that they have a long-term plan for the site, and this renovation is only intended to hold them over until they tear it down in 10-15 years. UC spent ~$350/sq foot on the renovation which isn't exorbitant for this kind of space, but they also said said the labs were in "good condition and the coroner's office had taken good care of the building." So, it's hard for me to tell if they treated this as just a "short term" solution. The site is nestled next to two large parking garages (the VA to the west and UC's Eden garage to the north), and so the small footprint of the short building does feel like a waste of that corner. I'd love to see a tower replace it one day. But perhaps that's just wishful thinking on my part. Yeah nothing makes sense with hospitals and universities.
August 18, 20231 yr 19 hours ago, GCrites said: It would have been pretty sweet if UC would have wound up being mostly towers as planned in the '70s. The downside of that time frame would be the whole place could have been Ugly Sisters. It seems as if that would have happened, UC would end up looking like some sort of Eastern European communist bloc type concrete commune.
August 18, 20231 yr 9 hours ago, Lazarus said: Yeah nothing makes sense with hospitals and universities. Because they don't directly quantify ROI of projects since the key measure is enrollment -- which basically acts as a slush fund when making project decisions.
August 21, 20231 yr https://www.uc.edu/campus-life/housing/apply/plan-for-uptown-housing-in-2023-24-and-beyond.html#faq list of projects by UC and by other developers for more housing around Campus.
August 21, 20231 yr Author UC shatters enrollment record, welcomes historic first-year class to enter Big 12 Conference The University of Cincinnati has posted record enrollment in 2023. By Brian Planalp – Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Aug 21, 2023 Updated Aug 21, 2023 5:56pm EDT The University of Cincinnati shattered a new record for total enrollment to begin the fall 2023 semester thanks in part to university’s largest-ever freshman class. UC welcomed 50,500 students when classes began on Monday, Aug. 21, a 5.39% increase from the same semester last year, according to Jack Miner, vice provost of enrollment management at UC. The university’s class of 8,900 first-year students is 9% larger and contains 22% more Black students, 27% more Latinx students and 19% more Asian students than last year’s. The class comprises residents of 47 states and 50 countries. MORE
August 22, 20231 yr University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees advances $100M student-housing development By Brian Planalp – Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Aug 22, 2023 The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Aug. 22, approved design funding to create a large student-housing development on long-vacant real estate uptown. The project is expected to cost $100 million in total. The potential development is in its early stages. The board showed preliminary schematic designs offering an early look at the proposed size, scope and landscaping. The drawings were created by Ratio Design, an Indianapolis firm; and MKSK, a national urban design firm with a Cincinnati office. William Rawn Associates, a Boston architecture firm, provided the preliminary drawing showing the scope of the buildings. MORE
August 22, 20231 yr 17 minutes ago, jwulsin said: University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees advances $100M student-housing development By Brian Planalp – Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Aug 22, 2023 The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Aug. 22, approved design funding to create a large student-housing development on long-vacant real estate uptown. The project is expected to cost $100 million in total. The potential development is in its early stages. The board showed preliminary schematic designs offering an early look at the proposed size, scope and landscaping. The drawings were created by Ratio Design, an Indianapolis firm; and MKSK, a national urban design firm with a Cincinnati office. William Rawn Associates, a Boston architecture firm, provided the preliminary drawing showing the scope of the buildings. MORE Wow they can get a project of that scale for just 100M? Will be interesting to see the final design etc
August 22, 20231 yr 4 minutes ago, 646empire said: Wow they can get a project of that scale for just 100M? Will be interesting to see the final design etc Yeah that surprised me as well. Will be really nice to finally see something done on this plot of land.
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