Student Union Construction.

[CajunAmos]

I hope they put a focus on the Cypress lake, since it is so unique to our Campus. I loved looking out on the waters when I was there.

The whole redesign involved putting more attention on Cypress Lake. The new dining facility and union will have 2nd floor areas that overlook the lake. With moving the union building closer to McKinley, there will be a much larger area between the union and the lake. You can get an idea from the renderings on the Carter website previously listed and by Helmut's posted photos.

[Boomer]

The whole redesign involved putting more attention on Cypress Lake. The new dining facility and union will have 2nd floor areas that overlook the lake. With moving the union building closer to McKinley, there will be a much larger area between the union and the lake. You can get an idea from the renderings on the Carter website previously listed and by Helmut's posted photos.

---------BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEautiful!!!

[HelmutVII]

They are closing in the building envelope on the food service wing. Just about all the glazing is done, brick is complete and they have the metal cladding just about finished. This is from the entrance to Buchanan hall



This is the entrance to the food service wing off of Boucher Street. They have insulating sheeting over the entrances to keep the inside somewhat climate controlled. They are starting to put sheet rock on the interior walls.



A view of the McKinley street facade from the rear of McLaurin Gym.




Old brick on the left. New brick on the right.



Close up of the McKinley street entrance.



The McKinley street entrance as seen from the top of the Olivier Parking tower.



A view of the food service wing as seen from the balcony of Guillory Hall. Not much of a fan of the white metal cladding. I hope they are not finished as it does not look too good too me.

[ulforlife]

I agree with you on the white metal, thanks for the photos I always enjoy seeing the updates.

[Boomer]

Like the brick color!!!

[cajunfan337]

Idk, kind of digging that white. Gives it a little pop in places.

[HelmutVII]

Idk, kind of digging that white. Gives it a little pop in places.

The white looks nice now but I wonder how it will look after a few summers of heat and humidity. I'm thinking mold and mildew will be a constant problem. Also, other than Madison Hall there are no buildings with metal cladding. They wanted to place metal cladding on Fletcher Hall and it was met with outrage. We will see.

[LaCajunsFan]

The white looks nice now but I wonder how it will look after a few summers of heat and humidity. I'm thinking mold and mildew will be a constant problem. Also, other than Madison Hall there are no buildings with metal cladding. They wanted to place metal cladding on Fletcher Hall and it was met with outrage. We will see.

I kind of noticed this when I took my last set of pics. I kind of like the texture it adds, but it looked too uneven........almost like it wasn't installed right. My thought was the same as yours: I hoped they weren't finished with it yet. But I guess we can just hope, wait and see.

[LaCajunsFan]

And I don't know why they didn't save some of the bricks from the demo, so that they could use them on the wall(s) that directly connect to the existing structure. Oh yeah, prob 'cause of time and money ..... too bad, as it seems to me that this would've not have been too hard to do.

[HelmutVII]

I kind of noticed this when I took my last set of pics. I kind of like the texture it adds, but it looked too uneven........almost like it wasn't installed right. My thought was the same as yours: I hoped they weren't finished with it yet. But I guess we can just hope, wait and see.

I spoke with somebody at ASW today. They were out voted with respect to the metal cladding. I understand it got pretty intense in the design process and FWIW, they are not happy with the metal cladding as there is no building on campus that has it and they think it looks really bad too. . I think it was a budget thing.