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Highlights
Short
(5min.) construction movie of Soda hall.
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Soda Hall Policies
General
Policies
on space assignment in Soda Hall.
Specific
Policies
on space use and behavior in different types of rooms.
Index to Plans and Schematics
Simplified Summary of the Program for the CS Division
Initial
Building
Specifications
Spacebudget:
Summing
up the Desired Assignable Square Footage
Matrix
Describing
Preferred Proximities
Floorplans at Various Levels of Abstraction
Floor# - - Functions -- Groupings -- Schematics -- Sketches --
Floorplans
F7 -- F7:
Functions - F7:
Groupings - F7:
Schematics - F7:
Sketches - F7:
Floorplan -
F6 -- F6:
Functions - F6:
Groupings - F6:
Schematics - F6:
Sketches - F6:
Floorplan -
F5 -- F5:
Functions - F5:
Groupings - F5:
Schematics - F5:
Sketches - F5:
Floorplan -
F4 -- F4:
Functions - F4:
Groupings - F4:
Schematics - F4:
Sketches - F4:
Floorplan -
F3 -- F3:
Functions - F3:
Groupings - F3:
Schematics - F3:
Sketches - F3:
Floorplan -
F2 -- F2:
Functions - F2:
Groupings - F2:
Schematics - F2:
Sketches - F2:
Floorplan -
F1 -- F1:
Functions - F1:
Groupings - F1:
Schematics - F1:
Sketches - F1:
Floorplan -
Some Special Drawings Used in the Design Process
Massing Studies: - Comparisons
of
Elevations
Sections and Elevations: - Internal
N-S-Cross
Section
Spatial Domains: - Schematic
Security
Diagram
Decision Diagram: - Plot
used
to resolve column grid, office sizes, and fenestration.
Stairs: - Geometry
of
Stair #2 (East side).
Text Slides of Some Talks Given on Planning and Evaluation
Process
Pictures of Soda Hall
Some pictures of Soda Hall (by Russell Abraham) which
appeared in California Monthly, Nov. 1994:
More pictures taken by Carlo H. Séquin ...
Art in Soda Hall
Soda Hall has some excellent spaces to display artwork.
Hopefully, over time we can acquire some dramatic and inspiring
pieces.
Internal Sculptures
For the occasion of the Soda Hall inauguration on October 24,
1994, a couple of translucent sculptures designed and constructed
by Carlo
H. Séquin were installed in the atrium under the
skylights: the Luminous
Race
Track on the West side, and the Constraint
Figure-8
Mobile on the East. Another sculpture sat on a pedestal on
the 7th floor bridge: called TetraTangle,
but it was later removed because it presented an obstruction to
traffic. It was replaced by a a smaller one: the
Chinese
Button Knot -- which however interfered with the field of
view of the security camera, and eventually also got removed.
On February 21, 1999, Luminous
Race
Track was replaced with Rainbow
Bits by George
Hart . The idea was conceived by Carlo H. Séquin
when contemplating what to do with the many CDs that we all
receive in the mail. George Hart who has done many spheroid
assemblies out of inexpensive every-day items was immediately
excited and designed this new polyhedral geometry for this
occasion.
External Sculptures
On December 2, 1995, a kinetic sculpture ''Empress
of
the Emerald Palace'' by Frank Schueler was installed on the
NE corner of the sixth floor.
Temporary Art Exhibits
Towards the end of Spring 1997, the
Art
Practice department exhibits some select work in the atrium
on the 6th and 7th floor of Soda hall.
Don't miss the "Jurassic Window" in the East stairwell between
floors 6 and 5, installed by U.N.Owen and his children (during
1998).
Art-Math'98
From August 3 till August 7, 1998, Soda Hall has hosted the Art
and Mathematics Conference 1998
An origami Pascal triangle by Diana
Venters that was featured at that conference can be seen in
the 6th floor atrium on the west wall.
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