Here is the first one. And firstly you must remember that these are simply ideas, not what it would actually look like. I love the green wall firstly. I think this would help to make and keep our campus green. I also like the pushed out space on the second and third floor offering more room for studying.
Here we have the second one. I love the potential for advertising on the top, which is currently in my opinion wasted space. This will be great space for clubs and others to put events and try to gain membership. Also the lounge chairs to the left and the right look great, except I would try to have them throughout the center of Vari Hall as well.
Finally, we have the third one. Nothing too special about this one in my opinion. I dislike the center rise as there may be accessibility issues.
Overall, I think this project will make student space more useful. I think this will bring a few things forward. Firstly, it will stop the protests that happen in Vari Hall. The average student at York hates the protests and it makes York look bad. These protests are not demonstrations, they are not being done towards people who can change the world. After the big protest that happened last year in Vari Hall the war didn't stop going because our VP Equity (HA!) took a side.
I agree, students should have the right to protest, but not when it disturbs academic life on campus. And honestly, if you're going to protest, go to parliament to people - who care or not care - but CAN do something. The most you will do here is annoy a bunch of students and get fined.
Let student space be student space. A safe space, a space to study and network with fellow students. A place for commuters to sit and relax rather then become slapped down by the commuter dilemma. We have problems at this school and the protests that happen here just adds to them.
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Well... I agree that some of those ideas are really cool. Not sure which one would I chose, they all look amazing. Maybe a combination or #1 (green walls, info desk in the middle) and #2 (tables on the side, advertisements) will be really cool #3 is not bad either, but I guess it will be almost impossible to find a spot there durring the day.
ReplyDeleteAs of the protest - they will still be at York... But just not in Vari hall. My guess is the Student Centre. Imagine YFS buying that building... How can they controll what is going on over there... I hope that won't happen.
I have been going to York for 3 years and have never once had my education disturbed by the fact that protests occur in Vari hall. It's true that protesting against a war is not going to stop it, but it does bring attention to the injustices that occur. I remember walking across Vari hall during one of the larger protests with a freind who litterally had not heard of the socail issue which was being protested until right then. Who better to inform than young, educated people who are potentially going into many different acedemic feilds and can possibly make an impact on the future. Furthermore, I agree that increasing study space would be great, but do you really think that you're going to get work accomplised in VARI HALL, the most crowded space at York? Even when there are no protests it is very noisy with hundreds of people walking in and out at any time. If this is really about studying space why does it have to be created in Vari Hall rather than any other place at York? This is definately going to back fire, the protesting will not stop by any means, nor will studying be done in a more crowded version of Vari Hall and money will be wasted for nothing.
ReplyDeleteugly. and you are an idiot.
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