WUSTL Engineering Quad

wabash · PostApr 15, 2010#512010-04-15T23:03+00:00

When did they announce that the next building in the engineering quad would be built? This is great news! I'm surprised it hasn't come up anywhere. Is there a press release or a news stroy to corroborate this?

I can't wait for that entire parking to disappear.

quincunx · PostApr 15, 2010#522010-04-15T23:43+00:00

I really like Brauer Hall. It looks industrial. Green Hall will connect where the stone isn't on the east side of Brauer Hall.
Groundbreaking for Preston M. Green Hall is Apr 30 5pm:

Link

Alex Ihnen · PostApr 16, 2010#532010-04-16T01:33+00:00

Wabash wrote:When did they announce that the next building in the engineering quad would be built? This is great news! I'm surprised it hasn't come up anywhere. Is there a press release or a news stroy to corroborate this?

I can't wait for that entire parking to disappear.

Hey there, I'm not a good enough source?!?! Some people are never satisfied.

framer · PostApr 16, 2010#542010-04-16T04:22+00:00

Alright, who can come up with a rendering?

c2city · PostApr 16, 2010#552010-04-16T06:51+00:00

http://engineering.wustl.edu/NewEngineeringComplex.aspx

Here is the link to the overview from the engineering site.

Alex Ihnen · PostApr 16, 2010#562010-04-16T12:59+00:00

^ That's a nice site. I'm always impressed that WU EN put that online. For the link-averse, here's what the next building (facing Skinker) should look like. There may be a new rendering out there somewhere, but Brauer ended up almost exactly as it is on that site. One thing I don't understand, and maybe an architect can help me out here, is why Brauer is a completely different style - windows, cornice, etc. It looks like the next buildings will match Whitaker more than Brauer....

moorlander · PostApr 16, 2010#572010-04-16T13:53+00:00

Truly is a magnificent campus.

wabash · PostApr 16, 2010#582010-04-16T15:16+00:00

Alex Ihnen wrote:Hey there, I'm not a good enough source?!?! Some people are never satisfied.

I never should have doubted you. I'm just surprised this hasn't come up before. What fantastic news!

Whitaker Hall, Kemper Museum, Walker Hall, Brauer Hall, and now Green Hall; along with a redesigned Skinker & Lindell intersection, the Kayak's Building, and most of all a Metro station. This end of campus is having quite a run. What a difference 5-6 years makes.

framer · PostApr 17, 2010#592010-04-17T03:37+00:00

Wash U seems to be pushing themselves to the next level. This heavy investment in engineering should attract a whole new group of elite students.

Not everyone is a fan of the Collegiate Gothic style WU has chosen for Hilltop, but I think it looks great. They haven't skimped on the detailing, and it really shows. Also, I think the style variations in the new buildings help give the campus a feeling of history and long-term growth, even though so much of it is new.

I love it.

c2city · PostApr 17, 2010#602010-04-17T05:10+00:00

I think it will feel strange, but delightful to walk, bike, or drive on skinker and have large buildings adjacent instead of a large open space before the campus. It will definitely drive the more urban feeling at this corner of campus.

quincunx · PostApr 22, 2010#612010-04-22T13:54+00:00

Here's the groundbreaking announcement in The Record:

Link

wabash · PostSep 28, 2011#622011-09-28T04:19+00:00

It looks like construction is wrapping up. The building looks great on the WEBCAM. It looks like they had a reception for it last Friday around 6pm. It's kind of cool that there's now a continuous expanse of buildings from Skinker to Big Bend along Forest Park Parkway. I hope they continue to build out the full vision for the engineering quad.

OT: It's taken about 15 years, but it's amazing how the intersection of Skinker & FPPW has been transformed. It's gone from green space and the old Talayna's to having storefronts, Wash. U. Offices, a Metrolink station, and 1/2 (so far) of an engineering quad.

Alex Ihnen · PostSep 28, 2011#632011-09-28T04:29+00:00

^The quad's coming along. If I had to guess, I'd say it will be another 5 years before the groundbreaking on another building. Of course I've been wrong before.

They do make them like they used to...

rbeedee · PostSep 30, 2011#642011-09-30T17:45+00:00

Wash U has a recent article about it: Preston M. Green Hall dedicated Sept. 23

I didn't realize how big it is:

The 83,849-square-foot building, designed by the architectural firm RMJM and constructed by Clayco, is located at the northeast corner of the Danforth Campus. An archway diagonal to the intersection of Skinker Blvd. and Forest Park Parkway echoes architecturally the archway of the university's signature building, Brookings Hall, providing a dramatic entrance to the campus.

Best part of all, it replaced a parking lot.

Roger Wyoming · PostSep 30, 2011#652011-09-30T17:47+00:00

^ a building replacing a parking lot in Saint Louis? Unpossible!

c2city · PostSep 30, 2011#662011-09-30T21:52+00:00

I am hoping for the day when WashU has no ground lots, ideally parking garages and under building parking and loading docks combined with a reduction in overall parking if that becomes a possibility. It really isn't that far off compared with how much that has already been converted.

Also, I am so looking forward to the eventual completion of the new engineering quad.

hebeter · PostOct 01, 2011#672011-10-01T01:55+00:00

I can tell you and I am sure others would agree that corner (FF at Skinker) has gotten very busy. What worries me are the number of pedestrians, trucks, buses, bikes, pets, et-cetera crossing that intersection...It's just a matter of time before........

wabash · PostOct 01, 2011#682011-10-01T02:37+00:00

Wow. That's kind of morbid. You know, if you want to increase your chances of survival you can always cross UNDER the Parkway instead of across it.

Thanks for the great picture Alex.

newstl2020 · PostOct 03, 2011#692011-10-03T03:18+00:00

hebeter wrote:I can tell you and I am sure others would agree that corner (FF at Skinker) has gotten very busy. What worries me are the number of pedestrians, trucks, buses, bikes, pets, et-cetera crossing that intersection...It's just a matter of time before........

^Ever heard of New York?

hebeter · PostOct 03, 2011#702011-10-03T13:28+00:00

yes i have walked New York City, and cities in 48 other states of this Union and in addition cities in Europe and N. Africa
Now getting back to the corner of Forest Park and Skinker
If you walk that corner regularly pay particular attention to the NW corner to say it is a tight corner is an understatement as are the other three corners
Now look at that corner as I see it with a bike, a dog on a leash, the guy with the feed me sign, the students carrying the books.......
Others have said that the addition of the required handicapped ramps really made maneuvering the corners treacherous
We are not New York City so lets figure out a plan to redo the corners to be safer....maybe timing of the lights?
Where is Steve on this!!! http://urbanreviewstl.com/

c2city · PostOct 03, 2011#712011-10-03T17:55+00:00

It was exceptionally busy during the closure of 64 while I lived across that intersection from the school. I never had any trouble crossing.

mill204 · PostOct 03, 2011#722011-10-03T21:55+00:00

hebeter wrote:Now getting back to the corner of Forest Park and Skinker
If you walk that corner regularly pay particular attention to the NW corner to say it is a tight corner is an understatement as are the other three corners
Now look at that corner as I see it with a bike, a dog on a leash, the guy with the feed me sign, the students carrying the books.......
Others have said that the addition of the required handicapped ramps really made maneuvering the corners treacherous
We are not New York City so lets figure out a plan to redo the corners to be safer....maybe timing of the lights?
Where is Steve on this!!! http://urbanreviewstl.com/

I did a quick post about this intersectionon my Gateway Streets blog, but I focused on the the SE corner, not the the NW corner. I commute past WUSTL everyday, and almost everyday I see bikers and pedestrians waiting on the street because there's not enough sidewalk space for everyone to wait.

the central scrutinizer · PostOct 07, 2011#732011-10-07T18:43+00:00

clellchatman wrote:I am hoping for the day when WashU has no ground lots, ideally parking garages and under building parking and loading docks combined with a reduction in overall parking if that becomes a possibility. It really isn't that far off compared with how much that has already been converted.

Also, I am so looking forward to the eventual completion of the new engineering quad.

A professor told me several years ago that the long term goal is to eliminate surface lots.

Randy · PostOct 07, 2011#742011-10-07T23:43+00:00

Crossing under through the Metrolink station is preferable to crossing the street. The pedestrian lights take forever to cycle through if you're trying to go to cross to the diagonal corner.

imran · PostJul 11, 2013#752013-07-11T01:34+00:00

Noticed the detailing on Brauer Hall today. Pretty impressive for faux-historic architecture. (wish they had chosen better light fixtures though)

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