<p>At Days on the Lawn, I went to a class in New Cabell Hall. The building is old, almost decrepit, and the classroom itself was pretty shoddy. Is the University doing anything about that? If I major in the humanities, will all my classes be in a cruddy building like New Cabell? How does the South Lawn Project play into all of this?</p>
<p>New Cabell is the ugliest building on campus. It’s going to be demolished soon, so don’t worry :)</p>
<p>wth.</p>
<p>really? I thought South Lawn was an /addition/ not a replacement. </p>
<p>CBH is fine. I mean at night it’s a convenient place to hold practices. I don’t mind the classrooms, really. I mean, some buildings are old, some buildings are new, I think there are better ways of using money than upgrading every building every 20 years.</p>
<p>South Lawn is extra room, but they do plan to renovate and/or tear down New Cabell. My uncle (CLAS '64) once asked “is that really ugly building still there?”. We both knew exactly what he was referring to haha</p>
<p>And no, not all of your classes will be held there, unless your major is housed in that building. Classes are spread out all over.</p>
<p>Originally the plan was to tear down New Cabell Hall, but the current plan is to renovate it, starting next year after South Lawn is fully up and running and some of the displaced faculty offices/classrooms can be moved there.</p>
<p>Because it’s scheduled for renovation, it hasn’t gotten a lot of maintenance love in the past few years and is looking pretty tatty.</p>
<p>Humanities classes are held in New Cabell but also in Bryan Hall next door (about 15 years old, designed by Michael Graves, and quite nice), Wilson Hall next door on the other side, a bunch of recently renovated buildings on the south end of the Lawn, the Pavilions higher on the Lawn, and, surprisingly, over in the Nursing School where there are lots of nice seminar rooms. It’s not the subject matter of the class that determines where it is held, but the size of the class and the requirements specified by the instructor (e.g. central table, blackboard, wired for computer presentations, etc.)</p>
<p>So what’s the final word on the South Lawn / New Cabell?</p>
<p>South Lawn is up and running.
New Cabell is going to get fully renovated.
A good majority of your classes will probably not be in New Cabell, but there’s no way to tell because you don’t know your major.</p>
<p>I was just at Days on the Lawn, and I didn’t even see the new South Lawn Project. Where is the entrance? How does one get there?</p>
<p>Right now only part of it is open, it’s only accessible from JPA. There’s a huge footbridge over JPA to the other main building, which is scheduled to be usable by end of May/early June. That will link Cabell/Lawn to South Lawn. They opened part of it early to get the extra classroom space, the rest of the focus of the project is on public space.</p>
<p>It’s near the hospital – but the med school doesn’t use it because the West Complex is freaking big already. So easy to get lost in there!</p>
<p>Will the main lawn connect to the new buildings? How can they cut through Cabell / New Cabell?</p>
<p>Just a little bit into this video, there’s a virtual flyover of the terrace that connects the lower part of the Lawn with the South Lawn Project:
[Video:</a> South Lawn Project virtual tour — South Lawn Project, U.Va.](<a href=“http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/southlawn/media/flythrough.html]Video:”>http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/southlawn/media/flythrough.html)</p>
<p>You can see pictures and webcams here:
[South</a> Lawn Project, Arts & Sciences, U.Va.](<a href=“http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/southlawn/]South”>http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/southlawn/)</p>