student centers at commuter colleges, helpful?

petrichor
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:27:03 +0000

violinist— Thank you for your feedback. I find it interesting that you say most commuters don’t like to go around searching for stuff, it’s not only commuters, I think all of us are that way nowadays. We’re too plugged in (internet, haha, look at me).

Now, a totally ridiculous question- but bear with me and try to imagine this. What’s your opinion of a student center built out of moving parts? For example, a wall that morphs its shape or a floor that shifts its height. Odd I know, since we’re so accustomed to stationary buildings, but I think it might be helpful… Something that’s unpredictable might catch people’s attention. Plus, I assume that a lot of college kids nowadays belong to some social networking website (i.e. facebook, twitter, etc). So imagine if the building transformed itself depending on what people were writing about. It’s be less building, more machine I suppose.

rsala— It’s funny how table shape can make a huge difference… I wonder what they were thinking with the long style tables.