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UNC Charlotte football is official in 2013

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Niner National Newbie

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Sorry, I look outside and see it where I work...wait, I do work here and I'm not a "occupant" of a mental hospital. Right?

I agree that design has become too homogeneous, but I see what they were going for. They didn't want a big ugly football stadium messing up the design plan for the research institute. Had it gone anywhere else on campus, I doubt it would have been designed like that.

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Totally agree with Scrum. Please stadium makers. Go in a different direction now. Ok we get it, you like retro. That works when you had something in the ya know, past.

Charlotte should do something college footballish and Euro soccer field. Translucent facades over the seats. Something out of the box.

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Niner National Newbie

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Totally agree with Scrum. Please stadium makers. Go in a different direction now. Ok we get it, you like retro. That works when you had something in the ya know, past.

Charlotte should do something college footballish and Euro soccer field. Translucent facades over the seats. Something out of the box.

That sounds like something a school with a well respected Architecture program would do.....oh....wait....:mad:

It has never made sense to me why a school with a great architecture program has so little variation in campus buildings. I think they've integrated the buildings very well into the surroundings and made the campus quite aesthetic, but I also see a lot of missed opportunity.

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I like what they did with the new UNCC and CPCC buildings. They are a very safe style. And since they are mostly using our tax dollars to finance the the campus' then I'm glad they are going with something that isn't trendy.

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That sounds like something a school with a well respected Architecture program would do.....oh....wait....:mad:

It has never made sense to me why a school with a great architecture program has so little variation in campus buildings. I think they've integrated the buildings very well into the surroundings and made the campus quite aesthetic, but I also see a lot of missed opportunity.

The School of Architecture (top 5 in the nation by the way) is not allowed to design projects to be built. Some insurance/liability issue.

CRI campus is Georgian Revival. U made the brick decision 15 years ago and they're not going to change now. The new dorm being built shows a bit more boldness as does EPIC as far as size and types of window arrangements so at least they're taking the reins off a bit on design, as long as it's brick. The Highrises are also going to be bricked to resemble the Library Tower.

It's a safe look and ages well. Colvard Building was hailed and awarded numerous prestigeous awards when brand new in the 70's. I don't know a single person who sees it for the first time today that doesn't start their comments with the phrase "what the f***".

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Having football is a good step in the right direction and will help out the school in alot of ways, but its going to take a loooooong-time till Uncc reaches respectable college status. As an educational institution, uncc is fine. As for the college experience, it blows major ass.

If it get Charlotte out of the A-10 it is a great move.

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