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Highlights
Short (5min.) construction movie of Soda hall.
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Safety/Emergency
Procedures for Soda Hall
Soda
Hall Injury and Illness Prevention Program
The CS-Division Staff
and Services Resources page
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Room Lists and Rosters
Departmental Information: (dept. access only):
Soda Hall Policies
General
Policies on space assignment in Soda Hall.
Specific
Policies on space use and behavior in different types of rooms.
Index to Plans and Schematics
Simplified Summary of the Program for the CS Division
Initial
Building Specifications
Spacebudget:
Summing up the Desired Assignable Square Footage
Matrix
Describing Preferred Proximities
Floorplans at Various Levels of Abstraction
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Some Special Drawings Used in the Design Process
Massing Studies: - Comparisons
of Elevations
Sections and Elevations: - Internal
N-S-Cross Section
Spatial Domains: - Schematic
Security Diagram
Decision Diagram: - Plot
used to resolve column grid, office sizes, and fenestration.
Stairs: - Geometry
of Stair #2 (East side).
Text Slides of Some Talks Given on Planning and Evaluation Process
Pictures of Soda Hall
Some pictures of Soda Hall (by Russell Abraham) which appeared in California
Monthly, Nov. 1994:
More pictures taken by Carlo H. Séquin ...
Art in Soda Hall
Soda Hall has some excellent spaces to display artwork. Hopefully, over
time we can acquire some dramatic and inspiring pieces.
Internal Sculptures
For the occasion of the Soda Hall inauguration on October 24, 1994,
a couple of translucent sculptures designed and constructed by Carlo
H. Séquin were installed in the atrium under the
skylights: the Luminous
Race Track on the West side, and the
Constraint
Figure-8 Mobile on the East. Another sculpture sat on a pedestal on
the 7th floor bridge: called
TetraTangle,
but it was later removed because it presented an obstruction to traffic.
It was replaced by a a smaller one:
the
Chinese Button Knot -- which however interfered with the field of view
of the security camera, and eventually also got removed.
On February 21, 1999, Luminous
Race Track was replaced with Rainbow Bits by George
Hart . The idea was conceived by Carlo
H. Séquin when contemplating what to do with the many CDs that
we all receive in the mail. George Hart who has done many spheroid
assemblies out of inexpensive every-day items was immediately excited
and designed this new polyhedral geometry for this occasion.
External Sculptures
On December 2, 1995, a kinetic sculpture ''Empress
of the Emerald Palace'' by Frank Schueler was installed on the NE corner
of the sixth floor.Temporary Art Exhibits
Towards the end of Spring 1997,
the
Art Practice department exhibits some select work in the atrium on
the 6th and 7th floor of Soda hall.
Don't miss the "Jurassic Window" in the East stairwell between floors
6 and 5, installed by U.N.Owen and his children (during 1998).
Art-Math'98
From August 3 till August 7, 1998, Soda Hall has hosted the
Art
and Mathematics Conference 1998
An origami Pascal triangle by Diana Venters that was featured at that conference
can be seen in the 6th floor atrium on the west wall.
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