University of Waterloo Math 4 | 5fl | Proposed

[ijmorlan]

From the most recent Board of Governors meeting of the University of Waterloo, a new location for the proposed Math 4 building. Previously there was a proposal to replace part of the GSC building across William Tutte Way from the Davis Centre; then later Parking Lot L, next to BMH was proposed, which is rather far from the existing Math Faculty buildings.

Now the proposal is to fill in the space where the MC-DC link is with a new building “seamlessly” linking them together. As someone who (when we are on campus) has to walk around to various people in the Math Faculty, I am very happy with this change.

I have extracted relevant pages from the PDF agenda, but I’m a bit unclear on how to post them; do I have to host the files somewhere and link to them?

[KevinL]

 the space where the MC-DC link is 

So, the lawn boxed in by DC on the north and east and MC on the west?

[danbrotherston]

From the most recent Board of Governors meeting of the University of Waterloo, a new location for the proposed Math 4 building. Previously there was a proposal to replace part of the GSC building across William Tutte Way from the Davis Centre; then later Parking Lot L, next to BMH was proposed, which is rather far from the existing Math Faculty buildings.

Now the proposal is to fill in the space where the MC-DC link is with a new building “seamlessly” linking them together. As someone who (when we are on campus) has to walk around to various people in the Math Faculty, I am very happy with this change.

I have extracted relevant pages from the PDF agenda, but I’m a bit unclear on how to post them; do I have to host the files somewhere and link to them?

I mean, locality is nice, but they are removing yet another greenspace, and a darn well used one at that.

Here's the trade, put it on the DC/MC Square, and turn Lot L into a park.

Or, put it on the parking lot across Ring Rd. from the DC beside Eng5, and build another bridge, across RR with a direct access to the LRT station.

Simply removing a greenspace from campus is the easy thing for the Board of Governors to do, it disminishes the campus and harms student life, but in my experience, that hasn't really fazed the university admin much.

[jamincan]

Are they actually removing greenspace? My impression from ijmorlan's post is that they'd be building it between the DC-MC green and William Tutte Way.

[timc]

 the space where the MC-DC link is 

So, the lawn boxed in by DC on the north and east and MC on the west?

I would hope not. That's a great outdoor space.

[tomh009]

Based on the description, I'm assuming roughly this area, possibly continuing all the way to M3. No significant green space would be lost.

   

ijmorlan, you could simply attach the PDF file as an attachment.

[danbrotherston]

Based on the description, I'm assuming roughly this area, possibly continuing all the way to M3. No significant green space would be lost.



ijmorlan, you could simply attach the PDF file as an attachment.

I am possibly misinterpreting the description, that location would be...rather cramped I would think though.

[tomh009]

If they extended it across the road, the footprint would be similar to M3, I think.

But we really need to wait for the attachment, I expect!

[robdrimmie]

The full pdf is located at:

https://uwaterloo.ca/secretariat/sites/c...ackage.pdf

Pages 95 and 96 include images of the location, which I've attached.


  uwmaththing.pdf (Size: 914.13 KB / Downloads: 378)

[robdrimmie]

Since the pdf isn't visible as an attachment, here's a screenshot of the image on pp96

   

[danbrotherston]

Since the pdf isn't visible as an attachment, here's a screenshot of the image on pp96

Looks like we were both right, but it looks like they plan to remove a significant portion of the DC as well.

[urbd]

Almost half of the DC green being removed? that's very sad as it's a very well used courtyard. UW has countless surface parking lots or laneways that could be reconfigured to make space for the building.

[ijmorlan]

Thanks for the replies everybody. I somehow missed the attachment section of the form when I made the original post — I was looking for it in the button bar, rather than down at the bottom. I’ve attached (assuming I’ve done it right) a 4-page extract from the agenda; the text description is split between the first 2 pages while the diagrams (already posted, thank you!) are the last 2 pages.

The quad will be reduced, not eliminated. However, I agree it’s unfortunate to lose that much of the quad. I would prefer to see the building pushed towards the road, and use more of the space immediately north of the existing MC building. The entire area occupied by pavement near the existing loading dock and garbage bins could be filled in with the new building, and even space further to the west could be used as well.

[tomh009]

They could even build it over the road, keeping the roadway underneath.

[nms]

I expect one challenge with building over that laneway is the large loading dock in the NE corner of MC. Any building over the laneway would need to accommodate the highest likely delivery truck and/or garbage truck.
The parking spots along that stretch of lane are generally all accessible parking spots.