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Wednesday, September 6, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Building model takes 2nd prize
Bv ROBIN ROBERTS
Staff Reporter
While construction of Lawrence's new city hall is under way, using plains drawn up by a local architectural firm, a building model in progress will be built in sites in a daily in classroom in Marvin Park.
The plans for the model, drawn up by John Schel, Bloomington, Ind., graduate student, were good enough, however, to win second prize in a national pre-cast concrete competition sponsored last June by an institute in Chicago.
Debate over the building's construction and its location gave Schel the idea for his project.
"The project was not done with intent to sell," Shell said, "to buttill illustrate another case study."
Sebill's plan provides for a commercial plains and slopes, on the same site as the city streets. The project will include a
'THE NOTORIOUS problem of government buildings is that they shut down at 5 p.m.', he said. 'I wanted to design a nice place for people to spend their time.'
Schell's model, designed for the Bowers-
Mill Site at the corner of Sixth and
Seventh Street.
Massachusetts streets, also includes a courtyard, multilevel parking and underground walk ways. The model also includes an outdoor swimming area that could be converted to an ice skating rink during the winter.
Schell said the city commission's decision to build the new city hall at the Bowersock facility was based on
"They are getting rid of an eyesore and at the same time are building something they need," he said. "It is an urban design concept."
Schell's plan, however, called for leaving the allo intact as a symbol of Kansas. User involvement and energy savings also were basic ideas in his plan.
SCHELL'S MODEL shows expansive solar panels on the south side of the silos. Also, to save on cooling costs, the city hall and plaza are placed partly underground.
Amounn Schell won $1,000 and an October trip to New Orleans for his work, a plan he had designed earlier for the site failed to attract architects' competition in Mexico City.
...it was not my original intent to enter the
pre-cast concrete competition with this design.
Schild said. I fit reed, and
precast concrete.
Boyce said.
Schell said that plans submitted to the competition had to employ the use of precast concrete products. However, he said that he did not have to conform to any specific style.
"My plans were for the whole damn thing to be made of pre-cast concrete." Schell wrote.
He said pre-cast concrete pillars, struts and exterior walls could be brought in by railroad, which runs by the site, to save construction time.
CHARLES KAHN, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, said he was happy with Schell's work and with the work of Jacalyn Hirsty, a former graduate student, who received third place in the Paris prize competition last June. Kahn said the Paris prize is the most prestigious student prize in architecture.
Schel came to KU's School of Architecture with a bachelor's degree in English from Indiana University. He is working on his master's thesis, which consists of plans for a solar-assisted cluster housing project.
Schell said his plans, which include solar panels and a lake to provide thermal heat for a heat pump, be submitted to a private development in southern Indiana.
Winning design
Staff photo by BRUCE BANDI
John Schell, Bloomington, Ind., graduate student, adjusts solar
panels on his award winning model of the Lawrence City Hall improvement project.
KU Faculty Leagues Bowl Sunday
Sept.10
7:15 p.m.
Have openings for 4 more teams Interested persons call 864-3545
Courthouse work near completion
By BILL HIGGINS
Staff Reporter
The renovation of the 75-year-old Douglas County Courthouse is nearing completion and the county offices should be able to handle it building by the Oct. 15 construction deadline.
Bob Green, president of B.A. Green Construction Company Inc., said yesterday that the revised Oct. 15 completion deadline would be met. Green's company did most of the remodeling work on the county courthouse at 10th and Massachusetts streets.
Three general contracts have been signed by the Douglas County Commission and B.A. Green Construction. The final contract listed a completion date of Sept. 1, 1978.
However, because of problems with the construction material deliveries and finding qualified finishing carpenters, the contractor moved the final completion date to
Under the terms of the last general contract, the commission could claim a fine from Green of $150 a day for each day that the work is incomplete past Sept. 1. But Mr. Meyer said he had been commissioned, said yesterday that the commission had not considered any fines.
"WE HAVEN EVEN discussed a penalty on that contract," he said. "There has been no suggestion on anyone's part for a penalty, though we could choose at any
time to claim a penalty. Delays such as
things we have experienced are not usual.
Green said that the problems with finding qualified carpenters had been resolved and that most of the work on the courthouse had been completed.
The completion dates for all of the 12 contracts dealing with the remodeling of the courthouse have passed. The contracts, held by the county commission and various firms who supplied materials or services for the renovation project, are on file at the courthouse. Other materials are the basement of the Douglas County Judicial and Law-Enforcement Building.
"Actually," Green said, "I would say that after this week all that will be left will be some painting, the installation of some large screens and some other miscellaneous items."
The remodeling including obtained new furniture, installing an elevator, refurbishing the interior and exterior of the courthouse, construction of steps and ramps around the building, repairing the roof, a sprinkler system and land-scaping.
Whitengin said, "I'm not certain about all of the contracts, but most of them are" (Wilson).
THE FIRST contracts for the remodeling
in late 1976 and construction began in spring.
The cost of the 12 contracts, including additions, is more than $1.1 million.
Group plans Fall Senate Week
Plans for Fall Senate Week, Sept. 11-17,
were completed last night by members of
the Student Senate Communications
Committee.
Margaret Berlin, committee chairman, said the only decision pending about the week was where the Senate open house, which will be from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., would be at Fint Hall and the house would be front of Fint Hall. The Kansas Union or at Fotter Lake, she said.
Berlin said Senate officers and senators would be at the open house to distribute newsletters and brochures and serve refreshments.
Other events for Senate Week are an open forum with Chancellor Archie R. Dykes and Bob Marcum, athletic director, 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Union and a Student Senate Retreat, Sept. 16-17 at Camp Chippewa outside Ottawa.
Berlin said she would appeal to the University Events Committee to hold the open house in front of Flint Hall to avoid paying a $10 fee to move equipment from KJHK radio station, which plans to broadcast the event.
SENATORS WILL visit campus living groups and a voter response drive will be organized.
In addition to planning Senate Week, Communications Committee members established a new subcommittee for Big Eight correspondence.
"The purpose of the committee will be to correspond with the other big Eight schools to find out what they're doing and what they have in common, so they have on their campus." Berlin said.
She said the committee would exchange the Student Senate newsletter and the Student Senate newsletter.
activities and upcoming agendas, with the other Big Eight schools.
The committee also would plan a big Eight Conference to be held at KU in November for the Student Senate executive boards of other big Eight schools, she said.
Elections for subcommittee chairmen for the Big Eight correspondence and polling committees will be at the Comptroller's office meeting next Tuesday, Berlin said.
SO YOU THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL ...
SUA needs people to be ushers work security, light crew, stage crew & publicity for up-coming events on campus.
Wed., September 6
Sign up sheets will be posted in the SUA office for all committees.
Interviews will be held for light & stage crews. Sheets will also be posted for the interview time in the SUA office.
thru Tues., September 12
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
Position Available
STUDENT SENATE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
- position begins Mon, September 11, 1978
- open to any currently enrolled KU Student * 20-25 hours a week
- 20-25 hours a week
- current salary—$170.00 a month
KANSAN On Campus
DUTIES
'RECORDING AND DISTRIBUTING THE MINUTES FOR ALL MEETINGS OF THE STUDENT SENATE AND THE STUDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.'
Events
SUPERVISE THE WORK OF STUDENT SENATE SECRETARIES
KEEP RECORDS OF ALL STUDENT SENATE LEGISLATION
INITIATE AND RECORD ALL CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING ANY SENATE
LEGISLATION.
Applications available in the Student Senate Officelevel 3KansasUnion8643710
The applicant will be contacted about an interview to be held Thurs., Sept. 14.
The Student Senate is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Qualified men and women of all races encouraged to apply.
Deadline for Applications:
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1978
*Student Senate is funded by Student Activity fees.*
TONIGHT: AURH will meet at 7 in the International Room of the Union.
CARLILON RECITAL at 7. MORTAR
AT THE JAYAWK and the Jayawk and Parking rooms of the Union.
TODAY: COLLEGE CHAIRMEN will meet at 3:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room of the Union. YOUNG DEMOCRATS will meet at 4:15 p.m. in the Red CROSS BLOOMBILE will be at the Lawrence Community Building, 115 W. 11th St., from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The FULBRIGHT-MAYS SCHOLARSHIP will meet at 4 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Union.
TOMORROW: RED CROSS BLOOD-MOBILE will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the COLLOQUIUM, "The Contemporary American Poet as Physician" by Victor Contessa, inside alton Room of the SUA BRIDGE at 10 a.m. in the International Room of the Union.
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