1234567890 1234567890 1234567890 24A SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996 KU EDITION LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD Budig Hall rises from Hoch's ashes - Hoch Auditorium is coming back with a new name, new interior and technologically advanced features. BY RIC ANDERSON JOURNAL-WORLD WRITER A near-fatal accident leaves a patient barely alive. Specialists using modern technology rebuild the patient, who emerges better, bigger and stronger than before. This isn't a story of a $6 million man. It's about a $22 million building — Budig Hall. "It's going to be pretty much a state of the art facility," said David Schaecher, program manager at Kansas University's design and construction management office. Budig Hall was born in 1991, when a fire caused by a lightning strike gutted Hoch Auditorium and left only the facade standing. Renamed for former KU Chancellor Gene Budig, the renovated building will be used as a major undergraduate teaching facility and offers a 1,000-seat lecture hall plus two 500-seat classrooms. When Budig Hall opens — this spring, if construction proceeds as scheduled — longtime Lawrence residents may have to do a double-take to notice changes. Schaecher said that from Jayhawk Boulevard, the building would look nearly identical to Hoch Auditorium. "There are new windows, and I think if you look just at a pure elevation from Jayhawk Boulevard, you might be able to see some of the entryways where we've expanded to the east and the west," he said. Inside, though, the building will be nothing like the cavernous auditorium that opened in 1927. "The only thing that will really remain is the front entrance lobby." Schaecher said. What once served as the basketball team's home court has become a world of high-tech equipment. Schaecher said. Among the gadgets are a 30-foot-wide television screen in the large classroom and 25-foot screens in the 500-seat rooms. "They're definitely the biggest screens on campus," Schaecher said. He said huge televisions were necessary because of the classrooms' size. "Our thousand-seat classroom is probably one of the largest classrooms in any college environment," Schaecher said. The screens, designed to give all students a good look at instructors' presentations, are part of a million-dollar audio video package that includes state-of-the-art projectors and sound equipment. Advanced lighting systems also should help students and ifstructors. "We'll have the ability to dim the lights and block out different portions of the lighting, so you could shut the lights off in the back of the room and leave them on at the podium, for instance," he said. "Most of our older classrooms, you walk in and flip one switch and all the lights are either on or off." An example of the new system's advantages would be a film presentation. In older classrooms, students would be forced to take notes in the dark while a film was running. In Budig Hall, JOURNAL-WORLD PHOTO Budling Hall, built from the shell of what used to be HoCh Auditorium, is scheduled to open this spring. The building will house the biggest classrooms on campus, including a 1,000-seat lecture hall. MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE The Journal-World Classified works 832-2222 lighting can be tailored so students can have lights for notes and still can see the film. Other updates include modern heating and air-conditioning systems. Hoch Auditorium had no air-conditioning and offered steam heat, which had a central control for the entire building. The new system allows temperatures to be adjusted room to room. FASTEST DRYING TIME ON THE MARKET 2101-B W. 28th Terr. 841-0370 M-Th 9.30-5.30 9.30-5.00 Sat. 9.30-4.00 The Perfect Opportunity is Waiting for You! $650 EVERY HOUR GUARANTEED! Can We Talk? 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