Lectures In A Dustbin
Prince Charles’ comments on modern architecture were made about the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall at the University of Essex’s Colchester campus. (BBC)
This is the brand-new lecture theatre at my alma mater. Even though I never actually went in this hall, yet alone had lectures in it [because by the time it opened, I was in my postgrad year and didn't have any lectures any more].
I have to say, it doesn’t strike me as a dustbin. Or even as my fellow former University of Essex student, Asp, describes it “a tin can”. Rather, it looks like someone has just gone over-board with the tin foil on a Blue Peter model.
It is, however, as Asp notes, “a [nice] change from the rest of the concrete jungle that is the ’squares’ structure of the University of Essex.” And it is also, as the UoE spokesman says “probably the most striking modern building on the campus.” That would be because it’s the only real modern building on campus. But even so, it’s still ugly.
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