So by now everybody can at least agree that the new Milstein Hall design is a Danish architect's wet dream. Say what you will about the design; I am no architecture critic and simply like things that work. (I always liked how the outside of Uris Hall looked.) But I have a more serious question: What do the civil engineers think of the project? Consider this: The newly proposed Milstein Hall will stand less than a stone's throw away from a 150 foot gorge that experiences erosion every year during the spring thaw. This undoubtedly must unsettle all of the surrounding land, and might pose a problem to a building that is being lauded for having "hidden depths". Does anybody out there know what the stability of the land is like on this part of campus? The University is fully aware that it has erosion and unstable land issues. Court Hall is sinking and Martha Van has been condemned. One just hopes Koolhaas and Kompany took this fact into consideration before they started gushing how genius they all are.
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