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re: LSU releases new renderings of tiger stadium imorovements
Posted on 12/3/11 at 1:40 am to West Texas 33
Posted on 12/3/11 at 1:40 am to West Texas 33
quote:
I could not agree more.
Why don't they just have balloon stands right next to the gates while they're at it?
I like the idea of new gates and getting rid of all the chain link.
Tiger stadium is concrete and a giant block of it. Throwing stucco on it and brick to make it work looks cheap and aesthetically embarrassing and don't get me started on the Toy R' Us sign on top...
I mean seriously, who designs this and says this is awesome. It looks like 8th graders won a contest to design the stadium using Sims software. I think the bathrooms, ramps and seating area should be upgraded then move on to the seating addition. The entire west side looks so bad and should address that next....
You people need to get a grip. These pics look great and TS is in desperate need of a face lift. You can't let the Bama's of the world get 5 years ahead of you.
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Posted on 12/3/11 at 1:58 am to TigersOfGeauxld
quote:Well that sounds completely impossible. What does he want them to do? Build a tunnel through the foundation for stadium drive?
He told the architects to come up with a plan that didn't involve road work.
I don't see anyway stadium drive is completely untouched by this renovation.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 3:22 pm to RealityTiger
Lenny Lemoine....The owner of the compnay that won the bid. "Lemoine Construction"
Posted on 12/7/11 at 3:28 pm to Jack Burton
quote:
I can't stand that "brick work" that they put on the west side. All the seams are the same, so it looks pre-fab (which I think it is) and it doesn't match any of the other parts of the stadium in color or style.
And the windows look horrible. The grates on the inside look like the stadium has fricking security bars on it. Awful.
This.
The fact that they completely covered the view of the original facade of the West side (unless you get right under it), with not even so much as a nod to the original architecture was abhorrent.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 3:33 pm to gerkin
quote:
i am an architect in louisiana. that doesn't make my opinion any more meaningful than anyone elses, but i have to say im a bit let down by these proposed "improvements".
my main criticism is that the large yellow font "tiger stadium" is cheezy, and I really dislike the arched steel structures at the wrought iron gates outside - with the tiger logo in a circle at the top and a sloped canopy at the spring line of the arch. it is overkill and to me looks horribly unrefined.
and just so you know - i am not impossible to please. I think the look of the north facade with the new clean windows contrasted with the historic cast-in-place concrete (showing the actual imprints of the boards used to frame it all up) is magnificent. truly awesome look.
aside from seats/south endzone expansion, i think TAF should focus their efforts on refurbishing the "guts" of tiger stadium around the dorm area. improving traffic flow to and from bathrooms. etc.
the crap shown in these renderings is awful
Great perspective. I agree completely.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 3:50 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I really wonder who the frick comes up with this stuff. Are they actually college football fans? Do they attend LSU games on a regular basis? Have they visited any other respectable CFB stadiums?
Probably the same people building the God-awful new EJ Ourso college building with the huge bamboo rotunda.
Probably the same people building the God-awful new EJ Ourso college building with the huge bamboo rotunda.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 3:58 pm to LSUdm21
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You people need to get a grip. These pics look great and TS is in desperate need of a face lift. You can't let the Bama's of the world get 5 years ahead of you.
Bama's stadium looks classy.
There's nothing classy about those drawings. It looks like a damn circus.
The best thing about it is the wrought iron fencing and gates around the stadium.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:13 pm to yungtigr
so I don't see images but a vid. where are the pics??
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:29 pm to Iko Iko
I see a nice ad to become a medic
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:30 pm to HowboutthemTigers
Holy shite. I was just looking at the same exact model the architect sent me.
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:35 pm to PRK
quote:
PRK
The firm that came up with the design is located about 1000 miles away from LSU.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:46 pm to TigerDawg87
quote:
Lenny Lemoine....The owner of the compnay that won the bid. "Lemoine Construction"
Then he lied to you. That project isn't out of the DD phase yet.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:54 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
quote:
The best thing about it is the wrought iron fencing and gates around the stadium.
And that's ALL that area needed. Not the goofy arse archways. I just knocked $700K off the budget and made it classier looking.
Take away that TIGER STADIUM sign and save another $80K.
Take down the grates over the Stadium Club windows (put in place to provide shade inside, I think) and just tint the shite out of the glass windows.
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:55 pm to PRK
I agree with your comments. One of the things I remember liking about the campus was the design elements modeled after a Roman city.
Huey P - Roman Bath, Foster Hall - Roman Basilica, Ampitheater, Quad shaped like a crucifix, terracotta tile roofs, Tiger Stadium modeled after the Colosseum.
The renovations and this new abomination destroys all of that. Kinda like the hideous library that they dropped in the middle of the quad back in the day. It's a shame we hire designers who royally screw up something great. (Toonces, Tiger Stadium). Oh well.
Huey P - Roman Bath, Foster Hall - Roman Basilica, Ampitheater, Quad shaped like a crucifix, terracotta tile roofs, Tiger Stadium modeled after the Colosseum.
The renovations and this new abomination destroys all of that. Kinda like the hideous library that they dropped in the middle of the quad back in the day. It's a shame we hire designers who royally screw up something great. (Toonces, Tiger Stadium). Oh well.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:57 pm to GaryMyMan
Guys, this project is still in the schematic design phase. More likely than not things will be changed.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:57 pm to Camp Randall
Toonces was developed by some high priced ad agency in Arizona (or Midwest, whatever). From the looks of these renderings they're doing architecture now too.
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:58 pm to GaryMyMan
This firm is in the Midwest.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:58 pm to Camp Randall
quote:
I agree with your comments. One of the things I remember liking about the campus was the design elements modeled after a Roman city.
Huey P - Roman Bath, Foster Hall - Roman Basilica, Ampitheater, Quad shaped like a crucifix, terracotta tile roofs, Tiger Stadium modeled after the Colosseum.
The renovations and this new abomination destroys all of that. Kinda like the hideous library that they dropped in the middle of the quad back in the day. It's a shame we hire designers who royally screw up something great. (Toonces, Tiger Stadium). Oh well
Posted on 12/7/11 at 5:04 pm to Camp Randall
quote:
The renovations and this new abomination destroys all of that.
Lately LSU has been a lot more lenient on what architects are allowed to do with the facade of buildings/structures. It used to be like Nazi Germany, but it seems that a few structures were given free reign.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 5:09 pm to junkfunky
Am I alone in being pissed that our stadium used to look like a place where gladiators fought to the death and now it's starting to look like a McMansion with fake stucco and brick that you'd build at the height of the housing boom?
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