Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business (ranked #7 by U.S. News & World Report for undergraduate business) is growing fast, and will move into the massive, new yellow brick building rising over Forbes Avenue this summer.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
$201 million Tepper Quad will change the skyline of Carnegie Mellon, Oakland
Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business (ranked #7 by U.S. News & World Report for undergraduate business) is growing fast, and will move into the massive, new yellow brick building rising over Forbes Avenue this summer.
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I have mixed feelings about this building as of right now. I hated it back in September when the beeping of trucks and lifts was so loud it shot straight into my room and woke me up at 6am. I also do not understand why they chose to build such a largely expensive building out of whose money? Our tuition went up 2.87% for next year and makes it harder and harder for people to afford a Carnegie Mellon University education especially since they only give money based on financial need and none on academic merit. That being said, a new space does sound like an improvement for Carnegie Mellon because it will connect more areas of campus, like the Mellon COllege of Science that already exists in Oakland. Also more dining locations will be nice and hopefully these classrooms and ‘businesses that start over coffee’ will improve CMU’s business school ranking even more than it already is.
It’s crazy to think that the image provided will be part of our campus soon. I’m glad that they are looking towards the future and designing spaces accordingly. I also think it's wonderful that they are trying to encourage student interaction and entrepreneurship by creating places to meet accidentally. Though the idea of accidental meeting spaces sounds a little silly, it’s great that we as a university are encouraging students to work together on independent projects. However, I wonder how much of the intellectual property the school would own on businesses worked on campus. It’s also great that this building will be in the middle of campus and will connect the campus together. Hopefully it will encourage people who are not business majors to meet and work together. I’m excited to see this building next semester and I can’t wait to see what business ideas come from the open spaces.
This is going to be interesting. I like the idea of collaborative spaces. Rooms or common areas designed for open collaboration. I don’t see a lot of that on college campuses. Everything is shoved into classrooms. I feel bad for the students who have had to put up with beeping and other construction noises. I am sure that it has not been pleasant. It will be be interesting to see how this new building will impact the world of business. What is sad is that parking suffered. A lot. Spaces are more limited on campus now because of the loss of the lot across the street from campus. I wonder if they included a parking garage as part of the building. I don’t know as it is not mentioned in the article that I saw nor have I heard anything about it from other students. I’m also curious about this place where students can start their own business. I wonder how much of that process will belong to CMU and how much control CMU would have over the project. I always worry when an academic institution claims ownership over someone’s work because it was done on campus or while a person was a student or employed at CMU. It all remains to be seen. I might get excited for the food options, but if they will be anything like what is already on campus, then maybe not. It all remains to be seen.
Overall, I am actually very excited to this building happen. I have been keeping an eye on it during its process as I live right across from it. It looks like it will turn out to be an amazing building and that is what I have gotten from seeing it get constructed throughout this past year. I have never seen a picture of what it is intended to look like till now but it is looking very on point right now and can’t wait to see the finished product. I love the idea of Chance encounters and it is something that Pixar has also done with their work spaces as doing such can keep you creatively thinking as well as social. That is important so people don’t just recede into their office and remain as such while also creating an environment that is conducive to growth. Also interesting is what will be occurring in this new building. The languages department has a very interesting experiment going on and I am curious to find out what they learn from it.
This is an interesting building and idea. As Hannah said if you had asked me earlier in the year I really wouldn't have wanted anything to do with the building and was fairly against its construction. Now with the construction issues somewhat in the past I still don't know how I feel about the building. I understand it's purpose and it's goal as an idea I just don't know how I necessarily feel about it. The thing that scares me the most is the massive goals of expanding the business school so much as is. I don't know if necessarily bigger means better. And how can one building change the entire landscape of the program and of the school it doesn't have that much say in what the students are actually doing. I just question if the Tepper school has built itself enough with the student body and the ideas to grow into this building and grow further in to the future. I knew building is great and all but "if you build it then they will come" doesn't necessarily make sense to me in this situation as they are already here they just need the attention now not on the future.
Oh boy, I was kind of waiting to see something on the Tepper Quad to pop up on the green page. I have physically seen so much of this work being done on my walk from Mudge to Purnell every morning, but I had never actively looked for information on the building because, but I’m glad to now know a bit more. I think that it is exciting that Carnegie Mellon is continually moving in the right direction towards collaboration between different colleges and encouraging their students to blend their knowledge to grow and create more. I know that there are definitely some inconveniences created by this building, somehow the construction lights did not leave my window for all of first semester, but it seems to have become a really beautiful space for business students to work. I look forward to seeing the manifestation of the designs, and I’m glad the Tepper students get to move a little closer. I wonder about the inconvenience created by the loss of a large parking lot, but I am sure there are solutions to that as well.
The technology and innovation that is being used to develop the Tepper Quad is absolutely incredible, yet it comes at a very hefty price. We are so fortunate at this school to have a large support from alumnus, but still the price of the Tepper Quad (as well as other on-campus renovations) does effect students. A lot can be debated about this back and forth. How beneficial is it that we add an auditorium, fitness center, and new dining locations at the cost of a 2.87% tuition increase for students in the upcoming year? How crucial is it to have a Bubble Deck, that theoretically costs more money but takes up less space, when there are other parts of campus that need improvement and renovations at an equal or lesser cost? I think the idea of the Tepper Quad is incredible, and I cannot wait to see what it truly looks like when it’s all said and done and how it will foster a larger learning environment, but for now, I think it is only fair to acknowledge the cost it comes at for the CMU community as a whole.
Every morning I drive past the construction site of the new Tepper building. I cannot tell you how excited I am about this. I feel like I definitely have a biased view because I take Tepper courses and I will get to try out the new, shiny building next year. However, I understand that this building is quite the pretty penny. The donation from David Tepper is of course, very generous, but by no means covers even half the cost. Carnegie Mellon's constant momentum for expansion and updates are part of what makes it so impressive and a leader in its field. BUT it is also what is throwing their students into crippling debt and pretty much making everyone a stressed out crazy person because we all just want to be successful so that we can maybe pay off our loans. Anyways, the new Bubbledeck is a very cool concept and I had not heard about it until this article. I think it is good when a school so geared towards positive change actually "walks the walk" in the way of sustainability.
There have been quite a few articles about the new Tepper Quad, but until now, none of them have had good pictures of the inside. Obviously, I have a decent sense of what the outside looks like, I see it almost everyday, but from my outside perspective, it is hard to determine what the inside will feel like. This article and its pictures really help to give me a sense of what the new building will be like. Even if I were to be a student when this building is up and running, I would probably never have a class in it, but I still wish it were to be finished before I leave so I can hang out or do work in there. I like the idea of the really open hallways, stairwells, and atriums. I'm always a big fan of making inside stuff look like outside stuff and I have a feeling that will be part of what happens in the new building. I hope to come back and visit at some point to see the new building.
I love renovation and, though the construction of this new building has been a constant annoyance in my sleep, I am excited for Tepper to get a new hub. I have always found it so interesting when buildings are designed with a purpose in mind and that purpose is shown in every detail. The inclusion of "accidental meeting places" is really cool to me as it is specifically designed to foster collaboration and entrepreneurship. However, I do wonder how effective this will be as it seems to me to be an artificial way to create an experience that is most successful when done organically. I have to wonder if students would just walk pass each other through theses places rather than fully utilizing them. I find the spiral inside really cool and am really excited to see what it looks like when filled with students. I think Mary Emily brings up a good point when she mentions the overall cost of this building as it has caused our tuition to increase by 3%. As someone who will very rarely enter this new building, I can't help but feel bothered by this increase. I know that the $201 million was needed to create all of the features mentioned in the article but I would like to point out that the $67 million donated is still a lot of money and I feel like this building couldve stayed within this budget. This way, it would benefit students without negatively affecting them as well.
Tepper Quad’s construction has left a large shadow that loams over campus, at least that’s what it feels like at times. The article states that “The David Tepper Quadrangle, or Tepper Quad, is currently being constructed for $201 million, sparked by a $67 million gift by investor and alumnus David Tepper. The Tepper School of Business is expected to grow its enrollment by 40 percent, and master’s degree students by 50 percent. At more than 300,000 square feet, the Tepper Quad will feature a 600-seat auditorium, fitness center and places to eat and meet. “ This honestly looks like a really cool new building, one I really hope is actually finished before I leave cause it always seems to be that all of my school decided to do renovations that I never get the benefit of ever getting to experience while I actually going to the school, it be nice to actually use new facilities ones.
EH. EH EH EH. That is all I have to say about this new "hub" of the tepper school of business. It's great and all that we're getting a new building on campus, and it looks cool, and it's gonna have food in it, which is nice. I just think it's disingenuous of everyone involved to have called the building the Tepper "Quad". Quads in colleges usually have a connotation of a place where the whole university can come together, a sort of big open space at the center of campus which brings us all together as a community, and I really don't see this "quad" doing that. No, all I see is a very expensive addition to the money-making machine that is CMU's Tepper School of Business, and frankly, I'm disappoointed. This school still has the problem that there are not enough rooms for all of its classes, entire departments of CIT are reserved to single floor of wean, and yet we are giving the business school this massive new building? I initially thought that with the name "quad" there would be some degree of interdisciplinary action involved in it, but it looks like I was wrong.
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