Roux Institute Campus Development | Portland

MarkHB said:
If that two-story section gets a roof deck, that's going to be gorgeous in the summer! Assuming the wind isn't coming off the sewage plant, at least.
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One of the images on the architect's site has it as a green roof with trees and people walking through it.
 
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Is there anything barring Roux from painting the old B&M Building?

I'd rather the building had been demolished, but obviously got some kind of historic landmark attribution.

I was thinking it might not look "as bad" if they painted it a solid color ... black, dark blue, bright white, idk ...
 
I don't believe the B&M building is officially historic, but it appears that Northeastern has chosen to preserve it in a way that's substantially similar to the factory that a lot of Portlanders had an attachment to, whether because they worked there, or smelled the ovens regularly, or had a certain amount of civic pride that such a major brand was made here.
 
MarkHB said:
I don't believe the B&M building is officially historic, but it appears that Northeastern has chosen to preserve it in a way that's substantially similar to the factory that a lot of Portlanders had an attachment to, whether because they worked there, or smelled the ovens regularly, or had a certain amount of civic pride that such a major brand was made here.
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Ah - I thought they were required to keep it, as the first development renderings didn't include it. All before they were also forced to scale down the height of their proposal as well.

I think it'd be cool - with new black windows ... to flip the colors on this building. Paint it dark blue or black and the top "decorative" (if we can call it that) detail white so it pops.
 
The integration and yet contrast of the old and new buildings with different functions enhances each. I like the pathway in between leading to the marina. This will undoubtedly become a nationally known build and school. If Redfern breaks ground this summer at the Northern Burner location, that's about the time needed (18 months) to complete new housing for students (360 apartments). I spoke with someone at DOT and he said the connecting footbridge adjacent to Tukey's Bridge would not be done until the summer of 2028. Hopefully, that's the case for biking and walking to and from Washington Ave.. An E-Bike would be 5 minutes and walking 10-15 minutes.
 
This is becoming a beast from the freeway vantage point. Seriously now, I got a 46-story dorm/hotel idea for them in 2031, if they're interested; 230 hotel rooms and 1,440 single occupancy micro rooms. The hotel rooms are for single term faculty, lecturers, and shorter-term students. Imagine the views... In their manifesto they are planning for up to 8,000 students by 2031. You better have some on-campus housing by then. Picture UMO (nearly 11,000 students now) without on or nearby campus housing. And so they must do this taller rather than shorter.
 
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