Faculty

woo~ just got my finest shower just now. its the warmest day this morning. blistering sun. shine through my window and woke me up (and its just 10 am.zzz) I'd check the temperature and it is actually 1°C-3°C. sweat.
Had taken many pics when i am yet to have internet service. Tour to my faculty far from my hostel, new building, factory facade, interior and everything. well, it used to be a factory a year before and now its my school. the building itself. i dunno whether information and details can be found online or not, but i was told that this building had won quite a number of awards including design, most sustainable building and dunno what else. and it cost 6mil. more expensive than Michael Owen. it was 8mil but had budget constraint of 6mil, so they had to remove stuff include the wall for the studios on ground floor. resulting a very weak sound insulation throughout the whole "factory" i had class in studio. hardly hear what the tutor and lecturer is talking. furthermore during the rain, you will suspect yourself a deaf. some projects and models done by previous students found in studio on the third floor. As far as i know, there are 5 studios for different level of students. 4 tutor rooms and 2 lecture halls. (information unconfirmed) a view of Tamar river from one of the studio's window. feel like going out there under the shelter and hanging out on the bridge? well go on if you want your ribs freeze out.
unlimited source of timber. haha. yea~ for making model and stuff. one small part of this building is use for research in timber thingy. UTAS and one Uni of Fine Furniture (information unsure) are researching the timber (quite abundant here) and thus creating lots and lotsa timber boards.90% of this building are built from timber. everything everywhere is timber boards. And this customized piece of wall beside the staircase are widely produced and fixed throughout the building, as wall, ceiling, and some decorative purpose. Nice~ besides, every partitions and interior walls are made of timber board without further finishing. summary: interior = timber, exterior = steel. so you can actually see the flaw at the joints, code and labels on the boards are remained. well, it actually created a quite unique condition(for me).
2 computer labs with 100% Mac. So far for me i still prefer pc. All just because Mac doesn't have right-click (in my own dictionary). Download stuff here is fun because the speed can start from 2mb/s and drop to 300+kb/s. woot~ kickass speed.
oh ya.. there is 1 ping pong table and (do we call that) ping-pang-pie or table tennis racket. when you get bored in the lecture hall, feel free to play ping pong with some friends here. High five~
there is 1 lounge and some discussion spaces too. besides, shower rooms are provided because students overnight at the school is expected. fridge and ASM also provided.
Its kinda nice building but the sound insulation and (*new 1) smell insulation are bad. I dunno whether is there a cafe or kitchen around ( i cant see any) but during lunch time, i can smell delicious food, bought by other students from outside. its like you cant see them eating but you can smell them.