Page 2 THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1975
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MSC design
Pahlmann explains his work
This article appeared in the Au
gust 18, 1973, edition of the Dallas
Morning News and was reprinted
recently in the Student News, a
student publication of the college of
architecture and environmental
design.
The article is Pahlmann’s explana
tion of his design of the MSC in
terior. His design was critiqued last
November by Richard E. Vro-
oman, associate dean of architec
ture and environmental design, in
an Aggie forum (Batt guest editor
ial).
Vrooman offered his resignation
from his associate deanship later
because he said he wanted to de
vote all his time to teaching. He
refused to comment further or
answer rumors that he had been
forced to resign because of his
critique.
The cartoon also appeared in the
Student News. It was done by Luis
Jauregui, a junior environmental
design student.
“I take it (the cartoon) as funny,”
Vrooman said. “It doesn’t bother
me at all.
“I would prefer to see it kept out
of the news; it would be better for
the college (Architecture) and bet
ter for the university. The college
continually seeks progress in its
fields and hopes this progress will
always be expressed on this cam
pus.”
By WILLIAM PAHLMANN
A university, ideally at least, is a
place where the seeker after truth
finds his mind opening up and be
coming available to ideas and influ
ences which he may never have
taken into account previously.
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HUtAlO BEAHS THIK1K
IS SO GREAT ABOUT
^ A WATeR BED....
In addition to intellectual break
throughs, hopefully a student be
comes aware of living as a possible
art and in this area, surroundings
are of paramount importance.
One of the exciting experiences I
have had in the past two years has
been working on the interior de
signs of a complex of buildings at
Texas A&M University, including a
Memorial Student Center, where
students gather to rap ? eat, hold
meetings and entertain.
Connecting with the greatly en
larged Memorial Student Center
Building by an elevated covered
passageway will be another group of
attached buildings which will house
a Theatre Center, including a large
auditorium, a theatre workshop, a
large exhibition hall, as well as a
12-story Conference Tower for
meetings, conferences and semi
nars.
The best in opera, ballet, theatre
and concert fare will be brought to
the campus in this great complex for
both students and the general pub
lic. The combined and connected
groups of buildings in this unusual
cultural program will be known as
the University Center.
OUR WHOLE APPROACH to
this project has been to engender
respect and pride in those young
people in their university and to ex
pose them to excellence in sur
roundings in both contemporary
and traditional media, in an atmos
phere of graciousness and comfort.
This college is symbolic of the
Southwest — always noted for its
contributions to the sciences of ag
riculture and engineering and milit
ary disciplines (not to mention foot
ball prowess), as well as the liberal
arts. Along with the furnishing
boons of contemporary technology
and design, which virtually insure
ease of maintenance and durability,
furnishings of fine quality, well-
designed china, silver and glass, I
have been seeking art works in
Southwestern motifs — fine animal
bronzes, 19th-century landscape
paintings, Western art and regional
artifacts, Americana which reflects
the heitage of this remarkable
school and the young people who
are privileged to attend it.
This has led me to many interest
ing galleries, auctions and off-beat
emporiums where I have rarely
poked, and I am now so caught up in
the search that I can scarcely sleep
nights.
THIS IS NOT a search for deline
ations of cowboys and Indians, but
for a far more subtle period when
the land of the Southwest came
under the plow and the industrial
revolution made itself felt, a time of
great progress. Excellent examples
of such objects of art have never
been in large supply and they are
increasingly difficult to locate.
However, I feel this bow to the past
as a suitable tribute to all that has
gone before in this university,
which is now noted for its cur
riculum of advanced sciences and
electronics.
Specially designed carpets, fab
rics and furnishings in these areas
will also take inspirafion from the
Southwest. In all these endeavors
we are striving for practical eleg
ance, an atmosphere of mellowness
and serenity and sound taste. Far
too many college interiors resemble
the departure lounges of airports.
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