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I went to a high school in the UK that had been built on an ex landfill site. I was only there for just over a year, but the methane alarm went off a few times
by dpwm 5y ago
I went to a high school in the UK that had been built on an ex landfill site. I was only there for just over a year, but the methane alarm went off a few times then, resulting in evacuations.
The school was relatively new, having allegedly been built around 2003 because Asda (then owned by Walmart) wanted to move a supermarket from one side of the road to the other.
According to folklore the developers paid for the design from US architects who specialise in prison architecture – which was believable because it looked and felt much like a small prison.
- notahacker 5y agoAccording to folklore basically every school building or block of flats ever constructed was designed based on a prison!
- OldHand2018 5y agoHey now, I went to a high school where none of the walls went all the way to the ceiling, or even to the corners! There was only one central hallway, so in addition to not having doors anywhere, you might have to walk through one or two other classroom to get where you needed to go. Surprisingly, it worked.
- mkl 5y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding, but wouldn't the sound carry through to other classrooms?
- OldHand2018 5y agoNo no, you are right. However, it was more like white noise than anything else, with the occasional word or sentence that could be recognized from someone talking too loudly. But you know, with a little thought and effort, open spaces don't have to be loud. This was covered on HN years ago: https://m.signalvnoise.com/library-rules-how-to-make-an-open-office-plan-work/ https://m.signalvnoise.com/library-rules-how-to-make-an-open...