The newly opened Teviot Student Union seems to have a height complex. I can’t be the only one who has been on what is advertised as floor three, gone up a single flight of stairs, and somehow teleported to floor five.
If you look at the layout maps in the building, the majority of the floors only cover half of Teviot’s total area. What’s on floor four? Oh, just the café and absolutely nothing else. Whatever designer claimed that any change in elevation constitutes a new floor was either smoking crack or getting paid by the floor. In the world of Teviot, I live on my flat’s first floor but sleep on the second, and the number of floors in my fridge is almost frightening.
Now that I think about it, this may be one of the new accessibility features Teviot is so proud to present. The sixth floor really is more accessible now — it’s only a few meters over the damn ground!
At the end of the day, Teviot is a short king in a world of 40 George Squares, Appleton Towers, and EFIs. Instead of standing on its tippy-toes claiming with bravado to be one of the big boys, Teviot should welcome its role down near the ground as a viewless but lovable student union. Height doesn’t matter, Teviot. Size and square-footing… now that’s what it’s all about.
Photo by Isabel Beiboer for The Student.
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The newly opened Teviot Student Union seems to have a height complex. I can’t be the only one who has been on what is advertised as floor three, gone up a single flight of stairs, and somehow teleported to floor five.
If you look at the layout maps in the building, the majority of the floors only cover half of Teviot’s total area. What’s on floor four? Oh, just the café and absolutely nothing else. Whatever designer claimed that any change in elevation constitutes a new floor was either smoking crack or getting paid by the floor. In the world of Teviot, I live on my flat’s first floor but sleep on the second, and the number of floors in my fridge is almost frightening.
Now that I think about it, this may be one of the new accessibility features Teviot is so proud to present. The sixth floor really is more accessible now — it’s only a few meters over the damn ground!
At the end of the day, Teviot is a short king in a world of 40 George Squares, Appleton Towers, and EFIs. Instead of standing on its tippy-toes claiming with bravado to be one of the big boys, Teviot should welcome its role down near the ground as a viewless but lovable student union. Height doesn’t matter, Teviot. Size and square-footing… now that’s what it’s all about.
Photo by Isabel Beiboer for The Student.
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