The move to South Campus \u2013 or \u2018KUA\u2019 in everyday parlance \u2013 has led to debate among the Faculty of Law\u2019s students and staff, who have been struggling to get used to the open offices with large glass windows.<\/p>\n
The mood at the Faculty hit a new low on 4th June, when it rained into the Legal Knowledge Centre \u2013 the faculty\u2019s library. In the students\u2019 Facebook group, members have debated whether they are the victims of poor construction.<\/p>\n
One of the students calls it the Faculty of Law\u2019s own Law student Stefan Weinschenck photographed the puddles in the reading room.<\/p>\n “There is a significant risk that people, books or computers got wet as the windows were located over seats, stairs and shelves,” he writes in an email to the University Post, adding that he is otherwise not particularly critical of the move to South Campus.<\/p>\n “It’s a poor office building with no soul, but for studying it actually functions quite well, with good rooms, chairs, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n It is the Danish Buildings and Property Agency that, as entrepreneur, is responsible for the construction of the 48,000 square metres building, and which is responsible for daily operations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The contractor most likely made a programming error in the computer that controls the windows. They open when it rains and close when the sun is shining. But they’re on the case,” he says.<\/p>\n S\u00f8ren H\u00f6ffner does not think there are more errors in the building than expected.<\/p>\n “This is completely normal for such a large new building,” he says.<\/p>\n They are also aware that some floor tiles have already been smashed, but the university cannot just change them and correct any other mistakes, says S\u00f8ren H\u00f6ffner.<\/p>\n “Contractors have a duty to correct any mistakes or deficiencies, but they must first acknowledge the mistake. They have done this, in the case of the tiles, but we have chosen to postpone the work on them for the summer vacation so we can minimize the disturbances to users,” he says. The well-being of the law students who have just moved from the inner city won\u2019t be helped by the rain coming into their new buildings on South Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[223,457,632],"class_list":["post-50840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","tag-buildings","tag-law","tag-south-campus","expression-feature_article"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nPoor buildings with no soul<\/h2>\n
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\nOthers have posted pictures of smashed floor tiles and fallen wall panels. Some use the rainwater as a reason to list the many and long criticisms of the construction, design and administration of their faculty’s new home.<\/p>\nProblem with the programmed computer<\/h2>\n
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\nProject manager from the agency, S\u00f8ren H\u00f6ffner, says that they are well aware that the rain is coming in.<\/p>\nContractor\u2019s responsibility<\/h2>\n
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