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Critique of Milstein Hall: Fire Safety

Jonathan Ochshorn

© 2012 Jonathan Ochshorn

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Fire safety contents: 1. introduction | 2. floor area limit | 3. fire barrier | 4. crit room egress | 5. Sibley egress | 6. mezzanine | 7. Rand occupancy | 8. conclusions | 9. summary and appeal | 10. variance application
 
tentative book cover design for OMA's Milstein Hall by Jonathan Ochshorn

My book, OMA's Milstein Hall: A Case Study of Architectural Failure, has been published. Much of the material formerly included in these "Milstein Critique" webpages has been removed from these pages and incorporated in the book. Some supplementary material remains on these webpages — primarily videos and links to related documents.

4. Noncompliant crit room egress

Cornell eventually found a way to insert a second remote exit in the Crit Room, by punching through the wall to the adjacent auditorium as documented in this video:

First posted 25 July 2012. Last updated: 27 September 2023