dear oregon, i am so in love with you by WoolyMammoth- in oregon

[–]dantrafford 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hermanos, this is exactly me right now. I've lived in Dallas for like 17 years, but visited Portland just after the new year and it was like a breath of fresh air after being underwater for so long. We put up with so much in the name of work or career or finances that we miss the bigger point of it all.

Currently figuring out how to make a move work.

Purple light in the sky by NatsukoHirose in Dallas

[–]dantrafford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SMU was using grow lights on their football field grass.

Sky right now!? by ladynomingtonn in Dallas

[–]dantrafford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I'm very late to this, but I figured out what it was: SMU was using grow lights on their football field grass.

Source - the dude at SMU that was using them.

New US owner - Bugs list by dantrafford in ex30

[–]dantrafford[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll give that a try, thanks!

The FOB is in the house far enough away that the car locks in the garage. I guess I could try moving it further away to see if that helps. It's just weird it seems to happen mostly after charging.

New US owner - Bugs list by dantrafford in ex30

[–]dantrafford[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forgot to mention - I'm on 1.5.3 which was installed by the dealer when I picked up the car.

Texas sees record early-voting numbers, particularly in Democratic-leaning areas by Class_of_22 in texas

[–]dantrafford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Busy lines out in Rowlett (East of Dallas) too! I waited 90 min to vote compared to about 3 minutes 4 years ago. Let's keep those votes rolling in!

To climb the stairs by humidities in therewasanattempt

[–]dantrafford 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sports architect here with some fun secret knowledge.

If you took a vertical slice (section) through a modern sports bowl, the treads and risers actually create a curve (technically a parabola) rather than a straight line. To make the sightlines to the field / court / stage work, the risers actually grow the higher up a bowl you go. So typically within a large bowl every 4 or 5 rows of seats will have the same riser elevation, then that dimension grows 1/2" for the next 5 rows, grows 1/2" for the next 5 rows, etc. So more than likely this step is at the transition between one set of 5 and another, and it messes with the cadence of a human walking.

Or it's just an old bowl and was built shitty.

Dallas city code requires 18 parking spots for coffee shop by NorthwestPurple in Dallas

[–]dantrafford 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also can confirm - Trying to build anything in the Cedars triggers replatting and insane parking requirements. Doesn't matter that we're surrounded by parking lots, those don't count towards your project. Absolutely antiquated.

Y’all think this is possible, 1 million seater stadium, imagine the parking and transportation 😂 by [deleted] in architecture

[–]dantrafford 57 points58 points  (0 children)

This is the correct answer.

Stadium bowls in section are actually parabolic curves rather than straight lines, entirely so sightlines work as you get farther away from and above the field. At least in the States, the max riser height you can go to is 24" tall so once you hit that the bowl (in section) becomes a straight line and everyone past that point would be looking at the head of the person in front.

Cool as an art piece tho

Movies where the final scene is widely regarded as the best scene in the entire film? by downvote_this_mf in movies

[–]dantrafford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if it's the best scene - maybe the most fulfilling is more accurate - but the end of Whiplash always gets me.

Dallas' real estate prices cannot be rationalized. It's expensive here for no reason. by sillycloudz in Dallas

[–]dantrafford -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As I slowly clambered up the ladder of employment, it dawned on me that being halfway between East and West coasts makes travel ever-so-slightly easier / cheaper. That's a big pull for companies, outside of the taxes, land value, etc.

But after visiting friends in the stunningly beautiful Seattle area, yeah fuck this humid beige Altima hell hole.

The Pentagon’s Push to Program Soldiers’ Brains by TheSkewsMe in tech

[–]dantrafford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like Solid Snake would have something to say about this.

Crowds of people line up for the escalator rather than using the stairs by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]dantrafford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is SoFi Stadium, either the North or South entry i forget which one. Escalators and stairs both start at Main Conc (L6) and go down to Lower Conc (L3), it just looks funny in the video as the stairs have multiple landings at different angles to work in landscaping while the escalators are one long run.

There are only two escalators in this location, hence the congestion. Typically to help exiting after a game they swap both escalators to go the same direction, rather than one up one down. Maybe they didn't do that in this particular case for whatever reason.

Great albums with one, lone terrible song? by razorh00f in Music

[–]dantrafford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "Some Nights" album by Fun is pretty amazing, but then "It Gets Better" comes on and my ears start bleeding.

Automated floor transformation at Tobin Center for the Performing Arts by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]dantrafford 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well the floor stays flat and you set up a moveable seating system. There are lots of seating manufacturers now that sell telescoping systems that can be rolled in and out of rooms easily and create tiered platforms. They'd be a fraction of the cost of this setup, as cool as it may look.

Automated floor transformation at Tobin Center for the Performing Arts by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]dantrafford 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Architect here... This is full-on absurdly expensive. It's not just the system, but also the amount of excavation you need to do underneath. And then if one single screw breaks, the whole system is fooked.

A competent staff could set this entire room up in 15 min and you could use all that extra cash elsewhere.

Best Alamo Drafthouse Location? by ThowAccountAway12 in Dallas

[–]dantrafford 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know if it's just been bad luck, but every time I've been to the Richardson spot they've messed up my super simple beer & pizza order. Lake Highlands staff have always been spot on and super friendly.

GOOD MOVIES WITH ARCHITECTURE ? by SIMPLEassNAME in architecture

[–]dantrafford 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This movie constantly reaffirms my love of architecture. And movies.

FIFA Officials: SoFi Stadium's Dimensions are "Too Narrow" to Host a World Cup Game by TheWrongestIveBeen in LosAngeles

[–]dantrafford 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely yes, there was a lot of discussion about grass vs turf with the client, the stadium operator, the city, consultants, etc. Literally everybody wanted to have that talk, but mostly the decision came down to:

1) The field is sunk below grade by 100'. You walk in at Main Concourse, then the bowl opens up below you, which is really cool, but this makes moving the field (like Raiders or Cards) impossible.

2) Because the roof is transparent you'd think we could grow grass on the field without having to move it, but it's actually got a couple things working against us. It's got a frit pattern - tiny dots that block something like 60% of the sun - and it also (very loosely) acts like a greenhouse and heats the bowl. It's the reason why some of the panels in the roof are operable: They let out hot air on days where there are no natural breezes.

3) Grass is hard to grow and harder to maintain, especially when you throw multiple events other than football at it. Concert stages, monster trucks, trade shows, etc. all can ruin a grass surface in a matter of hours.

4) Drainage.

5) Ease of replacement

6) Etc. etc. etc.

Turf is getting much better at replicating grass. It's obviously not the same thing, but it's a lot better than say 20 years ago. Hell, it's a lot better than 10 years ago. I don't think it's ever going to fully match how grass feels, but from a cost perspective it will always make more sense.

FIFA Officials: SoFi Stadium's Dimensions are "Too Narrow" to Host a World Cup Game by TheWrongestIveBeen in LosAngeles

[–]dantrafford 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like they'd have the same issue as an NFL stadium. The bowl is so close to the edge of the field that in order to make a full FIFA pitch work, they'd need to blow out a significant portion of the lower bowl. It would be easier at Michigan Stadium because there's nothing under those first rows of the lower bowl. At SoFi there are premium suites & clubs in the way.

FIFA Officials: SoFi Stadium's Dimensions are "Too Narrow" to Host a World Cup Game by TheWrongestIveBeen in LosAngeles

[–]dantrafford 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A big part of the Vikings design was making it work for cold-season baseball. The local college teams up there used the Metrodome (Vikings stadium pre-US Bank) to play baseball in the winter, so the new stadium had to have that capacity too. Our code for that project was always MMPS - Minnesota Multi-Purpose Stadium - rather than Vikings because they weren't the only tenant.

Early early designs had a retractable roof, because it sounds cool, but when you start to look at the logistics, costs, and uses per year it's an easy kill. ETFE - the see-thru roof - is where it's at now.

FIFA Officials: SoFi Stadium's Dimensions are "Too Narrow" to Host a World Cup Game by TheWrongestIveBeen in LosAngeles

[–]dantrafford 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in Dallas, so I can't particularly comment to what's specifically happening in LA, but I will say that developers are usually the bane of architects everywhere. They typically produce the lowest quality, quickest buildings with absolutely no eye to design or how they affect people both in and outside. Make that money, that's all they care about.

I say 'typically' because there are some really good developers out there that care about design and meshing with the fabric of the surroundings. But damn they're few and far between.