Aesthetic Complaints
Evans Hall was voted one of the ugliest buildings in UC Berkeley by its student body.
Evans Hall is known for its large number of windowless classrooms. The Chronicle of Higher Education has called it "an imposing concrete structure that most people on the campus would like to see demolished". Former chancellor Robert M. Berdahl has described the building as without "stirrings of pride in placement, or massing, or architectural design”. Some complain the building disturbs the view of the San Francisco Bay.
Math related murals have been painted inside the building in protest against its aesthetics.
Evans Hall was repainted a gray-green so that the building would blend into the Berkeley hills.
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