Landscape Feature Bioswale at Bill and Sally Hanley Hall The Bill and Sally Hanley Hall is a three-story addition to Fowler Memorial House, and houses the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. When it was built, Hanley Hall included a bioswale in front of the building on its State Street face, to collect downspout runoff and divert it from the storm sewer. The bioswale includes native plants, such as red twig dogwood and birch trees, and work was completed in 2011. Making the…
Landscape Feature Bioswales at Mann Hall, Discovery Park The bioswales at Purdue Discovery Park were installed during the sixth phase of landscaping work, completed in 2009. Located on the west side of Mann Hall, the bioswales slow and/or eliminate excess stormwater into the sewage system, help maintain the area's hydrological profile, and clean the water off pollutants. The water is receded from the grassy mall area into the bioswale, and it then meanders slowly downhill before it goes into the drain, soaking into…
Landscape Feature Black Cultural Center Bioswales The Black Cultural Center brings together the wonderful diversity of the Purdue community by nurturing and presenting the rich heritage of the African American experience through art, history and cultural understanding. The building’s parking lot was graded so that runoff not infiltrating the porous asphalt (or pervious paving) would collect at a bioswale in the center. The central bioswale is surrounded by impervious concrete pavement to keep debris and particulates from clogging the porous asphalt.…
Landscape Feature Black Cultural Center pervious pavement Pervious pavement is a valuable resource for conservation and water contol in urban areas. It eliminates flooding and water runoff by allowing storm water to sift through the pavement, rather than collect and eventually carry oil and other pollutants into the sewage system. The Black Cultural Center is one of several areas on Purdue campus that uses pervious pavement.
Landscape Feature Boiler Challenge Course Boiler Challenge offers a unique learning environment that provides an engaging and fun experience for participants and groups. These experiences enhance group skills such as communication, trust, problem solving and decision making through mental and physical challenges. Each Boiler Challenge option can meet any group's needs and goals. Recreation & Wellness is proud to offer an adaptive program that meets all physical abilities. Visit the Boiler Challenge Program Website for more information.
Landscape Feature Boilermaker Flame In memory of Richard S. “Dick” Walbaum. Remembered for his leadership, his loyalty, his friendship, and his smile.
Landscape Feature Boilermaker Statue An 18-foot bronze statue of a historically accurate boilermaker greets visitors to Purdue athletic facilities. Sculptor Jon Hair of Cornelius, NC began work on the statue in 2003 on behalf of an anonymous donor who wanted to present Purdue with a statue of the world's largest boilermaker. The university researched several old photographs and newspaper articles to ensure the statue would depict what real boilermakers wore when they worked in boiler rooms in the 19th…
Landscape Feature Brickhead Conversations Artist: James Tyler Dedicated: September 4, 2013 The two eight-foot tall sculptures were constructed from architectural red clay bricks that have a natural ceramic finish and an average thickness of three inches. The sculptures feature an audio component, which was contributed by Bryan Pijaniowski, a Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources professor. Brickhead Conversations was funded by the Florence H. Lonsford Endowment .
Landscape Feature Centennial Marker The Purdue Centennial Marker is located in front of the Materials Science and Electrical Engineering Building along Northwestern Avenue. It was dedicated in 1969 during the Purdue Centennial Celebration and displays Purdue's crest, which was specifically designed for the centennial. Beneath this marker, a sealed copper box containing Purdue artifacts from 1969 (including a letter from then-President Hovde to Purdue's president in 2069), is buried under nearly a foot of concrete.
Landscape Feature Chert Breccia Breccia is a detrital sedimentary rock composed of gravel-sized fragments. Breccia is very similar to conglomerate; however, the pieces that make up breccia are sharp and angular whereas conglomerates have rounded particles. Breccia’s sharp particles indicate that the rock has not traveled very far from its origin so the angles of the particles have not been worn down. This particular specimen is made from the sedimentary rock chert, and is therefore called chert breccia. Department…