[Oberon] Re (2): EE, CE, CS buildings on the ETH campus.

Claudio Nieder private at claudio.ch
Mon May 24 14:05:20 CEST 2021


Hi,

I always thought, that CAB stands for Chemie Alt Bau. The older building 
used for teaching chemistry.

claudio

On 2021-05-23 18:23, Jörg Straube wrote:
>
> As the ETHZ is scattered all around Zurich, all buildings with ETH 
> offices got a short name.
>
> Normally (obviously with exceptions) the first two letters give a hint 
> where the building is located (street/area/region name..) and the 
> third letter discriminates the building on that street.
>
> AM_ = Auf der Mauer
>
> CA_, CN_ = ??
> CL_ = Clausiusstrasse
>
> HA_ = Häldeliweg
> HC_ = Höngg, Chemie (also Hochstrasse)
> HI_ = Höngg, Ingenieurwesen
> HP_ = Höngg, Physik
>
> LE_ = Leonhardstrasse
> SO_ = Sonneggstrasse
>
> TA_ = Tannenstrasse
> VO_ = Voltastrasse
> WE_ = Weinbergstrasse
>
> Some exceptions
>
> HG = Hauptgebäude
>
> RZ = Rechenzentrum
>
> I have no clue why CA_ and CN_ is used. There is no corresponding 
> street name near by. Formerly, in those buildings students were 
> studiying chemistry. Might be that C was chosen for chemistry and N 
> for North. But this is pure speculation.
>
> Jörg
>
> *Von: *peter at easthope.ca <mailto:peter at easthope.ca>
> *Gesendet: *Sonntag, 23. Mai 2021 16:49
> *An: *oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch <mailto:oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch>
> *Betreff: *[Oberon] Re (2): EE, CE, CS buildings on the ETH campus.
>
> From:       Till Oliver Knoll <till.oliver.knoll at gmail.com>
>
> Date:        Sat, 22 May 2021 11:07:56 +0200
>
> > So if you ask me: use any nice picture of the ETH Hauptgeb=C3=A4ude 
> (HG)!
>
> > No one will recognise the IFW - and again: I am not saying that 
> Professor
>
> > N. Wirth and Professor J. Gutknecht were actually already in that
>
> > building when starting working on Oberon! I just can't tell.
>
> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon#Historical_Perspective
>
> Another vantage point might give a better view, including the
>
> Rechenzentrum and IFW.  The Oberstrass neighbourhood?
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.3839/8.5468
>
> That's the best I can do at the present. If someone can improve it,
>
> certainly go ahead.
>
> Incidentally what is abbreviated by CAB?
>
> Thanks to all who have replied,                ... P.L.
>
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