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The space of the campus is set up as a grid with the cafeteria and the Elliot University center in the middle of the campus as communal areas to eat and socialize with friends, with all other classes, residence halls, and sports surrounding them. The Power of the University lies not simply in one building but in many and the way they are presented. Several buildings have columns at the entrances to make them feel larger than they really are and to invite you in. Also there is the library, which may not be great in its appearance but more in its height; the library is the tallest building on campus. The experience you receive as you walk around campus is one of admiration in the specific detail put into each building and the simple truth which is so obviously displayed that the building are not simply meant just to be utilized but also to be looked upon as a beautiful structure. The principles of the campus were first built on those thought of buy the people
who founded it and created it an all women college to begin with. One of which I believe is based off of the idea of Athena the goddess of wisdom, enough so to place a statue of her on campus .The goddess of wisdom is ment to influence those who may gaze upon her and lead them into the wisest path. The campus was also based on the precedent of its first occupants and graduates, in the way that the first buildings were built the rest of the campus grew by influence of them and the style of buildings that were first laid down on the campus to be continued through out even the newest buildings. The site of the campus is for the most part flat land with the exception of a few hills making the university seem more connected even though it may be spread out. The university is also set in the city of Greensboro making it easily accessible. The order of the buildings are based around two general locations college avenue,  and spring garden street on these two roads there may not be a specific order to the buildings but they are grouped close enouph together to find your way. The scale of the buildings is very large each has its distinctive features and there magnitude of there sizes make the entire campus as a whole seem larger. The technology behind the building is revealed in there beauty and detail, without the help of technology the university would not had grown as quickly or beautifully as it has. And the surface of the campus lies within the tecture of every building, the brick, marble and many other materials used to create these buildings create textured surfaces all throughout the campus to make every aspect of it interesting.

Chair Cards Week 2

Side Chair by:Richard Riemerschmid

Armchair by: Duncan Phyfe

Cherner Chair By: Norman Cherner

Armchair By: Thomas Sheraton

Armchair By: Robert Adam

Shaker Chair By: Shaker community

Carolean Chair By: Grinling Gibbons

Ionic Chair By: Studio 65

Louis XV Ghost Chair By: Phillippe Starck

Armchair By: George Hepplewhite

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This drawing of the alumni building on the  campus of the University of North Carolina Greensboro. The columns are much larger than the actual door way and because of this they draw you in, and give you sort of a grand entrance.

The circles in the architecture of the Elliot University Center create an area to congregate and socialize within the entrance of the building. The colors and the sun on the floor further emphasize this circle and make it a warm area of related to power.

 

The Library on campus resembles stacks and groups, the building itself has stacks of layers of floors and stacks of books. And within the building literal groups of people.

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Catal Huyuk is located in central Anatolia and because of its position it was in the center of metal trade.  It had a population of around 3,000 and the area dates back to 7400 B.C.E. The city is made up of rectangular flat-roofed houses packed together into a single architectural mass with no streets or passageways.                             

                

The inhabitants moved across rooftops and descended into their homes through the roofs by ladder. The walls were made up of mud bricks and reinforced by massive oak post. In the case that a family member died they would be laid out till nothing remained but bones, which they used in the shrine and they would be buried in the sacred room of the shrine.If the family died out, the house remained abandoned for a period of time and then reoccupied.

 

A typical residence consisted of one large room connected to smaller storage rooms. The main room contained benches, ovens, and bins. The average size was 5 by 6 metersand the walls were plastered and decorated and each house had its own shrine, no central or communal sacred place was existent.

Design Visualization 112

My header describes me as a designer first through my name, I used this font to show the quality of rough around the edges, and cracked but yet stable in my own way. Its bold to demonstrate how I am willing to stand out even though not perfect. I used the people to indicate the different qualities of design and the work that goes into it. I decided to not show detail on the people but to emphasize more of the actions portrayed by their form.The girl to the very left is setting up the seen and measuring to see what positions work best. The person holding up the the first part of Morgan illustrates the strength and ability to hold strong whatever task is at hand. The girl laying on top of Morgan displays the act of observation and the preparation before laying down ground work for a piece. The hands are pulling up the "t" to show willingness to work and be hands on. The person behind the "e" shows the satisfaction from completion and the person on the very right pushing the "s" emphasizes the determination to always push forward. The splashes of color define exactly what they portray, how I love to add a splash of color to everything in my life, to not leave something dull and unseen by its own lifelessness but to bring it alive and make it noticed.