"Commodity, Firmness, & Delight" BP3

       On Friday I was sick and couldn't go on the walk around campus, so I ended up going to the the three buildings alone. I think it was good that I went alone because I was able to spend time at/in/around those places and fully take in their architectural layout.

       The MHRA building has been one of my favorites since I toured UNCG before freshman year. I believe that it has a very high "Commodity, Firmness, and Delight" rating. The MHRA building is a place where students can go and study humanity . Humanities studies include things like language, law, history, literature, religion, the arts, and much more, all of which are incredibly important in our lives today. Constructed of brick, stone, glass, metal, sheet rock, and plaster, this piece of architecture is very stable. It features beautiful, doric, columns outside the building that enhance it's stability and appearance.

 The MHRA building is located on the corner of campus which symbolically emphasizes it's importance. The main entrance is a tall cylinder, marking it as a "sacred spot." Windows cover the walls of the cylinder, allowing as much light as possible enter the building. The floor has a beautiful design made of tile, granite, and stone. Because of it's usefulness, architecture, and aesthetic appeal I believe that the MHRA building is one place on campus with acceptional "Commodity, Firmness, and Delight."  

[picture on left: http://www.uncg.edu/our/reucontactinfo.html][picture on right:http://www.flickr.com/photos/eacline/4191823124/]

"Junnar Caves" (RR2)

01/30/11

        Bolivia is an impoverished country located in South America. The population is about 9.35 million people, one half is indigenous Amerindian. Over half of the population speaks spanish. 

Similar to the U.S, Bolivia has many different types of social media. For example, there are dating sites, social networking sites, and cellular services. Jhoos is a popular, free online dating service.

 BestMuslim.Com is an online Muslim marriage and matrimonial service. 

One of the main cellular services in Bolivia is Millicom. Millicom, more commonly known as TIGO, replaced other national services because it is practical and international. About seven million people in Bolivia use cellular devices.

Facebook was made accessible to the public in 2004. This social networking site is one of the most popular websites in the world. Facebook enables people all over the world to communicate with others locally, nationally, and internationally. There are many different amenities on facebook, including the ability to share pictures and thoughts. In 2009, roughly four million people were using facebook in Bolivia. Approximately fifty-five million people were using it in the U.S.



Although Bolivia is not a very wealthy country, the people living there still have access to many different types of social media.

http://www.mobilecomms-technology.com/projects/gprs_bolivia/

http://www.millicom.com/

http://countrycode.org/mobilephones

http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/sponsor/sponsor-bolivia?Open&lpos=lft_txt_Bolivia
http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/bolivia/bolivia_economy.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html

"Applied Ideas" BP2

The following is a list of how space, power, precedent, order, experience, principles, site, scale, technology, and surface is applied to UNCG's campus.

[SPACE]

Campus has a puzzle piece-like organization, utilizing the space and creating harmony between where there are and aren't buildings. 

[POWER][PRECEDENT][ORDER]

Power, Precedence, and Order can be seen on campus by looking at the placement and prominence of important buildings. 

[EXPERIENCE]

All of the buildings on campus are constructed of similar materials, creating an awareness that each one is part of a whole. The following diagram shows the likeness of the buildings on campus. I found the pictures through google images. 

[PRINCIPLES]

The architecture emphasizes the learning buildings. 

[SITE]

The most important buildings on campus are in the center, almost as though they are protected by the others. 

[SCALE]

Scale is shown on campus in the way that it is spread out, using the space as well as possible.

[TECHNOLOGY]

Paths through campus help minimize walking distance and to make all of the buildings easily accessible.

[picture taken from http://www.uncgspartans.com/information/About_UNCG]

[SURFACE] ^^^ 

The campus's surface is more vertical than horizontal. It is located on a flat plane but all of the buildings shoot up off it; there are little to no one story buildings on campus.

1/27/11

Our first assignment of the semester was to create a box out of card board or foam core. The box was to be 12x12x18 with a 12" opening. The next step was to cut holes into the box, which we would shine a light through, to create four different "spaces" within it. We were allowed to use bristol board and bamboo skewers in any way we could imagine to help create four spaces. 

I made my box and presented it at the first critique, it was full of holes and a little too chaotic. I re-made the box and at the second critique I presented it with one "U" shaped cut and four holes punched in the top. Inside, I had a bristol board, 3-D, elongated triangle to emphasize the shape of the light coming through. Also, I put a foam core wedge in the box to re-direct the light and create another space.

"Putting History Into Practice" BP1

While walking across campus I noticed circular, grouped, and stacked architecture. 

CIRCULAR

Circles represent the sun, moon, and sacred spots. 

Circular architecture can be seen in the Elliot University Center (EUC) on UNCG's campus.

The EUC is a gathering place for people all over campus. You can buy groceries, meals, books, supplies, and the big auditorium is also located in the EUC. The following sketch is of what the ceiling of the EUC looks like. It's like a tower that extends from the first floor to the highest floor.

GROUPED

Groups of things represent groves or trees, reaching vertical, and groups of people.

Grouped architecture can be seen on almost all of the buildings on campus. 

Two examples are the windows on the buildings and the railings outside some of them.

STACKED

Stacks represent mountains, gatherings, and resources. 

My favorite example of stacked architecture is seen in the building structure of the library on campus. 

The library's architecture seems to represent mountains (from it's height), gatherings (study groups and a lot of people gather there), and resources (books).

(other than the drawing, pictures were taken from the photo gallery on the UNCG website, they were then taken and edited to emphasize the aspects that I felt important.)

"Wavering Water" (RR1)