http://www.williammangum.com/university-series/img/universities-190px/UNCG-Foust.jpg
This is the Faust Building. Notice the power and size of this building. On the UNCG campus there are several examples of precident, order, size, surface, technology, scale, experience, power, space, and principles. Order matters, notice the school of musics location on campus as well as the Fergusson building. The surface of most of these buildings are brick. Notice the size of the dining hall and EUC, very large. Notice the technology used at the entrance of the dining hall, the self supporting style. Notice the ornamentation on the Faust building, found in the link above. Notice the principles of the library. All of these examples can be found throughout campus, and in more than one place.
This diagram should help with locating the buildings
http://www.uncg.edu/mat/sermon/images/uncg-campus-map.png
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
CC 11-20 Response Jan. 28
The Importance/Significance of Columns
1.) Columns are a very important part of design. Not only in structural support, but as well as symbolic meaning.
2.) Columns are part of the repetition factor. Especially in the cases of Acropolis and Xianyang.
3.) Columns can make a building appear bigger than it is, and at certain angels(such as the Parthenon) attempt to make it look perfect.
4.) The columns also represent hierarchy. They are towering over many things, and therefore show that.
5.) Columns can also be highly decorated, and they usually are, which shows their significance.
6.) The repetition found in columns also represents power and authority.
7.) Columns can give even a small building a good impression. Made to look better than actuality.
8.) Akropolis as well as the Xianyang palace have several rows of columns.
Image 1
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LbB5_n--9rqHaxj6LB87Cw
In this link of the Xianyang palace model, notice the importance of the columns. They make the palace look more substantial, as well as showing the power.
Image 2
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Athen_Baustelle_Akropolis_20020809-262.jpg
In this link, notice how much of the physical Parthenon is columns. The columns are very important to the Greeks, notice the detail, and how well they have been kept together til now.
Image 3
http://www.history-book.net/?e=1113
In this link, notice the Temple at Erida's columns and the repetition on top of the layers of steps.
This supplemental website http://www.columns.net/ has tons of information on columns throughout history and their importance. It points out that we take columns for granted today, and that the meaning now is more simplistic than ever.
Today columns are used as structural support and as decoration. Most columns don't have symbolic or divine meanings anymore, which is showing how are cultures are becoming less and less religious and more fundamental.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Monday Jan. 24, 2011 Circles, Groups, Stacks, People.
1.) Circles-The sun and the moon, sacred spots.
There is a large circle on the floor of the front entrance to the EUC as well as a sun on the floor. There is also an oculous on the EUC ceiling.
A picture of the circluar part of the building as well as the oculous can be found here; http://www.uncg.edu/euc/maps/.
Circles are directly connected to sacred spots. The EUC is considered one of those sacred spots for students on campus, and in ritual students go there all the time to enjoy themselves, as well as eat.
2.) Groups-The music building on campus had several examples of groups. A picture of the music building can be found here; http://www.uncg.edu/mus/about.html. There was a large grouping of the windows as well as the rocks and trees around the pond.
Groups are connections with people and the trees and rocks around the pond also had several groups of benches as well. Since the environment here is so nice, our ritual is to come and sit here and relax by the pond.
3.)Stacks-The library, found here; http://web.uncg.edu/adm/image/steps/0910/library.jpg is the best example of stacking I could find. The stacking is evident floor by floor, although basic, it is still stacking none the less.
4.) People-The best example of this I could find on campus was the dining hall found here; http://www.uncg.edu/ipg/enewsworthy/IFest1.jpg
I thought this was a good example because the entry way is similar to a human skeleton. It looks like it may fall at any moment, but is in fact self supporting with no skin, just like a human skeleton. This is somewhere where we go often, our ritual here is eating so of course we would have a neat entrance here.
There is a large circle on the floor of the front entrance to the EUC as well as a sun on the floor. There is also an oculous on the EUC ceiling.
A picture of the circluar part of the building as well as the oculous can be found here; http://www.uncg.edu/euc/maps/.
Circles are directly connected to sacred spots. The EUC is considered one of those sacred spots for students on campus, and in ritual students go there all the time to enjoy themselves, as well as eat.
2.) Groups-The music building on campus had several examples of groups. A picture of the music building can be found here; http://www.uncg.edu/mus/about.html. There was a large grouping of the windows as well as the rocks and trees around the pond.
Groups are connections with people and the trees and rocks around the pond also had several groups of benches as well. Since the environment here is so nice, our ritual is to come and sit here and relax by the pond.
3.)Stacks-The library, found here; http://web.uncg.edu/adm/image/steps/0910/library.jpg is the best example of stacking I could find. The stacking is evident floor by floor, although basic, it is still stacking none the less.
4.) People-The best example of this I could find on campus was the dining hall found here; http://www.uncg.edu/ipg/enewsworthy/IFest1.jpg
I thought this was a good example because the entry way is similar to a human skeleton. It looks like it may fall at any moment, but is in fact self supporting with no skin, just like a human skeleton. This is somewhere where we go often, our ritual here is eating so of course we would have a neat entrance here.
Friday, January 21, 2011
CC 1-10 Response Jan. 21 2011
The Yellow River
1.) The discovery of the Yellow River(Hwang Ho), was one of the most important discoveries for China's early civilizations.
2.) Through the Yellow River, cultures such as the Hongshan Culture(4700-2900 BCE), Yangshao Culture(5000-3000 BCE), and later the Longshan Culture(3000-200 BCE) could sustain life through the most basic necessity; water.
3.) Through these combined areas, several thousands of small states could be seen by 3000 BCE.
4.) This river is so important to the Chinese, that it is dubbed their "Queen River" and "the Cradle of Chinese Civilization"
5.) The river stretches across nine provinces of China(a substantial amount).
6.) Through mud blockage in the 1100's several civilizations died out, due to lack of sustainability.
7.) The river is also very important to the Chinese because of the silt(nutrients in the water) that it carries, and will make the surrounding soil very nutrient rich to grow food in.
8.) Buildings were designed around the Yellow River, but were often recessed from the shoreline
-Too close to the shoreline, their homes would be flooded.
9.) Unfortunately, there is concern for the pollution of the river, and conservency efforts have been made.
10.) The rivers mud was also used by locals as a building material.
Images
-This is the upper region of the Yellow River, notice the village to the left of the river and their crops.
-Notice the yellow color of the river due to the abnormal amount of loess(sediments-silt, sand, and clay)
-Notice all of the produce(mostly rice fields). Also notice how low it lays-flooding. Erosion has also been a very large concern.
Supplemental Writing
Here are two supplemental writings that I found helpful in my research, and that helped to clarify the importance of the Yellow River;
How it Affects us Today
The early civilizations of the Yellow River had to deal with the devestating effects of the Yellow River.
Through these effects, these civilizations grew in their design/architecture/building fields. Villages would move from the shoreline, more inland, but still keeping the Yellow River easily accesible. Also, some of the first levies were used on this river, a modern marvel. This river also brought things such as power, nutrients, and building materials to these civilizations. The river was even used as a weapon against the Japanese(water warfare) through the removal of specific levies.
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