Monday, September 14, 2009

Great Examples | Assessing Value

Today in class we toured all around campus, focusing on five main areas: the Library, Peabody Park, The Bryan Building, MHRA, and The Gatewood Building. The students were to assess the value of these different places. Here are some excerpts from student's blogs...

[speaking of the MHRA] The wide array of purposes brings in a wide array of people, showing a new value of having different generations and scholars in one building.
-Katie Tester

An interesting thing about the quad is the trees on either side on each building and how they add to the effect of a community, but were planted there by a landscaper. That shows that maybe the campus/architect wanted to create specific values for that space.
The quad mostly houses upperclassmen and seems to have a sort of exclusivity because of that. I think that a lot of the sororities and fraternities are "housed" in this area. Walking along the pathways, you could see the decorations on the sidewalk with the symbols of sororities and fraternities. I think that the quad's values center on a community, togetherness, and unification through the symmetricality of the area.
-Caitlin Gault

There are many values portrayed through different buildings and areas on UNCG campus. one that interested me was the library tower. some of the values i see in the library tower are superiority, importance and a kind of landmark on the campus. its superiority comes with the fact that it stands higher than the other buildings on the campus. it is made of white stone material rather than the common brick. this makes the building stand out among the others in a way to give it superiority. the importance value tacks on to that because it shows that the building serves a special purpose, books. it is the place you can go when you need to do research or to study. the landmark value ties into the importance because it is viewable all around campus. just look for the tall white library tower and you know automatically where you are.
-Katie Walters

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