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PROJECT 3 -- URBAN SPACEDescription and Analysis - your presentation should include both
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Is this topic (sub-topic) on the left primarily description or analysis?
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description = WHAT
> what do you see, what is there physically
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analysis = supported opinion or judgement, design concepts or principles, historical precedent or conventions
> how is it used
> what is the experience
> how do parts relate or interact
> what is significant & why
> is it beautiful & why (prindiples of composition)
> is it functional & what makes it work (or not)
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Below items are from the Project 3 assignment description:Indicate in this column "description" or "analysis"
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1. TOPIC 1. Describe the buildings:
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a. What do they look like?
Large Hall like buildings connected with a large space in the center for people to walk and admire the Alexander Column
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open space with a focal point.
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b. What are they made of?
Mostly Bricks and cement
travertine
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c. How do the buildings on the site work together (scale, material, color)? Or if you don’t think they do, why not?
The buildings are huge and the center is so open wich makes them look bigger
The focal point of the path is the basilica.. Scale allows each structure significance.
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d. OPTIONAL - other features of the buildings?
They have passages leading through them to the center of Alexander Column
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a. What is dominant, the building(s) or the space?Basilica
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b. Is there a hierarchy among the buildings?
yes; the placing of the buildings. The path guides the eyeline of the crowd towards the basilica
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c. Is there a physical - or spacial - center of the complex?
an obelisk; and fountain for gatheirng
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d. OPTIONAL - other considerations of how buildings contribute to the experience of the space?
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3. TOPIC 3. Describe how the public spaces are treated:
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a. Are they landscaped? If so, describe materials, objects and scale.
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b. Are there places for people to meet and sit?yea there are
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c. What are the people around there doing?
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d. Is the site mainly flat, or are there level changes and different experiences.
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d. OPTIONAL - other features of the public space?
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4. TOPIC 4. How is the infrastructure treated?
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a. Where do the cars go?
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b. Are the pedestrians separated from the cars?
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c. Where do the loading trucks go?
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d. Subway/Bus access?
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d. OPTIONAL - other infrastructure items?
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