Blog post 6

Looking at the two cathedrals Cologne and Amiens I instantly noticed differences between the two cathedrals.  The exterior statues had more detail on cologne than at Amiens, along with the flying buttresses having a massive amount of more detail.  Following the same overall design and build the cathedrals both have distinctions about them that make them indistinct.  The cathedral at Cologne has two towers that scrap the sky with its black peaks.  The cathedral at Amiens with its two bell towers and over arching front that dominates the terrain like a gigantic oak towering above a field of grass.  Buildings are indeed a map, a map to heaven with their lofty design and large open halls that carry sound ever so easily. 

Reading Response 6

Value Scale Composition

This is the value scale study its almost as bad as Architectural lettering!

blog post 5

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Harmony holds you
Rhythm beating between us
Loving unity

Reading response #5

Reading Response Feb. 7th

Blog Post 3

During our adventure on Friday I felt that the moment at which I felt held the greatest commodity, firmness, and delight was at the "not stupid circle" on College avenue.  The circle made of laid bricks centered in the concrete drive marked clearly the four pillars of our university, the library, Curry, the music building, and the Stone building.  This point seems to me to be the best use of the environment using the already laid out landscape of the university, during which standing at this point I felt a feeling of belonging a sense of unity amongst all those who had traveled through that point.  The brick of the buildings newly added and the stone of old melded together to form this beauty that is indescribable through words.