Mock, Blog Post #2, IAR 221

Circle:

This is the Music Building at UNCG. The music building uses circles as many features of the building. The most common is the circular entrance way that you can see from College Avenue and down the bridge. It draws the viewer into the building and also helps create the separation of spaces. The bridge also incorporates half circles, as well as a circular water fountain.

A grove (group) of trees is also incorporated into the building. The group of trees helps draw the eye down to the building and also helps relate the building back into the natural environment.

Groups/Groves:

Front of Weatherspoon

The Weatherspoon Building has bold columns at the front of the building. The group of columns on the side of the building help to lead up to the vocal point of the three columns on the front. The don't seem to serve any function and they are also recessed into the building, hiding the circular window. These groups of columns are bold and modern style. They are vertical reaching, but seem to reach into nowhere and just stop with no connections.

Stacks/Mountains:

Stacks serve as a way to build up to the structure. At the Alumni House, the stairs create a mountainous structure to lead up the the symmetry of the building and also the columns. The stairs are wider and the bottom and become narrow at the top, this creates a the illusion that it is further away and taller than it actually is. The stair case also leads the eye up to the half circle above the door.





Environment Impacts Ritual
The environment impacts people and they way they go about their daily lives. Circles are all around in nature. The stars, sun, moon, and earth are circular. These things are thought to be sacred throughout time and different cultures and are often represented in buildings and sacred spots.

In the natural world, most objects are found in groups, such as: trees, people, plants, etc. Groups are represented throughout architecture to draw the eye in.

Stacks are represented in nature through mountains, hills, mounds, etc. These have influenced people's sacred spots, the lifting of an objects shows the importance of the object on top.