BP 2 Ten Ideas on UNCG

Ten Ideas on UNCG

A picture showing the outline of UNCG and how we used the space provided to space out and build things in places.

Space- Space is applied to UNCG in my opinion by how we use area that is designated to building the school on.  We have only a certain amount of space that we can build on and I think it is applied to how we manage our space to create more space so things are not crowded. Space is also generated by how we obtain areas spaced out for certain activities, the sports fields and social areas for example.

Power- Power is applied to UNCG by showing that our school is a place that really can make an impact on students. The entrance to UNCG with the big brick walls on both sides and trees along the roads leading you show the school is a powerful environment to learn in. Power is also shown with the neo classical buildings we have with steps to go up to the building with columns to show it has a masculine powerful structure and importance.

Experience- Experience is shown with our numerous memorabilia’s around campus. Showing that we have been here for many, many years and showing where we have came from to the place that we are today. The plaques and statues around show that we have the experience of being an educating institution.  Back then our dorms were made out of the materials that they had then. Our dorms now still show that a little but renovated to the show the experience of today’s world and the materials we have now.

Beliefs- Belief is shown through our school because of what it is. It is a place to educate. The believe that people should be educated is shown in every building on campus. We also have places of worship either on the campus or right outside of the campus to show that we do believe in a god or some kind of supernatural that has a meaning to us.

Surface- Surface is shown through everything on campus. The ground we walk and build on. The texture of buildings, walk ways, and places we sit for class. Surface is shown just by looking at UNCG. The entire place is a surface. Everything on campus has its own unique surface in a way to show what kind of place it is. Education buildings have more elegance to them than the place we live in or eat in.

Technology- UNCG represents technology with the illusions of columns we have.  The EUC shows this well on the front looking like a hangover in front of the doors when really they are columns. Technology also shows with how we build and design the buildings. Today’s technology can amount to different styles and additions to buildings that people back in older years didn’t have the advantage of using to carve or design certain things.

Site- Site is expressed through the space on which areas of buildings are on. The site on how it sits is important. The taller dorms show site well because the site where they were built have many trees and is founded on ditch, giving the need to build them vertically. This go’s for all buildings. They are built by what site they are given and the terrain.

Order- Order is shown with how we organized our buildings. The order of campus is by major. It goes from art area to communication areas to nursing to science. There is an order of where to have things to benefit other buildings. Science and nursing go together and to build that close is an order to help relate to things together. Living is in an order by upper classmen to underclassmen. Also to sports needing areas with more room and going to smaller areas for sports that don’t need as much room. Order is shown through many aspects on how our campus is set up.  

Scale- Scale is shown by how our buildings are to scale. They are built to hold many people for a place meant for many people. The EUC is a main place for people in campus so it is built to scale to obtain more people to be in there at one time. The art museum is built to scale to hold art that may have size but not to hold many people because of the fact that many people at one time will not be in this building.



A Diagram (Blueprint) to show how things are managed and built to show how much room for each place needed.



Precedent- Is related to UNCG by the way the campus was built and designed the way it was. It was to me designed to have a intellectual elegant design to show that education is important and a good place to spend alot of time at to learn and become more intellectual. UNCG was put up the way it was to promote learning in a positive way by how the buildings are designed. They are nice and taken care of.