Blog Post: Campus Circles + Axes

After walking around campus and viewing the many spaces around I think that the place where commodity, firmness, and delight are at their highest achievement is at the Elliot University Center.  As you enter this building you see a large circle creating the shape on the interior floor space and the ceiling above.  The next thing that I happened to notice was the wall enclosing the space.  The wall is made of dark and light colored wood and a cream colored material as well.  Each band of these materials and colors created a continuing pattern of circles that go all the way around the space, despite the intersecting elements.  There are windows in the space that create columns along the walls.  This is a space where almost everyone on campus probably travels through on a daily basis.  There are lines on the walkway outside coming from several directions that direct people where to go to enter the EUC.  After you exit this entrance space you see similar lines at the opening on the floor telling you to follow that path to go to your next destination.  You then see another large circle around the stairs, creating a boundary for that particular space as well.  It is a multifunctional place that serves many purposes to many students.  People go here to eat, shop, buy books, hang out, study, and to attend meetings, along with many other things.  I think that this space/moment that I selected does achieve this approach to design.  The EUC marks something of significance or value in my understanding of the campus and who we are as a university.  This is because it is a very central location on campus, much like the library.  It is a place that in a way connects all other places on campus together.  A place that each and every student can enjoy and take advantage of no matter how different they may be.