a design walk around campus.

to take advantage of slowly approaching spring weather- as a studio we took a walk around campus to talk about the institutional buildings we have right in our backyard. since we do need to take into consideration the uncg campus guidelines within our group designs- it was nice to see it applied on the current uncg campus buildings.

our stops consisted of:

the HHRA building
music building
petty building
new science building

as we traveled along to each building- i began to sketch elements within each building that should/could be incorporated into our design. both the HHRA building + the music building had a similar design language in terms of a circular rotunda at the entrance then hallways breaking off from the center. these ideals reflect similar ideas that our groups has been discussing in regards to our central core + its interaction with the two side wings. we took special note of wayfinding both on the interior + the exterior of the building expressing both the positive + negative applications of each. clearly- wayfinding is a key tool when designing an institutional building and it was interesting to find that some of the buildings had poor or lack of signage within the building. there also was time spent discussing the regulations + codes that came along with circulation pathways [stairs, ramps, elevators].

overall- it was nice to take a break from studio and to get a chance to analyze the buildings we pass by everyday and be able to take the knowledge learned to apply it within our own individual designs.

lee street...here we come........