ISO Trad. Campus Architecture
sonn pamela
Hello!
I am looking for examples of traditional architecture on college and
university campuses - specifically non-European inspired structures.
Already identified are the campus-wide Bhutanese style of the University
of Texas at El Paso, and Akwe:kon, the Native American residential
program house at Cornell.
If you know of a campus building, or space (i.e. plaza), or even an addition,
modeled after traditional dwelling or settlement practices found
_outside_ of the Euro-centered mainstream, please let me know what and
where they are.
Thank you very much!
tomb...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins was originally a plantation, and some of the buildings here
appear to be modeled after slave quarters. At least it feels that way
some days.
Banziflor
> >I am looking for examples of traditional architecture on college and
> >university campuses - specifically non-European inspired structures.
> >
> >modeled after traditional dwelling or settlement practices found
> >_outside_ of the Euro-centered mainstream, please let me know what and
> >where they are.
Do jails count? From what I know, my residence hall is modeled after a
prision-- no idea whether or not it's non-Euro centered...
--
Mary Kate Komaransky
<if...@cleveland.freenet.edu>
"I believe in getting into hot water.
It keeps you clean." -G.K. Chesterton
Larry Klein
Well, you could look at Binghamton University (SUNY),...There is a
picture at http://www.binghamton.edu
Scott Burright
> > Do jails count? From what I know, my residence hall is modeled after a
> > Mary Kate Komaransky
> > <if...@cleveland.freenet.edu>
Funny you should mention. All our on-campus food service is contracted to
a corporation called Sodexho, who is the largest stockholder in the US's
biggest -- you guessed it -- private prison company. Hey, running a
residence hall probably isn't all that different from running a prison.
Scary.
But since the thread is about architecture, I should make a token effort
to stay on-topic. I don't know whether WSU's architecture is Western or
not, but it sure is an ugly mishmash of vaguely modern-looking boxes.
Looks like an office park by the freeway. Hey, it IS an office park by
the freeway.
Scott Burright
Wright State U.
Dayton, OH
Motto: Convenient to adjoining areas.
"Most of our future lies ahead."
-- Denny Crum, Louisville basketball coach
Stian Oksavik
In article <Pine.OSF.3.93.961108...@alpha.wright.edu>,
Scott Burright <sbur...@discover.wright.edu> wrote:
> > > Do jails count? From what I know, my residence hall is modeled after a
> > > prision....
>
> > > Mary Kate Komaransky
> > > <if...@cleveland.freenet.edu>
>
> Funny you should mention. All our on-campus food service is contracted to
> a corporation called Sodexho, who is the largest stockholder in the US's
> biggest -- you guessed it -- private prison company. Hey, running a
> residence hall probably isn't all that different from running a prison.
> Scary.
>
> But since the thread is about architecture, I should make a token effort
> to stay on-topic. I don't know whether WSU's architecture is Western or
> not, but it sure is an ugly mishmash of vaguely modern-looking boxes.
> Looks like an office park by the freeway. Hey, it IS an office park by
> the freeway.
Jester Center at UT Austin was allegedly designed by the same person that
designed Alcatraz. I live in Jester, I've been to Alcatraz, and I can
certainly believe it.
(And in anticipation of the inevitable question, no, I was not an inmate
at Alcatraz. It's just a tourist attraction now.)
-Stian
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