Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The building site


On December 9th we went to the site where our museums and memorials would be "built." We surveyed the land and the vegetation around it to get ideas for how our buildings should be built. The site in regards to a museum is small. Museums are normally large, but the museum that will be built on this lot will be a smaller kind, more of an independent museum. I chose the image on the right because it shows some of the area the site is in. It's in a residential sort of community...So it has to fit in with the area and the buildings around it. It has to be appealing to the eye. I would keep the trees and plant more so it will add to the vegetation in the area, and look like a good environment to be in.

The image on the left shows that the museum will also be situated in a high school zone. I believe the museum should fit in culturally with what is around it...It should reflect new ideas but also the old. The church focuses more on the past, while the high school is always looking toward new things and ways to teach and provide education. The museum itself should join together new and old so it can be unique.

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