campus walk : 03 february 2012

as we considered circles + axes from class this week, we took to the walks of campus to observe them in our everyday environment. lane ellison's funky photo shows us as we conclude the field session in the undercroft of the music building. just as he looked through his lens, we looked around and recorded our thoughts. in sum: rome is still very much with us.

buildings of rome featured in smithsonian magazine

[image from smithsonian magazine]

thanks to TOMMY LAMBETH, who passed this article along to me, we see history has relevance in the current age. SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE poses the query about the long-lasting power of roman buildings in this feature story...(it's about concrete).

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Secrets-of-Ancient-Romes-Buildings.html?utm_source=smithsonianinsider&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201112-insider

greece in the headlines for more than its debt

[image from nytimes]

someone slipped this news article under my office door in a VERY timely fashion. we JUST talked about the acropolis last week and this article indicates a way for architecture and design (in this instance, the acropolis) to make money for the country.

read more about it....

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/world/europe/debt-ridden-greece-turns-to-sacred-sites-for-cash.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=debt-ridden%20greece%20hopes%20ancient%20sites&st=cse

making history active

at the end of the second week of school.....and under the leadership of their teaching assistants...students in my history and theory class hit the streets to MAKE HISTORY ACTIVE. today, students searched for circles, groves, and stacks as basic design elements using the buildings on our campus.