In this blog 13 I wanted to talk about a trip to Chicago I
took and the experience I got from this.
For Spring Break I took a trip to Chicago, IL to take some picture of
the site I chose for my Thesis project.
I have been in Chicago many of times before, however this time was the
first time I went to take pictures of my site. I was doing this to further understand the relationship
between the buildings and the surroundings to the site and as well as get a
sense of the human scale. I took
many of pictures of the buildings around the area, the river, the bridges, and
the site that I have been working on.
I continued through the city with
my dad who pointed out some buildings and talked about its history and the
architecture. As he pointed out
details of the architecture and we took pictures I saw a side of the city that
normally I would walk right by on my way to my destination. This gave me a deeper appreciation of
these buildings and other buildings that I would normally walk by. I used to always look up at buildings
and have a quick glance at them while I try to continue to reach my
destination, but taking the time to stop and take pictures brought out a new
level of appreciation of the building’s details.
From
this I learned a better understanding of how people interact with the
architecture that surrounds them.
That it’s difficult to understand the intricate details when you spend a
small amount of time near that building, but experiencing it every day brings
out more understand to those who live around the building. It’s nice to see a building stand out
from the surroundings, but also have the building that stood out to also give
more and new experiences each visit by.
If you enjoy seeing different
buildings and like to see other peoples perspectives you can check out ilookup.org
to see how some architects see buildings also.
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