FINAL+PROJECT

=FINAL PROJECT =

Welcome to my english final project.

I made this project with Gabriela Egañez.

Here is the link to access to it in youtube.

Hope you like it!!

[|FINAL PROJECT 2010]



We are Gabriela Egañez and myself, Carla Garceran and for our final Project we will analize the different aspects teached during this course in a specific place of Caracas: The Covered Square located in the Universidad Central de Venezuela. first, we will start with color: COLOR In the covered square of the UCV we can observe a great variety of colors all connected by the structure of the place. We can appreciate first the context in which the project is located. It’s surrounded by other buildings of the university but the element that pops out the most is the green of the gardens around it. Because this is an open space it allows the green to penetrate and creates an amazing atmosphere for people to walk through. The square also has multiple mosaics and sculptures that brings an important cultural element to it. When people are walking through it the bright colors of the compositions such as yellow, blue, red, white and black captures your attention. They make you feel relaxed and they help to focus your attention into something else than just the stress that being in the university can cause to the students. These elements are in strategic spots so you can watch each of them equally. LIGHT Light plays a very important roll in the design of the square. We could observe that the ceilings aren’t all at the same level, they have different highs and they are placed juxtapose between them. This generates a beautiful effect: the light enters the gap and you can see various focuses of light. You can also appreciate that the sculptures and mosaics are located in the places where the light enters the most so you know that there is something important and captures your attention. The shadow is also important. The path that is the square is in general a place not only for passing by but a place for resting, studying, relaxing from the movement that’s constantly happening around it.

TEXTURE A variety of materials are combined in the space. We can distinguish the concrete with which were made the primary structure of the square (columns, ceiling..). this smooth surface contrasts with the mosaics and sculptures. the first ones are made of little pieces of ceramic of many colors and the second ones are mostly made with metal. also we can find depth walls creating an interesting game of light and shadows. finally, the garden adds a hole new texture to the place. ACOUSTICS Although the square doesn’t have a specific material related to the acoustics the place was designed so the noise wouldn’t concentrate in it (is an open space and it has enough high so the sound won’t bounce in it and return to the people). It is a connector among different areas of the university so it’s has a big flow of people walking through it. It can be a close space in which the sound accumulates. Also, we find a interesting sculpture, that is designed to generate sound when the wind passes through it, giving the place an acoustic dimension. RHYTHM <span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The rhythm presents itself in the sequence and continuity of the columns, the spots of culture (mosaics, sculptures). It’s important to say that the columns are marking the path for the people to walk through. And if you look to the floor you’ll notice that there are lines playing with the sequence of the ceilings also marking a path. <span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">CIRCULATION <span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The circulation is mostly horizontal because this is a place that connects diverse structures of the university but we can also distinguish that that connection in some points presents itself with the use of a ramp or stairs.

<span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">SCALE <span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The Square doesn’t have an uniform scale, it’s plays with different highs and relates diverse buildings so it is in constant change. But they all relate with humans. There isn’t any place where people feel uncomfortable because it’s a enormous high or the opposite, a place to little you feel your head is going to hit the ceiling.

<span style="color: #808080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;">All this elements, colors, textures, circulation, light, etcetera, come together to create a delightfull place, to stay, study, walk and expierence.