Field Trip Questions

Field Trip Questions

What is the most distinguishing feature in each place?

            Heavener Hall: Some distinguishing features in this building were the intention of space either public such as classrooms and common areas or private space for individual studying. This building had many windows for natural light. The classrooms and study areas were all well equipped with electronics for presentations.

            Bambooville: The most distinguishing feature in this place was the lack of human interaction. Every so often there would be a person there because they were using a shortcut to another place. There are many trails in the area both paved and natural. Large trees occupied the area as well as snappish moss. 

What is the purpose or goal of each place?

            HH: The goal of this place is to allow business students a place to study as well as being taught in the classrooms. There are many spaces for students to study in with out being crowded.

            BV: The purpose of this place is to serve as a scenic trail on campus. It is once of the handfuls of land that eh university has kept natural and undisturbed as a part of a small conservation plan.

What is the essential quality of each place?

            HH: The essential quality of this space is very open and technologically advanced. This space is meant to be filled with students to study and learn.

            BV: The quality of nature’s pureness arises in this area where the purpose of keeping the land natural is a way to acknowledge the coexistence of buildings and forests.

How do people react to each place?

            HH: The people in this place find a spot in the common lounge or study rooms to focus on their work. There is not much interaction with the building as a whole.

            BV: People are walking through this space and notice the nature that surrounds them. There is extra attention placed on witnessing the living creatures in the forest like area. In Bambooville people are more aware of what is around them.

How do you explain/compare/contrast 2 places in terms of physical and psychological quality?

            Phsyical: Both places had the use of natural light. HH had many windows for this fact and BV had openness of the not to dense foliage. Both areas had wide spaces or clearings. HH was equipped with chairs, desks, and rooms to hold many people coming in and out of the building to stay and study. BV was an open space with few picnic tables for people to stay in it. The trail was language for people to pass through rather than stay in this area.

            Psychology: HH has more of a direct feel that people should be in the building occupying the space. BV isn’t in a place readily accessible to people to stumble upon and feels that it is a secret place where it is only accessible to those who have been there before with a friend. There is little to no litter on the ground and looks like it is meant to be a pure place uninterrupted my people. HH is a place where people can spend long amounts of time in the common area studying; there are separate study rooms, couches, vending machines and even a restaurant inside.

What is your definition of “natural place” and “unnatural place”? 

            A natural place to me is an area that has heavy elements of nature or embraces these natural characteristics. These are places such as woods, forests, campsites, and trails.

An unnatural place is an absence or concealing of the environmental characters of trees, light, plants, dirt, and outside weather.  These places can be buildings, computer rooms, and indoor common areas.

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