Design Elements

Proxima Project Blog 2

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Part 1 (Kevin Lynch’s “image of a city”): 

i.) Middle of Woody Hayes Drive (By the Shoe)

This path runs on the North side of campus and provides a way to access major landmarks such as “the Shoe” and our very own Knowlton School.

ii. Lincoln and Morrill Towers

The towers provide a sense of an “edge” as that is the farthest west most undergraduate students travel during their time at OSU.

iii. The Shoe Area

The area around the shoe is a perfect example of a district as this area is home to St. John’s Arena, The Schottenstein Center, and of course, The Shoe.

iv. The Union

The Union makes the perfect node as it is the center of student affairs on campus. Everyone knows where the Union is, and can use it as a point of direction.

v. Thompson Statue

The statue of Thompson serves as a landmark as it is a clear way to tell you are in the oval, or more specifically, the Thompson Library.

Part 2 (emotions):

i. Stress

This roadway serves as a sign of stress as traffic can sometimes be unbearable. Not only that, but some drivers cannot drive, and this causes for stressful experiences.

ii. Pride

This Brutus statue housed inside the Union gives students and tourists a sense of school, and state, pride. When you get your picture with this Brutus, you know you have officially been to campus.

iii. Curiosity

The many paths of the Main (and south) ovals that seem to be scattered and thrown together help ensure that students can make their classes on time. But where exactly does every path go? How do you know you are on the fastest one? Is there a straight shot from Point A to Point B? Some of these questions remain unanswered.

iv. Amazement

We believe that bridges are cool. This includes these indoor “Sky walk” bridges too. You do not see these skywalks often, especially not ones made out of scarlet glass.

 

v. Happiness

Mandy, as well as a lot of students here, can associate at least one happy memory with the Blackwell Hotel on North Campus. A lot of students stay here during orientation, and a lot of family members stay here during visits or commencement.

Reimagined Blog Post 2

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Team Reimagined

Sean Deeter, Garrison Glover, Hayden Murphy

As a group we took a picture of the Shoe because not only is it a major part of campus, but it also brings so many emotions to everyone on campus. The emotion we said we feel the most when seeing or talking about the shoe is pride. Pride in our university and pride in being a student at The Ohio State University.

As a group we took a picture of Knowlton Hall because it also gives us a certain type of emotion. Knowlton is a very different building compared to other buildings on campus. We agreed that looking at Knowlton gives us a feeling of curiosity because of how different it is. It might also have something to do with all of us majoring in planning, architecture, or real estate and having a passion for unique architecture/buildings and wondering how there used.

As a group we took a picture of the clock tower because it’s an important landmark on campus. When giving someone directions on north campus we always use the clock tower to guide them to different locations because everyone knows where the clock tower is.

As a group we took a picture of where the oval meets Thompson library because it is an example of an edge. The oval is a place where people walk, study, hangout and where different events happen but overall it’s an open space with no buildings. The edge where the oval meets Thompson library is an example of an edge because it goes from open space to buildings and streets.

We took a picture of the construction near Target on High Street because it gives us a feeling of wonder. We wonder what is going to be built there, how it will incorporate students and if it will make our quality of life better. We wonder how it’s going to use the intersection that splits the two patches of land. It could be a wonderful new area that students could take advantage of, and it’s in a great area across from the Wexner Center.

We also took a picture of the towers, Lincoln and Morrill, because they represent a good node for the university. People go to and from the towers, not just because it is a dorm for students, but because they are a standpoint for the university as a whole. They are great to use for directions and are the center of attention as they stand tall next to the Shoe. Lincoln is also about to open up a new esports area to attract even more people.

We took a picture of the McDonalds as it invokes a few different emotions with recent events. Especially with the American flag also in the picture. With the recent shooting there is a feeling of sadness and anxiety. No one wants to remember those horrible events, but they will stick with everyone affected forever. But there is also a great feeling of hope. Hope that those events will not happen again, hope that those affected can move past it and not have it drag on their life. The American flag is the physical embodiment of hope and it flies in the perfect spot to show people hope after that sad event.

For this piece our group chose Interest as one of our emotions for this picture of where the Ohio Field used to stand. It interests us as a group that an old landmark, and the people who played there, had a long lasting and powerful impact on not only Ohio State Football, but the expansion of the University itself.

For this picture of the Mendoza House, our group chose Curiosity as one of our emotions towards this dormitory. As more student dormitories get made throughout the years and are more up to date with more appliances, it makes us wonder what the living conditions were for people living in them decades ago and how people living in them currently are affected.

We chose path for one of the sidewalk paths of the The Oval. The Oval is a great way of navigating all sides of campus, with it being the heart of the university, and uses sidewalks as spaces for students to walk or ride their scooters, bikes, etc to either side their trying to go to.