Assignment #5

Anamarie Perez

May 3, 2020

Spring 2020

Assignment #5

The Pantheon is a Roman temple that was built from 118-28CE. The Pantheon is most known for one of the most influential works in the Western architectural history. This temple was constructed in the reign of the emperor Hadrian. The entrance of the Pantheon consists of an enormous portico and twenty Corinthian columns. The portico is connected to the circular cella. The Pantheon was converted to Christian use. When standing in the middle of the cylindrical cella, the dome looks massive compared to the actual measurement. The interior part of the Pantheon is just a wide spatial area, where the dome outlines the exterior. There are many coffered squares on the interior part of the dome and there is a open circle in the middle of the dome so light can shine in the Pantheon. Overall, the Pantheon is structure that has influenced many other buildings.

The Hagia Sophia is one of the greatest masterpieces of the Byzantine architecture. The Hagia Sophia was built at Constantinople in Turkey from 532-537CE. The Hagia Sophia is a basilica with a central dome and semidomes at the front and rear of the building. In the interior of the Hagia Sophia, there is a linear space. There are two aisles on sides of the building and in the middle is a rectangular space. The central dome has a diameter of 107 feet, and it is supported on pendentives. The light shining in the Hagia Sophia comes from the many windows created at many levels. These windows created at many levels are set between the dome’s ribs and create an illusion of the dome being unsupported. The architects of this buildings designed the Hagia Sophia so it would rival the Pantheon. To conclude everything, the Hagia Sophia is similar to the Pantheon but they have their differences.

Assignment #4

Anamarie Perez

March 9, 2020

Spring 2020

Assignment #4

El Morro Castle was built in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This Castle is very durable. The construction of this castle started in 1539 and while the construction of this castle was going on, it was getting attacked by their enemies. El Morro still stands today and is completed. El Morro is now a museum for tourist to go visit. El Morro was very useful. This was used for battling against their enemies. In El Morro, they have the cannons and the tools that were used in the war when entering. In some peoples’ eyes, El Morro is considered a beautiful building with history behind it. There are over 2 million tourists that visit El Morro.

Looking at Ching’s organization system, El Morro is more like the Centralized Organization There is a outer shape and then the inner shape which looks like it centered in the middle. The inner shape of El Morro is a bit different than the outer shape.

Assignment #3

Anamarie Perez

March 8, 2020

Spring 2020

Assignment #3

5 things learned from the tutorials:

I learned how to:

  • make my search more specific
  • cite websites, book, magazines, and articles
  • cite references in the APA and MLA format
  • choose the right database
  • find the right book based on my research

Based on the “How Do I…?” I learned how to access off-campus database. I was a bit confused on how to do it, but reading the steps really helped.

Assignment #2

Anamarie Perez

March 2,2020

Spring 2020

Assignment #2

  • Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico 
  •   Name of building: El Morro Castle
  • Date of the building: 1539, 16th Century 
  • Designer/builder: Juan de Tejada and Juan Bautista Antonelli
  •  Citations:
    • MARI, VIRGINIA PENNOCK. “REPORT FROM PUERTO RICO.” Landscape Architecture, vol. 52, no. 4, 1962, pp. 253–253. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44664950. Accessed 10 Mar. 2020.
    • Hamilton, John. Puerto Rico. 2016.
    • Urban, Florian. “La Perla – 100 Years of Informal Architecture in San Juan, Puerto Rico.” Planning Perspectives, vol. 30, no. 4, Oct. 2015, pp. 495–536. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/02665433.2014.1003247