ARCH1121, HISTORY WORLD ARCH, SP2020

Homework 4

Homework 4 upload

Franklin Bravo             Assignment #4

ARCH 1121

Prof. Zagaroli

The Louvre is a museum of art and antiquities located in Paris, France. Although having gone through a lot of reconstruction and renovation, It is mostly comprised of cut stone. It is also a vast complex of pavilions and wings on four levels. With the Louvre pyramid made entirely out of glass and steel. The pyramid measures 116 feet wide and 70 feet high. With 95 tons of steel and 105 tons of aluminum used to support the structure.   The circulation of the museum seems a little confusing since the entrance is not made clear. The Louvre pyramid is utilized as a statement piece to attract, and capture the beauty and grandeur of the surrounding buildings. It is properly used to signify an entrance in an elegant way. And since it is composed of glass, lights are used to illuminate the pyramid to make it stand out and really emphasizes importance. The form and shape of the entrance is familiar as it has the same proportions as the pyramids of Giza. Its shape is also used as a reminder of their egyption collection inside the museum. So its form and shape are not only beautiful but functional as well. Looking closer at the pyramid, the glass is made of up smaller triangles and diamonds, almost making it seem like the pyramid is made out of cut jewels. The pyramids prominent organizational system in this case is more of a grid organization as it uses its formation of glass as a grid to create a bigger three dimensional figure. 

Vanessa Gallego             Assignment #4

ARCH 1121

Prof. Zagaroli

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín is the largest church in South America, it’s a neo-Romanesque style church. The circulation throughout the church can be made on either side of the church and in the middle. The Cathedral was built in the site of Plaza de Villanueva which was renamed Parque Bolivar after the land was donated to the city by Moore. The materials that were used to construct this church was adobe bricks 1,120,000 to be exact.Throughout the whole church there’s paintings and sculptures devoted to the Catholic religion also it has a small religious museum consisting of four rooms it reportedly includes about 40 paintings. The church has a total of 76 stained-glass windows that lets adequate amount of light. The organization that is more prominent is the linear and the grid organization because of the walls and the seating system. The Lines of the walls going horizontal and vertical all meet up to make a grid and linear organization system.

Vanessa Gallego             Assignment #3

ARCH 1121

Prof. Zagaroli

Finding Information on the internet:

• Is the information taken from a reliable source?
• Generate a list of keywords
• Decide what kind of information you’re looking for
• Is the information appropriate?
• Use the information to make a conclusion

Evaluating Information on the internet:

• Look for similarities between different sources
• Determine if the information is relevant to your project
• Is the information accurate/reliable
• Do background research on sources

Looking for an academic resource?

• There is another word for Academic resource like scholarly and peer-reviewed source
• Their sources found in an Academic resource where written by scholars or experts in the topic
• Academic resources are very specific with the information 
• Academic sources are found in Academic journals 
• Every Academic sources are peer-reviewed

Avoiding Plagiarism 

• Always cite your sources
• Include footnotes
• MLA style format is usually how you should organize citations 
• Don’t copy and paste 
• Try to paraphrase information gathered as much as possible 

How do I activate my ID?

• The students City Tech ID serves as your library card
• The card must be activated every semester by going to the Library’s Circulation Desk
• The Library account number is the 14 digit number in the ID
• The digit number can be used to access library services on and offsite

Vanessa Gallego             Assignment #2

ARCH 1121

Prof. Zagaroli

Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín

Location: Medellín, Colombia

Date of the building: 1917

Architect: Charles Émile Carré

Citations:

• Quantrill, Malcolm, and Frampton, Kenneth. Latin American Architecture : Six Voices. 1st ed., Texas A&M University Press, 2000.
• D., John Aristizabal, et al. “Vista De Charles Emile Carré (1863-1909.” Vista De Charles Emile Carré (1863-1909), Biblioteca Luis Angel Arrango Del Banco De La Republica, Colombia, 1993, publicaciones.banrepcultural.org/index.php/boletin_cultural/article/view/2067/2138.
• Jeff. “Catedral Basílica Metropolitana: Medellín’s Largest Church.” Medellin Guru, 28 Dec. 2018, medellinguru.com/catedral-basilica-metropolitana/.

Navdeep Kaur 

Arch 1121

Assignment 4

My building I chose was the Taj Mahal which was designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahouri. The first item I chose from the Firmitatis list was materials. According to https://whc.unesco.org, the Taj Mahal was created using sandstone and marble. The majority of the exterior is actually made out of marble “which they used elephants to transport it on”. The Taj Mahal also had some crystals that they got from other countries. The second item I chose was from the utilitatis list and it was cost. Emperor Shah Jahan had created this building for one of his wives, so he was pretty wealthy. That being said, this building is very expensive, you can probably imagine because even now real Marble is pretty expensive. According to reference.com it cost “32 crore rupees…in today’s currency is more than $200 million dollars.” Lastly from the venustatis list , I chose form/shape. The Taj Mahal is a very symmetrical building. The “base” is a square building then on top of it, it has a huge dome on top of it. Then in the center there is an Arch as a main entrance. Looking at CHing’s organizational systems, I would say it is a centralized organization. That is because there aren’t many buildings or structures near it at all. They are pretty far away and it is actually right near a bunch of trees and a river. 

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.