Forum: Project One in SL Date:
Prianka,
Your SL master plan is off to a great start! I immediately picked up on the
post modernism from the design of your building: integrating the cylinder into
the box. Great job fighting the floating box! I kind of disagree with Eric and
Emily though concerning the texture of your buildingl;
I don't know if you were planning on changing it, but I think it adds that
traditional aspect you argue in your paper.
Since your structure is unfinished, I won't critique it too much. Just remember
to make sure you integrate new and old, what you are arguing for.
Looks like it'll be great in the end!
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Law,
Your building is the ideal representation of "in with the new and in with
the old" with the postmodern style textured right onto the tower. It
symbolically represents holding onto UT's roots, while ushering in progression.
Also, not only did you figure out Thincbook, but you
innovatively took it to the next level so that we could actually read it.
I would suggest adding more campus elements either within the tower or around
it so that it doesn't look like a jail at first glance (the bar texture).
Innovative and well done.
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Liz, my
darling, you are quite the SL innovator! I'm sure you can teach a thing or 2 to
the SL creators...hehe. Your campus is coming along beautifully--and
that's what I love, is that it is actually a campus! Every building is so
unique and yet they are all so connected to your central theme. Your rhetoric
has translated into visual incredibly successfully and only complements your
paper. Now that the buildings are there, I would suggest making your campus
more united by adding pathways connecting the buildings, and just adding more
of the subtle details.
I can't compliment you enough on your secondlife
savoir-favoire!
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Rachel,
I love how you've created your campus plan in SL! The Greek revivial
is very obviously represented and yet not too overbearing at all. You have
actually created a campus that is bounded off and yet feels so open and
liberating within it. The fountain is very creatively done to give the effect
of flowing water.
I would suggest just adding more campus elements to make it less of a pagora and more of a campus.
Very creative overall!
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Mary,
Your project is so creatively artistic! It makes me think of Picasso's
work--very abstract, yet it makes sense. The collage of elements from your
campus is a very unique and efficient way of presenting master plan. The way
you integrated the Spanish style with more progressive architect's styles (Gaudi, etc.) successfully represents your paper. My
favorite part of your building is how you did the buildings with HRC texture.
I would just suggest making it more of a campus by adding either more buildings
or more subtle details around your single building.
Very imaginative!
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Emily,
Your project looks amazing! After reading your paper I wondered how you planned
on incorporating deconstructionism into SL, but you
most definitely represented Gehry's work
successfully. The actual building is very inviting in a curious way; in other words,
when you see it, you have to stop and look! Also, I love the fountain--could
you help me with mine??
However, I agree with Liz that perhaps you should consider having an inside to
your building. It would certainly give you more room to expand your idea and
show off your style even more. Also, maybe consider adding more campus
elements.
Very innovative and creative.
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Eric,
Well, I was definitely able to pick up on the style of your master plan
immediately, which is a good thing! Your integration of visual and rhetoric is
great, as the Spanish style of architecture is well represented by your second
life.
Perhaps you could add some objects or pictures within the building to create a
school building's atmosphere or even just for more pictures of Spanish style!
The work you put in is definitely noticeable!
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Megan,
Your building looks great! I immediately picked up on the Spanish flair with
incorporation on environmentally friendly elements. Your paper translates well
into visual by representing Spanish style with the overall building, but the
glass windows are a subtle way of staying eco-friendly.
I like the direction in which your project seems to be going. I would suggest
keeping up with you've already started: Spanish style overall with subtle
elements of to incorporate your ideas for staying environmentally friendly.
Maybe add some landscape architecture and specificities from your paper.
Looks great so far!
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Ashley,
You said that your project is incomplete, but so far it looks great! You've
really integrated Wright's eclectic style with landscape architecture quite
well. All of the elements in your SL project are very subtle add to the overall
feeling of it--Wright's style of integrating architecture into nature. My
favorite is the way you so creatively gave the effect of flowing water. Also,
the landscaping really exaggerates the environmental aspect that you discussed
in your paper. I would just suggest adding more to the actual building (which
I'm sure you're planning on doing) to create more of a campus and less of a
structure.
Very creative!
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Mauro,
Your campus is off to a great start! Not only is it unified, but your paper has
translated into visual beautifully. Each of your buildings are
very unique and represent each of your architectural styles quite successfully.
Your campus plan has so much potential that I am eager to see how it will turn
out!
I would just suggest adding more campus elements to make it less of a
collection of buildings and more of a univerisity
campus.
Incredibly innovative!
Forum: Project One in SL Date: Thu
Trevor,
Well, your building is by far one of the most eye-catching! The colors and shape
are very artistically appealing. The stark contrast to
everything around it make it stand out from its surrounding and harbor
an innovative atmosphere that might perhaps stimulate creative thinking on a
campus? It represents postmodernism quite successfully and has translated well
from your paper.
Although it is very aesthetically appealing, I'm not quite sure how you plan to
incorporate it into a university campus. Perhaps as you continue building you
should consider adding more campus elements. You may not even need photographs
as it looks like you're doing well with just shapes and textures to illustrate
postmodernism.
Innovative and artistic!
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Pallavi,
Your SL project is off to a great start. Your building successfully recreates a
Spanish style through the red roof and images. The images used as textures
incorporate the current master plan while also representing Spanish style.
I know that you are still in the preliminary building stages, but I do have a
couple suggestions. If you don;t
want to create numerous buildings then I would suggest adding campus elements
to really create a master plan. Also, I do agree with Eric and Emily that you
should seriously consider allowing visitors to go inside your building. The 3D
effect can translate the style in a way that 2D can't.
Looks good so far!
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Amanda,
I love the fact that your SL master plan is actually a campus. It creates such
a cohesive connectedness to all of your elements. Also, it seems like you're
going in the direction of making it a walking tour type of thing, which would
be really cool.
Since you're actually making a campus, I would suggest adding more to it.
Unlike many others, who made a singular building, you've chosen to actually
illustrate many aspects of your style. So, maybe you could either create more
buildings or roads or other subtle aspects to emphasive
the community feel.
I love feeling like I'm in a campus!
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Garrison,
Your SL building represents Spanish architecture Battle Hall your building is
the perfect illustration of the current campus and your patriotism to
I would suggest maybe adding more campus elements; you've successfully
displayed Spanish architecture, now make it into a campus. Also, make sure all
of your images within the building cohesively connect your architecture to your
paper. In other words, don't forget your plug for nature!
Great visual of the architecture you are arguing for.
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Brad,
I love your campus! When I first read your paper, it felt a little disjointed
and I wasn't sure I liked the format, but it translates absolutely beautifully
in the visual representation. It is so innovative, creative and unique. Each
level gives a very different feeling representing the different aspects within
the educational realm of a university. You definitely emphasized "what the
place teaches".
Now that you've shown the inside of a campus (metaphorically speaking), I would
suggest adding some sort of physical campus elements to fully illustrate the
holistic campus.
Unique and artistic!