100th Post

This marks my 100th post! WOO. On to architecture. This is a look at the bridge that reaches from the mass of the building to the Cut. This is a nice light connection to the main portion of campus. During the lecture, Mack Scoggin, repeatedly discussed how the campus architect, Hornbostel, foreshortened the rotunda on the main building at CMU. Bridging this gap with a pedestrian walkway is a great way to have the building be included on campus, but is a bit exclusionist. The bridge is dynamic with colors and railing, very alien to the remainder of the architecture on campus. To the left is the Cut, to the right is the new building, downhill towards Forbes Avenue. The bridge can be lost in the clutter of trees and other buildings, after the plantings reach maturity, this might be a more unique and highlighted, nearly floating piece of the campus. For the most part, we as architects design a procession to the house, but the extravagance of the bridge is a unique and I believe the most inspired portion of this design.