ArcGIS Mapping Harford Community College

My HCC Map

When I looked at my map I noticed that some of my quotes and justifications are cut off.
In order of how the buildings were mapped:

1. “There is not a bulb in sight, but let into the ceiling and actually part of it…”
http://www.flwright.org/researchandexplore/furnitureanddecorativearts
When entering Chesapeake, a hallway adjacent to the entrance is illuminated with receding lights. Wright utilized fluorescent lighting to enhance natural light. His innovative designs even included new concepts to interior lighting.  Prior to Wright, receding lights had not been used-- bulbs and fixtures were exposed. Wright designed the lighting as a part of the ceiling, not separate or jutting out.

2. "The dominant horizontality of Prairie style construction echoes the wide, flat, tree-less expanses of the mid-Western United States. Frank Lloyd Wright, the most famous proponent of the style, promoted an idea of "organic architecture"."
http://www.prairieschoolarchitecture.com/frank-lloyd-wright/ 
Wright’s Organic Architecture perceived the building as a part of the land, not a separate entity. His Prairie style design mimicked the flat land horizon. Chesapeake Hall goes with the flat horizontal line of the land. This extends the natural lines, but does not alter it.

3. "Interior space is not packed in boxes called rooms; rather, space should flow freely from interior area to interior area."
http://www.flwright.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Wright-Organic-Architecture.pdf                                                                             When entering Chesapeake Hall, it is an open, well-lit foyer. The shape of the foyer is five sided with doorways that blend with the walls leading to offices or event halls. The design of the building funnels you down the corridor to the buildings offices. The design is open, and without sharp turns or double door hallways.

4."Human use and comfort should have intimate possession of every interior—should be felt in every exterior.”
http://www.flwright.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Wright-Organic-Architecture.pdf  
Wright focused on the functionality of his design in both the interior and exterior. The area located outside Chesapeake Hall was utilized as a patio seating area. The patio is lined with garden beds and trees. Being one with nature is the main concept of Wright’s Organic Architecture. This patio encourages students to take a moment outdoors and connect with nature.

5."The building grows out of the landscape as naturally as any plant; its relationship to the site is so unique that it would be out of place elsewhere." http://www.flwright.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Wright-Organic-Architecture.pdf
Organic Architecture shapes the design to the land. Wright’s Prairie style mimicked the flat horizon lines of the mid-West. Chesapeake Hall contains an overhang that moves with the horizontal land in the front of the building and flows down the side of the building contouring to the earth. The roof maintains the level horizon line around the entire building and the base goes with rise and fall of the land. If Chesapeake Hall was placed anywhere else on campus with the same design, it would not contour to the earth the way it does here.

6."Prairie School buildings generally have a massive quality, as if rooted to the earth." http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/ed_aa_styles4.html 
Wright’s Prairie style and his Organic Architecture designs focus on harmony between the land and the buildings design. The horizontal rooflines and the way the building contours to the ground makes it appears to have grown from the land. Darlington Hall is an example of this. It flows with the HCC landscape and even though it was built in recent years, it has the feel as if it has always been there.

7."…the pure expression of materials, without unnecessary ornamentation, was the dominant design feature."
http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/ed_aa_styles4.html 
Wright’s design focused on the materials utilized. The panels on the corner of Darlington Hall are an example of this. The various gray panels are strategically placed, creating an abstract art. With this design no ornamentation is needed. The architectural design in itself becomes the feature of attraction.

8."Wright’s interiors were further enriched by his innovative use of lighting." http://flwright.org/researchandexplore/furnitureanddecorativearts 
Wright’s lighting is a decorative functional component of his designs. In one of his designs he enclosed the lights with rice paper. Throughout Darlington Hall this design is evident. The use of large glass windows to enhance the receding luminescent light fixtures with natural light is also a part of Darlington’s lighting. Wright’s lighting designs are still modern a century later.

9."Wright’s light screens illuminated his interiors with natural light, touched by the autumnal dashes of his color palette and animated by his exquisite visual geometries." http://flwright.org/researchexplore/franklloydwrightleadedglass 
A beautiful feature of Wright’s Prairie style was the stained glass light screens. The upper floor offices of Darlington Hall have stained glass fixtures in the doors. His glass designs focused on the unique geometry of each building. The same geometry of the building was to be represented in the stained glass light screens. Darlington’s light screens are more ornamental than representative of the geometry of the building. However, they are an uplifting feature to have in any office.

10. "Wright’s early oak furnishings, characterized by straight lines and rectilinear forms, are designed with the traditional Arts and Crafts preference for solidity and simplicity." http://flwright.org/researchandexplore/furnitureanddecorativearts
Wright started designing furniture in the early 1890s. The furniture is aesthetic and functional. Each of his designs tied into to the design of the home or building and its function. Throughout Darlington Hall seating is provided in various creative ways. All of the furniture in Darlington designs follows the straight lines and rectilinear forms of Wright’s oak furnishing designs, but with the use of modern materials and serves the function of the students and staff.

11."Prairie School style architecture is usually marked by its integration with the surrounding landscape, horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad eaves, windows assembled in horizontal bands, solid construction, craftsmanship, and restraint in the use of decoration." http://www.prairieschoolarchitecture.com/frank-lloyd-wright/ 
Edgewood Hall is the first building you see when entering HCC campus. The building contours the natural landscape and contains only horizontal and angled lines. The cantilevered roofs with eaves surrounds the building. The Hall’s windows maintain the horizontal and geometric lines. The design of Edgewood Hall is representative of Wright’s innovative architectural creations.

12. “He was one of the first architects to design and supply custom-made, purpose-built furniture that functioned as integrated parts of the whole design.”
http://www.prairieschoolarchitecture.com/frank-lloyd-wright/
Wright’s functional furniture design is seen throughout HCC campus. When entering Edgewood Hall an open atrium ceiling and octagonal walls surround a centered oak octagon seat. The octagon encases a small garden. Bordering the room are more oak tables and chairs. The design of this room functions as a sitting, eating, and garden area for staff and students.

13. "Interior walls were suppressed or minimized to emphasize openness." http://www.hopkinsandcompany.com/Books/Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright.htm 
 Wright focused on community and gathering spaces in his designs. Inside Edgewood Hall the lecture hall has raised atrium ceilings. The ceiling contains Wright’s design for receding light fixtures and the use of natural light. Angled walls are used to create more space. The lecture hall and lobby of this building together create an open gathering place for HCC events.

14. "With the Prairie School style in particular, there was intent to have architecture fit more into the rhythm of the surrounding natural landscape." http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/ed_aa_styles4.html 
Harford County’s countryside is hilly with many rises, falls, and flat portions. Edgewood Hall’s design meets Wright’s Prairie style intentions of fitting into the natural landscape. The lot the Hall is built on is flat horizontal land and slightly slopes in the direction of Fallston Hall. This building follows flow of HCC’s land. And each building thereafter continues the flow of the landscape.

15. "The way a building comes together, how one material joins another; the very form of the building should be an expression of the nature of the materials used." http://www.flwright.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Wright-Organic-Architecture.pdf 
Wright’s architecture utilized materials that express the artistic qualities of his designs. The materials used to build Edgewood Hall demonstrate this. Variations of different color bricks are used to create bold horizontal lines around the building. The building has cantilevered roofs that meet at different angles, adding additional elements to the horizontal and vertical design. The glass windows mirror this design as well.

16.  "Incorporating furniture, lighting, and decorative arts into the structure of his buildings enabled Wright to achieve a harmonious and unified interior." http://flwright.org/researchandexplore/furnitureanddecorativearts 
Wright designed every detail of his buildings down to the decorations, lighting, and furniture. Total control of a design creates a unified interior and exterior. The design for Aberdeen Hall uses the same unified concept. The decorations throughout the hall are slotted stained horizontal slats with receding bulletin boards. The lighting throughout the Hall is a mixture of receding lights and long tubular fluorescent lighting. Throughout the hall, furniture is built in for eating and sitting areas for the students and staff.

17. "Not all organic architecture has ornament, but when used, it is developed as an integral part of the material, not applied. Examples are patterns cast in concrete or carved in stone, leaded glass panels, and tile or glass mosaics."
http://www.flwright.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Wright-Organic-Architecture.pdf
Across HCC campus the use of Wright’s Organic Architecture aesthetically uses the building materials as ornamentation. Outside of Aberdeen Hall’s main entrance a blue mosaic fills in the space between the door and the surrounding walls. To the right of the tiles is all glass windows, the windows reflect the blue of the sky and blend naturally with the mosaic tiles. In comparison to the massive building it is a subtle but beautiful feature.

18. "Horizontal lines were intended to unify the structure with the native prairie landscape of the Midwest."
http://www.prairieschoolarchitecture.com 
Wright’s Prairie style was designed after the flat horizon lines of the mid-west. The Hall is covered in horizontal and vertical gray, wood, and glass panels, windows, and doors. The entire building has an abstract geometric appearance. The lot it was built on is hilly but even still his horizontal design is unified with the landscape.

19. "Wright fully embraced glass in his designs and found that it fit well into his philosophy of organic architecture."
http://www.prairieschoolarchitecture.com/frank-lloyd-wright/ 
Wright used long glass windows to utilize natural lighting as a feature of his designs. Aberdeen Hall contains Wright’s glass designs around every turn. Entire walls and hallways are designed with geometric glass panels and windows. The Hall’s connecting hallway and the three-story high stairwell are encased in all glass. Utilizing Wright’s glass design, provides students with a multi-perspective view of the campus.

20. "...Wright termed “Organic Architecture.” By this Wright meant that architecture should be suited to its environment and be a product of its place, purpose and time." http://flwright.org/researchexplore/prairiestyle
 Wright’s designs were intentional and functional. Each feature had it’s own purpose, but functioned holistically.  Aberdeen Hall has many built in sitting, eating, and work areas for the students. The Hall is L-shaped and has a connecting glass hallway equipped with a built in bench and a view of the courtyard area, adjacent buildings, and parking lots. Underneath the hallway through the middle of building a pathway was constructed for convenience and direct access to the heart of the campus.

Final: Digital Humanities Project

    In 1969 over 400,000 people gathered for a three day music festival located at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Woodstock, New York. The festival was intended to be a three day event with 50,000 people from August 15th to August 17th, but turned into a four day event with 400,000. Thousands of photos, videos were taken at The Woodstock Music & Art Fair. Countless perspectives, experiences, and moments were captured by the concert goers. Woodstock was an important moment in music history and part of the counterculture of the 1960s.

                                                      
     For my Digital Humanities project I would like to design website that provides an interactive tour of The Woodstock Music & Arts Fair. The tour would include photography, music, videos, documents, and personal accounts of the event. The project will also highlight different musicians that performed and their set lists. I would like to incorporate an interactive map that shows the layout of Yasgur's farm, stages, vendors, artists, campgrounds, and gatherings.
     The first step of this process would be to compile the websites content. Photography, video, documents, and personal accounts would need to be located and rights or permission to use the articles would need to be purchased or granted. A good place to start to gather photographs, videos, documents, and personal accounts is www.woodstockpreservation.org, a archive website dedicated to the preservation of Woodstock. Besides essays and external links on the site (permission from their respective owner would be needed), much of the website's content is under fair use. Another open source that would provide different types of archive photos,videos, music, documents, books, personal accounts, and internal and external links to additional Woodstock content is library.rockhall.com. This website is dedicated to archiving documents from important festivals in music history, it is also linked with worldcat.org a search engine that locates items in libraries near you.
     In order to accomplish this project a website would need to be designed to navigate through the different Woodstock experiences. Wix.com is a website building site that is free of charge for non-premium members. The site gives you access to an simple to use drag and drop editor, 500 MB of storage and customizable templates. It also breaks down the building process into a step by step guide.  
     Next, an interactive map needs to be designed for the website. Arcgis.com provides you with ready to use maps and templates and can be embedded into websites. Photos of the event would be added to the map and placed on the map in the location of where the photograph was taken. For example, any photos of the crowd would be placed in the field in front of the stage and photos of the musicians would be placed on the stage. I would also add additional maps that provide a visual of how massive the festival was. One that displays what the property looked like covered with the 50,000 people that the permit granted for the event versus the 400,000 people that attended the event.
     Finally, I would like this project to be left open for others to add and collaborate within the guidelines of this project.