Final+Project

**FINAL PROJECT**

 In this final project of English 3 I described the use of color, light, texture, acoustic, rhythm, circulation, space and scale in different buildings of the “Universidad Central de Venezuela” and how these aspects make the Venezuela architecture unique.

In the U.C.V. the presence of color is very strong, each faculty is painted in a different color; this permitted you recognize the different use of your surroundings, for example the Architecture and Urbanism’s faculty is painted in blue and the engineer faculty is painted in yellow.

For other hand, the light on the university is an element that is present in its basic forms: the classrooms are illuminated with a general light accomplish with natural light, and also you can enjoy of accent lights’ game in the “Aula Magna”. Talking about the Aula Magna; is important to mention its acoustic characteristic, the Aula Magna is an auditorium where you can enjoy of a theater play or a concert; this place has an incredible acoustic thanks to structures that hang of the roof called: floating clouds.

 The Aula Magna is considered a piece of art that integrates in conjunction with other forms of artistic expression the environment of the University City. In this course I learned that textures can be felt by touch, seen by the eye, and also it can be used to create the illusion of space. In the U.C.V are many pieces of arts: are murals, stained glass, sculptures, paintings, etc. In “Plaza Cubierta” you can see a mural made of ceramic, cement and other materials; this mural has a form and colors than create a optical illusion of high motion sequence.

  In relation with the circulation, the interaction of one place with another defi  ned a horizontal circulation by covered pedestriannetwork of passagesthat are distributedthroughoutthe university. And in relation with the vertical circulation each building has stairs where the people movesto begintheir routine, also other form of vertical circulation in the university is defined by elevators, but this element is only in the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, the Library and the Hospital. These three buildings has the largest vertical circulation in the Campus and also are the central points of the design of the university, they are the elements that act asscalemeters to the other buildings. Moreover, these three buildings create a rhythm pattern; they constitute a descending progression starting from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, then  the Library and lastly the Hospital.

 In conclusion I can say that I described the elements worked in this course in form very reduced in this amazing culturalpatrimony. “ ** What makes Venezuela unique from an architectural perspective **** ?” ** well reflecting in this question I think in the U.C.V; because the design of Villanueva made of this university a cultural patrimony of the humanity. This university has so many elements that make it unique; in fact, in the eighties the Aula Magna was ranked a s one of the five rooms with better acoustics in the world.

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