Test 2
Urban Spaces People Places
This test is open book and has no
time limit (but it should not take longer than two hours to complete).
Please type your answers, and either e-mail a file (in Word format or text
format) to me (tony@mnsu.edu), or hand in a
paper copy to the office. You are
encouraged to respond graphically as well as verbally to the questions (in
which case, you might want to submit a hard-copy response).
- Describe
a “Third Place” of
your choice. Be sure to describe
how it meets the 8 elements that create the character of a third place.
- Design
a media campaign to counter the
negative symbolism of a place like
- Janesville
- Minnetonka
- Minneapolis
- Design
a media campaign to build on the
positive symbolism of a place like
- Janesville
- Minnetonka
- Minneapolis
- Describe
a place which captures the “blue haze.”
(Make sure to identify the 4 key elements)
- “Make
a place” for somewhere in downtown Mankato. Pay attention both to the elements you
will include and the process by which you will achieve it.
- Describe
the “quality” of good design.
- Develop
a pattern piece for a pattern language.
Be sure to include the 4 elements and make sure it passes the 3
tests.
- Apply
the “K-21” test to a pair of behavior settings, and determine whether or
not the two settings are independent.
- Completely
describe a behavior setting, covering the 4 major elements.
- Suppose
the campus institutes a “1% for the Arts” program, and that we get funding
for the $54 million Trafton
renovation/rebuilding project.
Either
- Develop
the criteria and intended outcomes for using the funds, or
- Design
a project that would use these funds