Introduction
The Mary Gates Hall is a testament to modern architecture that incorporates or builds on the architecture design of picturesque drawings of prior architects. The research focuses on architectural design. The research zeroes in on the architectural design of Mary Gates Hall. The best of architecture incorporates the environmental influences for future generations to appreciate and understand the heritage of prior architectural designs.
Original Architectural design
Based on pictures1, the new architectural masterpiece is the metamorphosis of a former physics building. The Mary Gates Hall was named after Bill and Mary Gates donated $10 million to aid the students of diverse backgrounds as they learn the rudiments of their trade and crafts needed to succeed in life’s struggles after the students’ graduation. The Mary Gates Hall is an L-shaped building. Bill and Mary Gates donated money for the structural support of the University of Washington’s endeavor to mold the leaders of the United States’ future. The building faces the School’s library location. The exterior walls are the remaining skeletal structure of the former physics area. The historically designed walls are renovated with modern-day trusses. The same hall has new plaster sections that bring the ambiance of a gracious as well as spacious elegantly architecture interior study area space.
The architectural design of Mary Gates Hall persuasively entices the students to focus on their studies. The Mary Gates Hall was architecturally intended to present elegant interior designs for students eagerly pursuing their higher learning activities. The Hartman- Cox-inspired building had been designed to showcase relevant and valid exhibitions of priceless and meaningful art collections. The building’s architectural design is to ensure the centrality of a college education within the University of Washington. The centralization is geared towards ensuring the housing and centralization of the educational materials (books and other references) and students of the University of Washington. In addition, the Mary Gates Hall includes the dean’s office, the Gateway Center, the University Honors Program, the University of Washington dream project, and the Center for Experiential Learning, Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity.
Further, the Mary Gates Hall had won many prestigious architectural and other related awards for its influential contribution to the United States educational system. The Mary Gates Hall won The 2000 Masonry Institute of Washington Excellence in Masonry Design Awards. The same Mary Gates Hall also won the 2000 International Union of Bricklayer and Allied Craftworkers for being the best in the entire Region 9 area. In addition, the Mary Gates Hall won the Excellence in Masonry Design Honor Awards. The Mary Gates Hall also won the 2001 Architectural Woodwork (Excellence Award).
Modern Architectural Design
Mary Gates Hall (external View)
The picture above2 clearly shows that the building structure fits the architectural requirements of the discriminating students. Space and learning ambiance is instilled as only two of the ingredient requirements of construction. The above structure houses the excellently architectured (designed) rooms shown below.
The building is grounded on historical value3. The new building makeover is a renovation of the historical physics building of the historical past. The building relates to issues examined in class. The building excellently fits the physical condition needed to encourage the diversely populated students to prioritized learning a new or current academic lesson needed to catapult the students into the limelight after their graduation. The current Mary Gates Hall builds on the previously standing physics building by improving and enhancing the original building structure of the Mary Gates Hall. The process surely keeps the traditional American lifestyle or movement going by keeping the traditional structure of the former Physics building. Architectural history states that many architects prefer diverse building styles. The architects of the New Mary Gates Hall building state that they are holding on to the past as the architects incorporate the latest in information technology to make the building sight for sore eyes (beautifully crafted). The architectural design is similar to the designs discussed in the classroom – architectural design to fit the temperament, climate, historical, and other conditions of the community with the end in mind of offering the eager students a suitable place to study. Thus, this writer’s knowledge of architectural design and sentimental process helps the writer to appreciate the beauty of the physics building’s leveling up from its prior ordinary architectural design to its current award-winning architectural masterpiece to keep up with the times.
Conclusion
Based on the above discussion, the Mary Gates Hall is an architectural legacy to modern architecture that incorporates or builds on the successful architecture design of prior architects. The research focuses on architectural design. The research zeroes in on the architectural design of Mary Gates Hall. Indeed, the best of architecture incorporates the environmental factors for future generations to appreciate and comprehend the heritage of prior architectural achievements.
References
No author, Mary Gates Hall. Web.
Footnotes
- www.washington.edu
- www.bassettiarch.com
- www.css.washington.edu