UMASS+Boston-+Atrium

The Atrium in UMASS Boston  

Everything happens for a reason. This quotation, in my opinion, is true and is something that came to mind when I was observing my public space. I chose to observe the “Atrium” in the Campus Center at UMASS Boston. When observing I recognized, activities taking place, color schemes, design set up, among other things. From these observations I extracted that the activities taking place directly correlated to the décor, setup, and design of this specific space. It made me think that everything happens for a reason because when decorating a room, you are trying to assure that it is used for a certain purpose. A living room for example, would not have a kitchen table in the middle of it, because of course a kitchen table does not support the activities that are expected to take place in this space. Same thing with the Atrium, everything about this space in the Campus Center was created and placed there for a specific reason, thus creating a specific aura for the area.

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