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This presentation was given by Earl Broussard at the Recent SCUP conference in Memphis.
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Sacred Places
Designing for Memories
Awe /Beauty
Let’s get personal
What’s your altar?
What’s your altar?
Jefferson
Monticello
The Evolving Campus
The Common
Academic Village
DisproportionalInfluence
(con = “together” + lego = “ I Choose”)College Means:
Heart: Hero’s Quest
Soul: Love
Why sacred?
Sacred:Purpose + Experience = Pathos
Religious – religio (reconnect)
Purpose
Experience
Mood
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When does a space become sacred?
Meaning/Defining Activity
Re-Creation/Impact
Aesthetic/Real
Membership/Self-Awareness
Ethnography
Macro Culture
Hunter Gatherer…..Group
Agriculture…...........Personal Labor
Consumer……………Buying
Knowledge………….Understanding
Age of Paradox……?
Macro Culture
Defining Activity
The Age of Paradox results from the Abolition of Context. Context describes both the collectively defined socioeconomic
system and the rules that define it.
Age of Paradox
Defining Activity
Connectivity
Hunter Gatherer….Tribes
Agriculture…………Family
Consumer…………..Hierarchy
Knowledge…………Networks
Age of Paradox……?
Memberships
Macro Culture
Memberships
Neo-TribesNew Neo-Tribes
Old Neo-Tribes
Hunter Gatherer…Storytelling
Agriculture………..Socializing
Consumer………….Belonging
Knowledge………..Viewing
Age of Paradox…..?
Macro Culture
Re-Creation/Impact
Re-Creation/Impact
Being
Macro Culture
Hunter Gatherer…..Animal Gods
Agriculture………….Nature Gods
Consumer…………...Enlightenment
Knowledge………….Awareness
Age of Paradox…….?
Aesthetic
Aesthetic
Fascination as Inspiration
Where does
this happen?
Ritual
Ritual
Processional
Prospect
Refuge
Types of Sacred Spaces
Ritual or Ceremonial Space : Sacred
Affinity to the organization
Processional or Exploring Space
Gateway
Movement
Movement
Events
Water
Garden
Stone
Art
Prospect-Dominant Sacred Space
Bonding
Refuge – Personal Sacred Space
Reflection
Revealing
CAMPUS OPEN SPACES - SACRED SPACES
Existing campus conditions:There are a variety of Open Space Typologies.
Are we taking full advantage of these landscapes?
Are there other potential open spaces that we could utilize?
Refuge – Personal Sacred
Ritual or Ceremonial Space
Prospect – Dominant Sacred
Processional – Exploring Space
PUBLIC ART / FOCAL ELEMENTS
Potential opportunities include:
• Art
• Donor/Memorial Spaces
• Gathering Spaces
LANDSCAPE HIERARCHY
Where do we focus our dollars and maintenance efforts for maximum effect.
How might this plan evolve with the master plan?
1941
“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.”
Winston Churchill
Thought Community
Designing for Memories
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible-Jonathan Swift
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