Sayre BP3 IAR 221

Without question I feel that the Music Building Entranceway (on the inside) is the place where I felt the three aspects of commodity, firmness and delight come together perfectly. I will address them in order.

            Commodity is fulfilled in that it is an opening space where one is first acquainted with the building from the inside. When you walk in the building is meant to tell the enterer what he or she has come into. This is successful in that you are shown into a very large high ceilinged ante-chamber where sound can come playfully at you echoed from this great open space. This is successful also in that the music building can allow an emanation of the cacophony, albeit beautiful, of learning and mostly professional grade musicians. The entrance way grants this to the subject which immediately assists in stating the buildings purpose while greeting them into the building. I’d give commodity here a 8.

            The entrance way and the surrounding area has a very strong and stable quality to it. I don’t know how old the building is but it shows little to no wear and tear. The numerous thick columns show a strength that is balanced out by the delicate aspect the glassed walls, looking outside (wasn’t sure if you would call them windows) convey. I feel that these columns allow the building to use a very glass/window heavy area without sacrificing firmness. I feel a firmness of 8 has been attained here.

            Delight is where I feel that this building has been exceptionally conceived. As mentioned on the tour the entrance way is sitting underneath an organ hall. The tiled floors to a wonderful job of doing exactly what was quoted in the blog post: “architecture [as] frozen music”. The floors have a ripple effect laid down on them emanating from the center of the organ hall. It just displays a delightful and quite clever representation of the above quote and since this is in the music building it’s extremely appropriate. This building Is fantastic, especially in the entrance hall, with the echoing of music’s filtering through the halls as well as sound captured on the tiled floors I would give this area a 9 on the delight scale. Hell, let’s give it a 10. Bravo.