Presentation of Place

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Presentation of Place

• Vawter Hall

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Nature

• The nature of Vawter Hall is somewhat urban.
  There are a few trees around the dorm along with
  lots of grass in the lawns.

Habitat

• The habitat of Vawter Hall is mostly for human
  purposes. Around the hall there is also some
  other forms of life that live. There are
  squirrels, chipmunks, and lots of different
  species of birds.

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Artifact

• Vawter Hall is an artifact in itself. It was
  built in 1962 and will be here for many more
  years. People in the future will still be able
  to see this building and therefore it acts as its
  own artifact.

Problem

• The reason that Vawter Hall was built was because
  of a problem. Virginia Tech needed more place
  for people to live. This is why Vawter Hall was
  built, to solve a problem.

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System

• As a system, Vawter Hall is mainly for housing
  purposes. It also gives the inhabitants a place
  to work and socialize amongst one another.
  Another aspect is that it provides jobs for some,
  such as janitorial work and the resident advisors
  who work inside.

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Traffic
Most of the traffic that flows around Vawter Hall
is shown buy the red arrows in the picture. Most
people are moving to and from Hokie Grille.
Other paths of transportation are shown with
green lines.
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Wealth

• Virginia Tech has made lots of money from Vawter
  Hall. Each year they receive thousands of
  dollars from students who live in the hall. To
  anyone, this land is worth a lot of money because
  of the money that is earned by it every year.

Ideology

• The ideology of every student who lives in Vawter
  Hall is that they will get a good education and
  grow up to be successful people. Vawter Hall
  represents this admiration with the students who
  live inside it.

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Aesthetic

• There is not to much aesthetic value to Vawter
  Hall unless you like to look at buildings.
  However, Vawter is not unpleasing to the eye at
  all. The hall was designed to look very elegant
  with large stones all along the outside of the
  walls. It has shrubs and trees all around it,
  and is mulched to look very nice.

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History

• Historically, Vawter Hall was built in 1962 and
  named after Charles Vawter Sr., rector of the
  board of visitors from 1887-1899, but his son
  Charles Vawter Jr., a faculty electrical
  engineer, also had an impact on the school.

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Space
The space around Vawter Hall is devided into four
spaces. There is a space around the Hokie
Grille, a space between Vawter and Newman, and
two spaces in front of the hall itself. People
travel to and from each space as they move about
throughout their normal day. The two most used
spaces are the one near Hokie Grille and the
space between Vawter Hall and Newman Hall.
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Conclusion

• In conclusion, Vawter Hall is an elegantly
  designed building which used the available space
  very well. It kept in mind all of the aspects of
  the design of a place and used them to function
  accordingly.