Field Trip Essay

Attend the Ivy Hall tour or the Inman Park tour and take notes to document a building and its

history. In a 250-500 word essay describe the building in terms of most or all of the following:

plan, function, style, ornament, massing, light, materials, and structure. and compare it to one

building discussed in this class or in the textbooks. Responses should not be just a description of

the building, but an analysis of its form, space, play of light function, use of materials, etc.

Students should ask themselves how the design choices of the architect may be demonstrated in

the building. The essay should be written in a formal academic manner with proper grammar,

punctuation, and word usage. It should be well organized with a clear and specific thesis

statement in the introductory paragraph. Will be graded according to the following rubric: