Assignment 1

Digital hand-in by: Thursday, Jan 9, 1997 by 9:30 a.m.

You have the opportunity to closely study a place for a whole term in order to express its essential qualities. By describing it to others through digital words, models and renderings, you can deeply reflect on what makes it meaningful. A place with strong emotional pull will challenge you to represent less tangible characteristics. See the recommendations below for ideas on what could make a rewarding project. A few images of these places are stored in the Course Disk.

You may work with one or more partners. After the initial 2 week Web authoring period, you can reassess your choice and regroup or start on a different site if you choose.

For your first assignment, send an e-mail message of approximately 300 words which describes:

1. what place or monument you have chosen
2. why you feel it is a compelling choice
3. what characteristics will be a challenge to capture
4. how will it make a good collaboration project
5. what sources of information you know is available

E-mail this text to Prof. Nancy Cheng at "nywc@darkwing.uoregon.edu" by the deadline. Alternately, you can get a headstart on Assignment 2 by placing it on a Web page in your Darkwing or Gladstone account's public_html directory and send the URL (http) by e-mail.

Site Recommendations:

1. Images from paintings: