The Structure of the Neighborhood

     So this prompt was in consider the architecture in our neighborhood. Since the majority of us live on campus we have a mixture of two different types of architecture, casino/gambling and university, but its a bit more deep than just that, because each of those categories is made up of several different groups of past architecture.
   
     I'll start with the architecture of the university. First, I thought about the architecture of our university and then I started noticing patterns between our current university architecture as well as the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome - which is to be expected because that is what we think about when prompted with questions of philosophy and higher thinking. This effort to strive to be like the great philosophers of old has leeched into everything about our campus, the buildings, the way professors teach, maybe even into home we structure our day. It's all been done before in the time of Aristotle and Socrates. The architecture of our neighborhood is just a modern reflection of ancient Greece.

     The other hand being the Casino's and their architecture. I thought the casino's architecture slightly difficult to understand. Each on is different and yet same in some way. They're all unique and all similar. Its weird because where the university pulled some design from The Ancients, casinos usually set up a theme and pull from that, take The Atlantis for example. One thing they do all have in common though is usually their height; huge structure that tower over the other settlements nearby, minus other casinos that is. Well, all the big name brand casinos that is. I suppose a lot of the casinos pull from the average architecture of a skyscraper and then just make the first couple of floors all casino-y and tourist attractions.

     The way these separate types of architecture reflect our town and neighborhood is an interesting one, especially because of the close proximity to each other. I would have to say that these two architectures are two sides of the same coin. They are both similar but opposite. One is the knowledge we strive to achieve and the other is an escape from past troubles, also a place to pretty much throw money away. It is interesting that these things come together in such a close space they way they do