Features of our building

When we first looked through my Architectural History journal, what we observed was that the style of historical architecture in Britain was actually greatly influenced by Greek style architecture, with many columns and pediments.Our building is divided up into 3 spaces, 2 interiors and an exterior open space (similar to a courtyard) in the middle.

As observed from my Architectural History journal, historical buildings in Britain such as the York House, Stafford House and Audley End were all constructed in a symmetrical way with a little courtyard in the middle surrounded by the body of the main building.

AUDLEY END:

YORK HOUSE:                                                                         STAFFORD HOUSE:

Another reason why we decided to have an open space in the middle was because one of Nicole's journals was on landscaping, so having a courtyard incorporated that idea. We divided up and organised our building in a symmetrical way, as we have based the theme of the exterior of our building on 'classical' architecture.

We came up with the idea of having the interior of our library decorated to a contemporary theme. The interior has also been divided up into a symmetrical way, with each block being divided up into 2 square rooms. This is because in the Grand Designs magazine, many of the houses/architecture were of a contemporary style and also had large box-shaped windows or exterior that resemble many boxes.

We decided to add figures onto the pediments to the front of our building and columns supporting the building to emphasise the classical theme of the exterior:

As you can see our roof is also raised. Having high roofs was also a common style in classical architecture.

For the windows of our building, I simply hollowed out the prims that made up the walls. We decided to just leave it hollow as opposed to have a frame with glass because that would ruin the 'classical look' of the exterior. Also, in Stacy's journal about lighting, natural sunlight was a commonly mentioned source of lighting so having sunlight some in from the outside incorporated that idea also.

 This is my avatar under my lights in one of the rooms:

The lights were related to Stacy's journal about lighting. There are 3 different scripts involved in making these lights work.

Code in Three Parts

Light Switch Code – 3 Parts

Part 1: Rotor – put this code on the rotor

myon_state()

{

rotation rot = llGetRot();

vector vrot = llRot2Euler(rot);

vrot+=<-30*DEG_TO_RAD,0,0>;

rot=llEuler2Rot(vrot);

llSetRot(rot);

}

myoff_state()

{

rotation rot = llGetRot();

vector vrot = llRot2Euler(rot);

vrot+=<30*DEG_TO_RAD,0,0>;

rot=llEuler2Rot(vrot);

llSetRot(rot);

}

default

{

state_entry()

{

myoff_state();

}

link_message(integer sender_num, integer num, string str, key id)

{

if(str=="stop")

{

myoff_state();

}

if(str=="start")

{

myon_state();

}

}

}

Part 2: Switch Panel (Root Prim) -

Put on the switch Panel

integer myswitch;

default

{

state_entry()

{

myswitch=FALSE;

llSetText("Light Switch", <1.0, 1.0, 1.0>, 1.0);

}

touch_start(integer total_number)

{

if(myswitch==FALSE)

{

//Turn Light Bulb ON

llMessageLinked(LINK_ALL_CHILDREN, 0, "start", NULL_KEY);

myswitch=TRUE;

}

else

{

//Turn Light Bulb Off

llMessageLinked(LINK_ALL_CHILDREN, 0, "stop", NULL_KEY);

myswitch=FALSE;

}

}

}

Part 3: Light Bulb Script

Put on the light source

default

{

state_entry()

{

llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FULLBRIGHT,ALL_SIDES,FALSE]);

}

link_message(integer sender_num, integer num, string str, key id)

{

if(str=="stop")

{

llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FULLBRIGHT,ALL_SIDES,FALSE]);

}

if(str=="start")

{

llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FULLBRIGHT,ALL_SIDES,TRUE]);

}

}

}

 

These are our 3 blogs hung on the wall of one of our rooms, when you touch them they will rotate 180 degrees to show a photo of the avatar that the blog belongs to.

We have a cool book shelf which also acts as a secret door. It opens when an avatar comes close to it. This is one of our interactive elements.

There are 3 world globes that incorporated one of the journals which is on ethics and political issues etc. Above the globes they say "Touch me to find out more about ethics, places and environments in different countries.

Our other interactive element is the elevator. We simply made an elevator because our site was built on a hill. You have to sit on it and make sure that you say "Up" with a capital 'U' and it will take you up to east block of our building.

This wall displays 4 websites that relate to our journals. One of my journals was a Grand Designs Magazine, and one of Nicole's was an AJ journal.

We decided to keep the walls white to follow the dark and light colour scheme that was in one of Nicole's journals. By keeping the walls white, and not textured like the exterior of the walls, this goes with our idea of having a contemporary interior.