The two sites that I decided to use are the Shield’s Library Courtyard and the Memorial Union Quadrangle. The reason I chose the library’s courtyard is that I always like to go and spend time there, I feel focused when I am there. It’s quiet, relaxing and peaceful. In comparison to the quad I go there to socialize and think out loud, but I cannot feel that I am focused because I feel that there is always a large number of people occupying it at the same time so it feels more crowed. I chose both locations to show how they can be, similar in ways but at the same time they could be very different. In this essay I wanted to show the difference between a volumetric space and a minimalistic space. The shield’s library courtyard is a closed space,
