Conclusion

I think overall the building is effective. It's been an... interesting experience and I've learnt a lot. Below is an image of the building that shows two of the sides. Both my Arch+ and Architecture Review journals explored dynamic buildings and if I were to redo this project I would look at creating a building that was less conventional as I feel this building is a little constrained by what our idea of a "physical" building should be. However I believe there are components of the building that make it successful and it serves the function that it should.

Mosaic Wall

The mosaic wall was one of my main starting points for the building.  After painting a mosaic I figured the effect could be interesting if used as a building facade.  I think the strong geometry is contemporary and dynamic and was a valuable feature to use in informing other components of the building.  The exterior of the mosaic wall can be seen in the image below.  I thought it linked to both my Arch+ journal and The Architectural Review as it creates an interesting feature and pushes the boundaries slightly more than if the wall were blank.

These images show the avatar sitting on my sculptie chair and an image of the completed lounge area.  In the picture below the light and light switch can b seen.  While I understood how to make a prim cast light I had difficulty finding a script that would allow the light to be turned on and off.... The light I created is, I think, created around a "glow" rather than a light.  The light switch successfully worked though and the glowing sphere does cast a light when turned on.

Journal Display

We wanted to create something more original to display our journals on.  I designed and built this "Journal Display"  that is cohesive to other components in the building and makes the presentation of the journals more dynamic. 

Linkaaaagge

Given that this is a virtual library and the potential of the library is large, we wanted to utilise the virtual component of the library, by incorporating qualities of the virtual world. In the image below is a bookshelf with links to various websites I used and found useful during the process of the build.

Similarly in the picture below, we each chose one of our journals and placed the link on a prim.  The website can be viewed and used on the prim.

Particle Times

We've made bowls to store our particles.  My particle is a glowing orb. My computer doesn't recognise objects like this for some reason so I was unable to upload an image... I'll have to do this tomorrow.

Alpha Channel

Well we made our alpha channels.  I designed mine with the colours of the building in mind as well as the geometry.  It is reflective of the mosaic wall.  We applied our alphas to the "alpha tree"  That can be seen in the image below

I applied my alpha channel to a wall on the first floor. As can be seen below