Hello, everyone! So today I have to do a unit summary over Unit 1. Along with 250-300 words, I have to include three images that are annotated that somehow relate back to the points that I’ll be making.

So Unit 1 was about the elements and principles of design, and I learned a lot overall. We were given assignments over buildings on campus and buildings throughout the country or world. Throughout the whole unit, I learned more and more that I had no idea about beforehand. An example of this is annotation. The skill of annotating has helped so much with understanding the elements and principles; it helps to visualize them in the most basic and simplistic way even if it’s super elaborate, even aside from thinking about whether it's a building/structure or some kind of random object. Annotating can be used on an image to help take notes as well so you can come back to it later on. I’ve kept all of the images that I’ve printed out and annotated on just for the fact that I took notes on them and don’t want to lose track of them.

I think it was very interesting learning about all of these different types of styles and architectural designs during this unit. We learned about gothic designs, designs that range back all the way to ancient times, and so on. We also had to work on case studies, which were a whole new experience for me. The assignment called for details about whatever building you were assigned; in my case, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. Even just talking about this building with my discussion group made me understand more about it, so when I went and did more research I felt even more “in tune” with this building.

The unit as a whole was not only interesting based on the content, but it was also enlightening. So without further ado, here are three annotated pictures that I believe represent my points. The images used are all from my other classes that I have this semester.