1 CommentsWhich bricks on campus stack up?
If your phone has ever died while you’re walking across the Barnumbia campus, you may have been forced to look down at the designs of the bricks to find something to do. While doing so, you may even see some nonstandard brick designs. What can they possibly mean? Stay tuned for the sequel.
The Classic
Who doesn’t like a good zig zag?
The Whirlpool
Not only are all of these bricks going in different directions, but there are also two short ones in the middle!
The Square
Decorative patterns AND some marble? Count me in!
The Tangent
Not only are these bricks tangent to the circle of bricks, but this one pattern is cool because it’s also near some SEAS buildings.
The Curve
Excellent idea to curve the bricks where the paths meet. These are some really sad-looking bricks though.
The Classic, Revisited
Not sure what’s happening here.
Cover image of Bricks via Wikimedia Commons
All other photos were taken by the author
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@Fan of Brick, not of "Barnumbia" Good observations, although it would have been nice to have some history here. What did McKim et al. have to say about brick walks in their campus design? How did brick work of the 1890s differ from contemporary brick work? Also, calling this place “the Barnumbia campus” is kind of juvenile. Columbia is Columbia. Barnard is across Broadway. And by the way, what’s Barnard’s brick walk story? Enquiring architecture students want to know.