Assignment 3 : Good Place & Bad Place

Bad Place : Gwanjung library lobby on 7th floor

  I chose the Gwanjung library's lobby on 7th floor as bad place.









  This is an outlook of the lobby on 7th floor. It looks quite nice when you just see this without any thinking.








  However, if you look into this pond, it is really dirty. Because water is not flowing, water inside is really dirty and smells bad. This doesn't give fresh feeling to someone who is taking a rest while studying.

  Secondly, It makes people who try to take some rest, hard to sit on. There is water right behind someone is sitting, so he can't lean behind his back. 

  Therefore, the pond is just taking a lot of place which could be decorated with comfortable couches or tables. 

  Moreover, there's even worse thing. Can you see that tree on the bench? It is really wired. 

  Introduction in the picture says this is the tree which were growing in the library's site. It insists that by putting that piece of tree, we can feel nature inside the library.

  Well, in my thought, if they really wanted to bring the nature inside the library, they could do other things! Putting piece of dead tree on the bench doesn't make people think they are near the nature.

  To conclude, I think this place was not designed carefully for users who wants to take a rest between studying times. It seems like they just wanted to spend enough money for just good-looking decorations.

Good Place : Jahayeon

  According to the article, place is not just the place itself, but also the interaction between its users and itself.
  In this perspective, I chose Jahayeon as good place. We take it for granted Jahayeon being in this place because 'it has been there' since we entered the school, but what if there were buildings instead of Jahayeon? Maybe, these buildings will block the sight of people who are walking down from the liberty plaza or who are walking straight from the student union to college of business administration building.
  Not only Jahayeon itself makes campus more beautiful, but also makes kind of plaza area, which makes people to interact in the middle of the campus. It can be seen interactive, because the place is creating somekind of symbol, like the heart of the campus.