The stadium represents so many things for me. As a member of OU’s Spirit organization, I have spent countless hours at this stadium, and in preparation for the various game-day events and traditions here. This picture was taken during our nationals practice in 2019, and remains as one of my favorite. The stadium holds so many memories, emotions, and feelings that are very close to me. I found a family through this organization, and my time on the sidelines at the football games offered me a home. This stadium gave me so many highs, and lots of challenging lows, but in the end, the journey itself through this stadium, has been incredible. I have flipped in this stadium, studied in the Gautt study center, taken naps in the halls from exhaustion of the games, ran the entire field, thrown t shirts, launched t shirt cannons,  grown with my teammates, screamed at the top of my lungs, lost my voice, danced to two different concerts, and so many more memories. This place is spiritual for me, and I’ll always save a special place in my heart for this stadium. Boomer Sooner.

This building is found directly facing the towers/dormitories. The fitness center was a therapeutic place for me my freshman year. The close proximity allowed for easy access, at various times of day. I would frequent this building as a way to escape from the struggles and stress of freshman year. This building is split level and features various different things to do inside. There are many different classes, equipment variations,  and health monitors. My physical health was improved thanks to this building, but so was my mental health. As a positive way to release my energy and frustrations, this building allowed for me to develop myself throughout the year, and make it through my freshman year of college.

Sarkey’s Energy center is OU’s tallest building on campus. The building itself houses many different attractions. Inside is a coffee shop, various classrooms, a seismic activity recorder (and simulator), library, and even a small museum. However, what really drew me in, were the rooftop gardens. I first noticed these my sophomore year. I worked at Fuzzy’s taco shop, and jogged to and from work everyday.  I lived right by Sarkey’s and always passed through the gardens on my route. The gardens give off a serene feeling, which calmed me going to and from work, and reminded me that there is beauty to be found in everything, and within every moment in the day. These gardens represent a combination of urban design, and naturalistic features.

This building is, what was formerly a Buick dealership in Automobile Alley in okc, and presently the restaurant Red PrimeSteak. This building along with the vast majority in this area have been repurposed into more modern practices. This is my current job as a host and waiter, and has allowed me to meet many different people. It is a very popular steakhouse that many traveling professional athletes and celebrities frequent in the city. This building to me represents a cultural shift and yet a look into a vintage building that always excites me to enter.

The building pictured here is the combination of The Headington and Dunham residential colleges here at the university of Oklahoma. This building is important to be because it was where I first worked when I started OU. I worked in the dining halls in food services. There I made a lot of friends and met a lot of great people, so this building represents that positivity I experienced while I worked there. It affected me by providing a place to eat, work and study with my friends.

In this post, my building of choice was the aftermath of a tornado that destroyed my childhood elementary school. Plaza Towers elementary school was destroyed in the Moore tornado 2013,  the meaning of the building before it was destroyed was my school I attended on a daily basis with my friends but afterwards it was the place of tragedy. It took a total of 10 lives and injured more and its has impacted me by reminding me how fragile life really can be and unpredictable.

The Museum of Literature is located in Himeji City, Japan. It was built in 1991 by Tadao Ando. There has also been an annex built since then, in 1996. The Museum of Literature was built in  order to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Himeji City becoming a municipality. It is located on a hill, close to the Himeji Castle. The Himeji castle is one of Japan’s cultural treasures.

The museum was devoted to philosopher, Tetsuro Watsuji. It displays material relating to this philosopher as well as eight other writers and philosophers that are from the region.

The museum consists of two different buildings, both designed by Tadao Ando. The main building, was the first part and was completed in 1991. A separate but still connected Annex was completed in 1996.  Both of them are in a traditional Japanese style pavilion, the Bokeitei.