{"id":208719,"date":"2024-01-23T07:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=208719"},"modified":"2024-01-22T08:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:46:06","slug":"exhibition-showcases-new-perspectives-on-uconn-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/01\/exhibition-showcases-new-perspectives-on-uconn-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition Showcases New Perspectives on UConn Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Storrs campus is always evolving, yet some changes are not easy to see. \u00a0A class in the Landscape Architecture program in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources<\/a> is making the transformation of a portion of the UConn Forest more visible in an engaging exhibit currently showing in the Homer Babbidge Library. Through creative displays incorporating photographs, 3-D models, and animation, students are exploring the past, present, and future of a parcel of land adjacent to Horsebarn Hill.<\/p>\n

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Students used photography to explore editing, grouping, and sequencing to enhance their understanding of the UConn Forest. Key themes included temporal and geographic scale, movement, rhythm, boundaries, and interfaces.<\/div><\/div>\"\"<\/a>
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Students examined the Fenton Tract by creating physical and digital models built from photographic study, investigating the UConn Forest as a complex socio-ecological system.<\/div><\/div>\"\u201cStudents<\/a>
\u201cStudents revisited and improved their work over the course of the semester,\u201d says Smachylo. \u201cThis show allows them to share a body of work and the exhibition reveals a plurality of ways of seeing the UConn Forest.\u201d<\/div><\/div>\"\"<\/a>
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