Tuesday, July 22, 2014

What was the shape of the New Camillo Junior High School in Wednesday Wars?I just need to know if the school was in the shape of a guitar or...

The model for the new Camillo Junior High School is shaped
like the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The design is innovative, a creative mix
of classical and modern influences. Holling describes the proposed exterior of the
building, saying,


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"Wide steps swooped up past a line of pillars
and up to the central doors. Above that rose a steep dome, with thin windows cut all
around it. On either side of the dome, the building spread graceful wings - all with
thin windows again - and behind, the long gymnasium formed the tail, whose rows of
bright windows faced south and north to let in as much light as any gymnasium could ever
have."



The interior of the
building is equally notable. There are


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"no pillars, no straight walls. The roof (is) a
series of glass plates above the science and art rooms. The central dome (is) three
stories high over the main lobby and clusters of classrooms all looking out into the
sunlit space. All as modern as could
be."



Mr. Kowalski, who
presents the design first to the school board, is a classicist, but has stolen the idea
for modernist elements in the design from his competition, Mr. Hoodhood. Mr. Kowalski
could have won the contract to build the school, but his basic decency prevails, and he
withdraws his bid, giving the job to Hoodhood and Associates (Chapter
6).

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