When I first stumbled upon the multifaith room, it was when I was going to a professor’s office hours at the end of the last quarter. .In paying attention to level changes, specifically contrasting low-level places or dips in the landscape above ground and below, on campus, I thought that this space fit with my analysis of levels and layers within campus. Levels, as well as the centrality of a space, versus a more unseen space, such as this room, which is located at the very end of the first floor hallway at St. Joseph's, on campus was also an interesting factor to look at. In addition to it's location, it offered more data for my analysys on the range of spatial depth of SCU's campus when looking for low and highs admist structure and space, Ehen it comes to this room, comparing it to another site of my analysis the mission church was also helpful in seeing a range in levels, and also in hypothesizing how this shapes perceptions of the space. For example it is interesting to think about how architecturally, a staircase symbolizes descent, whereas a steeple symbolizes an ascent, at least visually. Both are sites for spiritual introspection and of faith, or spirituality, but do these symbolized meanings or understandings dictate no more than spatial differences and alloted areas, or could this be an example of the way architecture can perpetuate systems of power through design choices.

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