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Show ¦ _• The Riverton Nature Center: Architectural Amputation Camilla Coons (Martha 5* Bradley} College of Architecture + Planning Amputation Is defined as the surgical removal of all or pan of a limb, an organ, or prelecting part nr process c-f the body. In the south end of the ^ah Lake v^lteyexlsis a lonely segment ofampu-taied nature between 12W0 South and Bangerter Hghway. easi of 1 SWtfest and Just west of theJokh iMi#m As pan of fllvertontlty. this pece of formerly agricultural land srtuaied In the midst of urban and suburban growth, hat been cfetgrated as the srte For a future- nature center. Because: 1he slle [us beer arnputaied From Its surrou ndircjs. the nature center has beenc^skpned as a n amputaied presence wrthin the- irt* The design for 1 h rs nature center I nccfpcraies an educational program consisting mainly of c LassrMnii exhlbh tlon space, a g reen house, a nd adml n rstratlve space. The am puiatlon of ttie nature1 center becomes SKpnlrlcani n thenansncfv spaces between these parts of the progra rn. as defined by 1 he division of spas Into primary, secondary ar>d ternary caiegorles. The primary functions are those which are vital to the bulkJIng^ survival ard smooth operation and Include the lobby, administrative offices, mechanical space, and restrooms The^cond-aiy pan of the program designates those areas rwt as vital to the nature center's life* including two cfassrooms, s greenhou^.and exhibition space. Finally; l he ten ary functional u n n represents the spaces which can fcstoially amputaied From the whole and includes the observation a rea Because am puiatlon Is a painful process, the amputai cr>al tranitksrks between 1 hese programmatic categories are harsh and sharp and control movement and Ikpht In varying degrees throug hour the nature center. Fcom 1 he Initial entrance Into 1 he nature center to the ?veniualexr1 m1o the light oF day on 1 he observation area, one feels the harsh experience of amputation thai lhra nai u re center forces onto ns users |