Nicholas Torres - Blog 4

The Colonnade Building at the Christian Science Center is a good example at how the idea of a Stoa, or the long columned halls of Ancient Greece were translated into the modern terms. The colonnade itself is similar to the Agoran stoa because of the row of columns on the exterior side and a wall on the interior side with a roof overhead to create a sort of walkway in the middle. Of couse the idea has been adapted to more modern, but similar materials. The Colonnade Building, built under I.M. Pei's master plan features more elongated "columns" as sun shading devices, compared to the traditional doric. The color scheme, grayish white is similar in both, with concrete used in the Pei building and stone used in the Stoa. However the general circulation ideas are basically the same.