Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Pausch Bridge continues professor’s creative legacy
SmartPlanet: Just as Randy Pausch’s work bridged art and science, the memorial Pausch Bridge connects the Purnell Center for the Arts and the Gates Center for Computer Science on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. The 230 foot long bridge incorporates more than 7,000 LED lights and runs through 11 lighting sequences, five of which are newly designed by interdisciplinary teams of students.
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As a great admirerer of Randy Pausch, I believe that this bridge is a stunning tribute to his life and ideals. Despite the fact that it is extremely practical, it also is a stunning piece of art that symbolically links the art and sciences together, something that Pausch worked so hard to do. As for the light tribute to him and the lighting sequences used to describe crutial aspects or stories of his, I feel they are spectacular. Having read the book and watched the Last Lecture, the sequences presents are very much a representation of what he was trying to convey. From the movement of the penquins to the rising and setting of the "sun, that bridge stands to remind us of what an amazing man and professor has taught us.
I absolutely agree with Timothy. I could not think of a more appropriate way to commemorate this amazing man's legacy than by physically connecting the arts and sciences on campus. I have seen this bridge every day since arriving at CMU and I still am amazed at its beauty. Before reading this article I was not aware that the lighting sequences of the bridge reflected passages from the Last Lecture. now, it all makes perfect sense and makes me appreciate it that much more.
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