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Yoseph Hernandez
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Research Questions
3. Does UTEP architecture impact a student to visit or pursue their education here?
Annotated Bibliography
Alvarez D. (2003, March 5). Images of Bhutan. The Prospector, pp. 8. Retrieved from
https://theprospector.newspaperarchive.com/el-p2aso-prospector/2003-03-05/page-8/
People that addend the University of Texas at El Paso will notice that the building design
are kind of weird. They notice that the buildings edging are slanted just a little and no this
is normal. The architectures and engineers did not make a mistake. This type architecture
that is displayed around campus is the story of a land that is far away. UTEP is well
connected to the landlock country of Bhutan in the eastern Himalayas. The person that
was inspired by the architecture was the first dean’s wife Mrs. Kathleen Worrell. She is
the reason that the architecture of today’s UTEP is the way it is because she wants
something that would complement the rugged terrain of El Paso to the college’s new site.
The land of Thunder Dragon, Bhutan has brought life to people and the architecture of
UTEP has brought the students to life as well for people to go about their daily lives
(para. 2).
Dasho R. D. (1993). In Department of Works, Housing and Roads Royal Government of Bhutan
Dasho (1993) expresses that Bhutan has maintained a strict policy of staying hidden for
centuries, and it is now considered the country where religion and culture of Tibetan
Buddhism is preserved in its original form (p. 1). Bhutan is isolated in the Himalayan
valley which makes it separated from India and it prevents Buddhism to merge their
religion with that of India. Indigenous people still live in this country and their
infrastructure consist of monasteries which is very important to the people. This is what
their place of living, and worship are, it’s their holy palace. Bhutan doesn’t want to
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interact with India and its people cause their Buddhism is altered in a way Bhutan doesn’t
agree with and that is why this have been secluded to the rest of the world.
Das, N. (1974). The dragon country: The general history of Bhutan. Orient: Longman. P.1-3.
Nirmala Das (1974) claims that the history of Bhutan is cover and a mystery to us. There
is verylittle on what we know about this culture and that it is considered one of the
remotest country in the world (p. 3). There is evidence that the Bhutan’s origin is
connected to the Hindu kingdom. They both have worshipped the God they believe in
Shiva. People do not have any proof of the people of Bhutan at all, but Bhattacharya
believes that there is a chance that there was some at one time. The Bhutanese people of
today are not the original of the Bhutan people back then, the ones of today are called
Drukpas. Bhutan was possessed by a tribe called Bhotia Telphu of India. Bhutan was not
its own country it did not have borders it did not have a geographical entity. It was ruled
by many people including some of Hindu chiefs, they did not have a king that ruled them
for years it was just jumping around one person to another (p. 3).
Gellner, E. (1982). Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom, The Journal of Asian
In the Himalayan kingdom there is two countries that have their own religion. These two
countries Bhutan and Nepal have relations that were established in 1983 (p. 610). The
two Himalayan countries are both landlocked and are only separated by an Indian state of
Sikkim. They both border India and the People’s Republic of China. Bhutan has one
religion and that is Buddhism and it is protected by its political roof. In Nepal their
religion is strictly Hinduism. In the northern part of the country Nepal some of the people
are practice their religion of Bhutan. Even those these countries have different religion,
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political divisions, they seem to get along and be united together and work things out.
That’s why they have not being taken over by India or China. Like Michael Aris says that
“the only independent Lamaist states to have escaped absorption (p. 611).”
Guillen A. (2014, January 28). The grand scheme of things: Masterplan revels drastic changes on
https://digitalcommons.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1161&context=prospector
In the year 2014 UTEP master plan is not to merely to set an image of what the campus
will look like, but what we plan to show and be determine to what we will become. The
master plan will incorporate the vision of the old and new values (para. 2). They plan to
have UTEP as a closes campus and want to call it a “pedestrian oasis,” which means that
they want students to roam freely and communicate with one another (para. 3). This
master plan will have the regional landscape look to it as well as the incorporation of the
Bhutanese Architecture. This plan will change the outdoor environment of interaction on
the campus, to a more social style to where the students get to interact with each other for
example, studying, and campus events. If the plan goes as plan the students will have
green area such as Leech Grove with a connection to the El Paso environment of desert
influence (para. 5). There will walkways with canopies to give shade. This plan is in for a
long run and there is frustration from students about the construction going on, but they
are excited to see what the university will look like in the coming years.
Heman Hertzberg. (1980). Shaping the enviroment. In Bryon Mikellides (Ed.), Architechture for
people: Exploration in a new humane enviroment (pp. 38-40). Holt, Rinehart and
Hertzberger (1980) claims that architects can provide the basis for such a relationship by
stimulating each person to make his own effort to do something with his or her
surroundings, according to his or her own point of view (p.38). The things we make
encourage people to be more attached with their surroundings, and with everyone around
them. They more involved a person is on maintain his or her surroundings, the more
appropriate they become. This care or maintaining their surroundings creates a situation
environment which gives people more chance to reveal it with their own characteristics.
Natallcio D. (2008, July 9). UTEP and Bhutan: Our growing connections. The Prospector, pp. 2.
09/page-2/
The start of UTEPS first building call Old Main was the first to incorporate the
Bhutanese architecture theme in 1917 (para.1). In the past 90 years all the buildings that
were being constructed had adhered to the Bhutanese architecture. It has created a
coherent campus to everyone that has linked to the university to a tiny kingdom on the
other side of the world in Asia (para. 3). It was in the mid- 1970s that UTEP started to
connect to Bhutan other than just the architecture. In 1974 UTEP it had enrolled its first
Bhutanese student, Jigme Dorji Karchung. People that had the culture of Bhutan were
very interested in the university because not just of the architecture, but they felt a
connection to their culture in a way to where they felt safe and at peace and being close to
an environment they can relate to (para. 3). There has being many connections to the
university and Bhutan for example, in 2003 a group of Bhutanese archers- the national
sport of Bhutan- came to El Paso to share traditions of bow and arrow making skills. In
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2005 it was the annual Folklife Festival, where many Bhutanese people came to the
United states to share their culture and see the university of the traditional Bhutanese
architecture. The festival consists of the playing of the instruments, dancing, and songs of
the Bhutanese (para. 7). We have had our connection of Bhutan to The University of
P. (1950, March 11). Campus architecture style comes from ancient Tibetan monasteries. The
prospector/1950-03-11/page-6/
The Bhutanese dwellings in the Himalaya mountains are the inspiration for that design of
architecture for the Texas western buildings (para. 2). The University architecture is the
favorable of many visitors to the campus. Mrs. Worrell was the reason of the suggestion
of the type or architecture that was on the buildings because it had blended well with the
terrain (para. 3). The designer of the buildings was Charles M. Gibson that had resembled
the Tibetan monasteries (para. 4). The Administration and the two dormitories and the
student union building were later designed by Percy McGhee who also used the Tibetan
Pree D. D. (1955, April 30). TW falls behind ACC in smile' department. The Prospector, pp. 2.
30/page-2/
In the year of 1955 Dean Pree took a trip to Abilene Christian College the land of cattle,
oil, and the big thirst. TW architecture was nice and the landscape casual and the way the
school was on the hillside setting struck people’s eyes (para. 1). ACC might not have the
beauty of architecture like TW, but it had one thing that they were winning at and that
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was the atmosphere of being friendly which makes the visitors have an immediate
satisfactory that the students are happy and enjoying college. Back in 1955 at Texas
Western people were not so friendly they did not care of anyone but themselves. The
gesture of a hello or a smile and the communication of friendly people where an absence
at TW (para. 3). These gestures are the foundation of TW because other people from
other states wanting to be a part of the Texas Western and if those repairs were not fixed
Ramirez C. (2004, September 8). UTEP is home away from home for some. The Prospector, pp.
09-08/page-6/
In the year 2004 the three Bhutan students had no trouble fitting into the University of
Texas at El Paso. The three of them where all studying abroad form their country of
Bhutan. UTEP was home to them because of the connection the school had on the
architecture of Bhutan (para. 3). You walk around the university you get a touch of the
Bhutanese culture and that home did not feel as far away as they were. There will always
be no place like home when ever moving to a new place and one of the UTEP students T.
Tobgay decided to come because it was like what it was like at home. He said, “it was a
good place because of the connection to Bhutan, and that he was happy here to get his
education and that the campus made him fell if he was at home” (para. 4). These students
had a connection with the campus studying and getting degrees to use that knowledge
they got at the university to share it with their country of Bhutan and to develop it but
Strange, C. C., & Banning, J. H. (2001). Educating by design: Creating campus learning
Strange and Banning (2001) claim that “heading to College” is an experience that is
powerful to you and that the school that is selected is an important place to establish
relationships, have freedom of different identities, explore value and human culture, grow
in knowledge, and pursue goals. At any institution the growth of students learning can
happened in a classroom, residence hall, student organization, or service learning site (p.
xi). The volumes in this book focus on the status of the literature on human environment
and its implications for the policies and practices of higher education. Volume one talks
about the “Types of Impacts of Campus Environment” and the second volume talks about
“Creating Environments That Foster Education Success.” They believe that students
Swarthout, A. (2013, August 27). The Symbolism Behind UTEP's Bhutanese Architecture.
Ashley Swartwout claims that the symbolism of Bhutanese architecture at UTEP is not
well known. Bhutan found its way to UTEP by the architects who were intrigued in the
article of John Claude White “Castles in the Air: Experiences and Journeys in to the
unknown Bhutan” (para. 1). The design that is imbedded in the brick are mosaic designs
known as mandalas, the word Sanskrit is known for the word circle (para. 2). These
Mandala in Bhutan are sacred art and are used most often to evoke deities. The mandala
is a circle and within the circle there is an eight-pointed figure and it can have a circle or
square in the center. The eight-pointed shape has four main points pointing usually in the
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four-compass direction. The other four points are known as doors or gates and are
symbolized by the four boundless thoughts: love, compassion, sympathetic joy, and
equanimity (para. 3). This is only one part of the symbolism that takes part in the
buildings at UTEP. There is a lot more culture behind the buildings at the university that
Uduku, O. (2006). Modernist architecture and ‘the tropical’in West Africa: The tropical
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197397505000020
Strange, C. C., & Banning, J. H. (2001). Educating by design: Creating campus learning
According to Udauku (2006) claims that the account of the evolution and development of
the Tropical Arhitecture movement in British West Africa, from the late 1940’s to the
early 1970’s. The Tropical architecture is the key to the architects and how many
buildings are being selected in that era. A social- political, economic, and aesthetic
reasons of this architecture arose. The Architecture of British West Africa at the time, had
argued that the Tropical Architecture that was made in the region had similarities to the
what was being made somewhere else in the world (p.336). In addition, Strange and
Banning (2001) claim that creating these environments foster education success (p. xiii).
Architecture will be taken from different regions of the world to construct buildings and
used in different parts of the world. Yes, there is some modifications to it and it will not
look like the original architecture which brings a social issue in the works. It is not the
same and people of that type of culture that the architecture is being uses and it does not
connect with them due to an error of the design. UTEP has done a good job bringing in
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the architecture of Bhutan and having a connection to the students in a way. The
university being in a city heavily with the Mexican culture brings a culture from a remote
location in India to incorporate it to UTEP and have people enjoy it and have a