Uploaded on 2016-04-19 by VNBM

The picture shows the intersection of two streets in Washington DC. Several crosswalks, sidewalks, as well as sign roads are visible. The picture is also composed of several cars and pedestrians, a few buildings both in the foreground and in the background, and trees. The first invisible information we can extract from the picture is the two very distinct occupancies that are present on each of those two very different streets. The left one, a 2-lane major avenue with lots of fast moving cars driving up and down, a metrobus, traffic lights in the back, is a vibrant commercial corridor; on the other hand, the street on the right, with cautiously parked cars, a one-way road crossed by a a pedestrian jogging by, lots of trees, is a residential street. The second invisible information could be the contrast between the closest buildings, low-rise, made of brick, stone, with Greek-like columns on display contoured by paved sidewalks, and the distant high rise building (right side of the picture, in the background) suggesting a more recently built business center downtown. The first invisible information pointed out above could be a source of knowledge in several ways. For instance, it shows us that although commercial and residential are geographically close to each other, making it easy for people form the neighborhood to go shopping and get easy access to all kinds of amenities, the presence of a row of heavy, massive buildings that both fit the exposed brick theme on the avenue and the soft but elegant design of the houses on the residential street, makes it possible for those two occupancies to coexist. Those buildings block the noise from the bustle of the commercial street, the trees generate a peaceful and enjoyable environment for people living there, the one-way sign prevents potential shoppers to park in the residential street, and the beige corner building in the foreground gently creates a joint between both streets thanks to its V shape and its substantial height that signals the intersection while maintaining a border between its two sides. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14610287606285025.jpg