engineering

ViewPoint

ViewPoint is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand ViewPoint rather than just read about it. In short: ViewPoint is a residential skyscraper in the Midtown District of Atlanta, Georgia. Built between 2006 and 2008, the tower stands at 480 ft (150 m) tall and has 36 floors.

Key takeaways

ViewPoint belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect ViewPoint to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of ViewPoint from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

ViewPoint is a residential skyscraper in the Midtown District of Atlanta, Georgia. Built between 2006 and 2008, the tower stands at 480 ft (150 m) tall and has 36 floors. Preston Partnership, LLC designed the building and Novare Group developed it.

History Novare Group is known for having designed other buildings in the Atlanta, and specifically Midtown area, including the neighboring Spire and SkyHouse South, both of which sit on the same block of Peachtree St. The first 2 floors have 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) of retail, which currently includes World of Beer, BB&T bank, an international hamburger chain restaurant Burgerim, a "non-fuel" QuickTrip outlet, as well as the Atlanta mid-town public safety force known as Midtown Blue A Starbucks Coffee outlet originally located in the ViewPoint was subsequently moved to another midtown location. Amenities include a pool, movie theater, pool table, gym, and two-story lounge. On the right side of the building is a courtyard, complete with fountains and walking paths with a view of Midtown. The skyscraper has 377 residential units. Parking encompasses ten stories. The first three floors of the Viewpoint parking garage are for retail parking and the seven above are residential parking. It is the 19th-tallest building in Atlanta at 501' feet in height. It is one of the tallest residential buildings in the city, and the tallest residential building in Midtown Atlanta.

See also List of tallest buildings in Atlanta

References

External links Emporis Skyscraperpage Building Site

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with ViewPoint

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what ViewPoint claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to ViewPoint before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about ViewPoint ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of ViewPoint

In research: ViewPoint appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses ViewPoint in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: ViewPoint is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2008 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state), Buildings and structures completed in 2008, Midtown Atlanta, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for ViewPoint outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study ViewPoint in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what ViewPoint means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain ViewPoint out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is ViewPoint in simple terms?

ViewPoint is a residential skyscraper in the Midtown District of Atlanta, Georgia. Built between 2006 and 2008, the tower stands at 480 ft (150 m) tall and has 36 floors.

Why does ViewPoint matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study ViewPoint?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on ViewPoint.