Maze of the Week #92 - Kresge Auditorium Maze

October 2, 2023

Maze of the Week #92 takes us to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA which a normal person just calls MIT. This is their Kresge Auditorium building which is used for the performing arts. Designed by famous architect Eero Saarinen the building was completed and opened in 1955. I loved the look of the building and knew it would make a great maze.

YouTube: A 4 minute long documentary about the museum with some nice pictures:

Photo: flickr, Gunnar Klack

The Maze: In color. Relatively easy to solve. I made new trees than those that I have used in the past (more detail /gaps vs. the ‘flat’ trees I have made before). Trying to make the trees look more realistic.

Kresge Auditorium maze — Kresge Auditorium Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available. Please check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze being made and solved!!

Coming next week:

A maze of a city hall ?

Maze of the Week #91 - Monte Alban Maze

September 25, 2023

Maze of the Week #91 keeps us in Mexico for my 3rd different maze of a pyramid or ruin with this Monte Alban Maze from the Zapotec archeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico. Here are my other 2 similar mazes:

Chichen Itza Maze

Mayan Ruins at Uxmal Maze

Photos: I had a chance to visit the site because I lived in the city for 3 months. Here is a gallery of pictures I took, one of which was used to make the maze. I went on a day with perfect weather - easy to do around there - and was one of the first 5 people in the site, so my pictures include very few people !

YouTube: Here is a quick 6 minute video showing the grounds if the pictures weren’t enough.

The Maze: I re-worked this maze after finishing it. A small re-color and then I re-sized it from paper size to a size that fit the structure/maze better. I also added shadows which were a huge improvement IMO.

I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Check out my YouTube channel where you can watch mazes being made and solved !!!

Coming next week:

A maze of an auditorium

Maze of the Week #90 - The Mayan Ruins at Uxmal

September 18, 2023

Maze of the Week #90 takes us back to Mexico and my 2nd different maze of a pyramid or ruin with this Mayan Ruins Maze from the Uxmal archeological site in the Yucatán of Mexico. Here are my other similar mazes:

Chichen Itza Maze

Monte Albán Maze

YouTube: Here is a tourist guide to the site with some great scenes !

The Maze: I re-worked this maze after finishing it. I think the improvements improved it a bit; not a drastic change, but definitely better. The maze is large and more difficult than usual, but I held back making it extra difficult. Here is the final maze:

I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Check out my YouTube channel where you can watch mazes being made and solved !!! This was my last of 5 straight mazes with case studies - I hope you enjoyed them !

Coming next week:

A maze of more Mexican ruins !

Maze of the Week #88 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre Maze

September 4, 2023

Maze of the Week #88 is my first maze of an outdoor amphitheater, the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. This is another maze that I abandoned at one time, then went back and revised. It is also my 5th maze from Colorado (the other 4 links are below).

Photos: You can find many different wonderful photos of the amphitheatre, and depending on the time of day and the sun/clouds the colors of the red rocks change color tones. This photo is from flickr, DragonWoman

Red Rocks Amphitheater, flickr, DragonWoman — Red Rocks Amphitheater, flickr, ***DragonWoman***

YouTube: Just a wonderful setting to see anything as shown in this video !

The Maze: Originally this maze was abandoned and made my list of mistakes in maze making. You can read about those mazes here:

Why I abandoned these 10 mazes - Mistakes in Maze making

Then I went back and made it into another case study, which you can read about here. Here is the final maze, in color and using a hand drawn construction.