CUA School of Architecture + Planning_Rome 2007

Wine Tasting

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Review 1

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Apartment Happy Hour

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Southern Italy Travel Information

25 January 2007

TrenItalia 9373 Roma Termini Napoli P. Garibaldi
09:45a 11:38a

Arrive Hotel Mediterraneo
www.mediterraneonapoli.com

26 January 2007

Tirrenia Napoli Palermo
08:15p 06:30a [27 Jan 07]

Arrive Hotel Joli
www.hoteljoli.com

30 January 2007

Bus to Cefalu

Arrive Hotel Tourist
www.touristhotel.it

04 February 2007

Bus to Palermo

Tirrenia Palermo Napoli
08:15p 06:30a [05 Feb 07]

05 February 2007

TrenItalia 9372 Napoli P. Garibaldi Roma Termini
12:22p 02:16p

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Villa Giulia

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Project 1

"Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context -- a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan."
-Eliel Saarinen, "Time", July 2, 1956

Analysis_ A redesign of the urban condition
Architecture does not exist within a vacuum. From the largest buildings to the smallest details, architecture and its elements subsist within context of the natural environment, building urban plan and the framework of the building itself. As an exploration of context, we will explore the idea of context and its relationship to the built and unbuilt environments.

For Project 1, we will visit 4 selected buildings and sites within the heart of Rome. Each site is chosen specifically for its relationship to the city, the surrounding areas and buildings on multiple scales. We will visit the sites and analysis them in terms of these contextual issues. We will explore basic figure / ground diagrams in conjunction with detailed plans and sections.

You are to produce a five sheet exploration of the city of Rome and these specific sites. The first sheet in your presentation will be an introduction to all of the sites in terms of Rome as a whole. The remaining four sheets will be reserved for explorations of four sites. You are to choose three of the first four locations and one of the three optional locations for your exploration and analysis. The analyses’ will be presented as a precedent study for our explorations of northern and southern Italy.

Locations
Piazza della Rotonda [Pantheon]_126 AD
Villa Giulia_1553 AD
Campidoglio_1536 AD
Santa Maria in Trastevere_1617 AD
* Spanish Steps_1723 AD
* St. Peters + Piazza San Pietro_1626 AD
* Piazza Navona_1651 AD
* indicates optional sites for 17 Jan 2006 visit day

Tools
photograph
hand sketches
digital photography and analytical drawing over view given during initial site visit

Schedule
09 Jan 07 Piazza della Rotonda
10 Jan 07 Campidoglio
11 Jan 07 Villa Giulia
15 Jan 07 Santa Maria in Trastevere
17 Jan 07 * Optional Site
18 Jan 07 Final Review

Requirements
1 Introductory sheet [final A2 (approximately 11"x 14") sheets provided by program]
3 Individual analyses’ from choice of 4 visit days
1 Individual analysis from optional visit

Due
Presentation is 18 January 2006 at 05:00 pm.

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Orientation Dinner

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