Piazza Lorenzo
Tremayne Ottley, Garrison Grey, Morgan Pendergrass, Carlton Copeland, and Via' Ronic Snow-Hill
Site PlanImagine an urban center that caters to the human experience and provides usable spaces that pay homage to the existing site. In keeping with Camillo Sitte's principles, our studio group was able to accomplish just this. To pull pedestrians into the new site, the flanking buildings have been cut back at an angle. This also assists in providing a sense of hierarchy among the three buildings.
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Pulling from Sitte's principles. the first piazza frames the facade of the Urban Design Museum. The piazza comes to life through the use of the museum, retail spaces, and the bank, which open up to the piazza. Continuing through the site, towards Villa Guilia, the second piazza unveils the existing church facade. Creating the space proportional to the buuilding's height, allows the viewer to admire the church, an important piece of the site's history. |
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Section B
Sitte Piazza Diagrams
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A. Avoid broad straight boulevards, which create long, uninteresting views. Instead, try to create an irregular street pattern in order to provide ever-changing vistas. B. Do not make traffic a main focus because it will disrupt the pedestrian experience within the public space. C. Guide streets to the edges of the plaza as opposed to allowing them to flow into the space. D. Enclose public squares with other building or other elements that help define the edge to create an outdoor room. E. Minimize the views of plaza exits so that the guests are not constantly distracted by what is beyond the piazza. This also supports the feeling of enclosure. F. Plazas should always be proportional to the main buildings façade length or building height. If not, it becomes very easy for a plaza to be far too large or too small for the building that it was meant to pay homage to |
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Front ElevationThe remainder of the site was designed to be an open space consisting of a market place, a loggia used for social gathering, as well as an amphitheater that utilizes the existing slope. Inspiration from Sitte is demonstrated through the use of the fountain as a monumental element. Its location serves as a landmark and a point of interest with the Fine Arts Gallery and Recreation Center in the background. |
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