CUA Arch Rome 2008

25.8.08

Final Project - Building in an Urban Context

After living, thinking, and drawing the context of Rome for nearly four months, each student presented a proposal for a building that fit within their Urban Design proposal. The building - a public bath, library, or museum - addressed the scale of the city down to the scale of the individual. Political infrastructure, historical behaviors, social tendencies and spatial precedent were all valid points of view when looking at how this project might fit within 2008 Rome. Emotional values, tactile details, and studies of traffic movement or daily time all influenced the development of details. The solutions are modern answers that bear heavily on the lessons absorbed during walks and talks in this ancient city.

A few snapshots of the ideas:

scale of the city

B. Dionne

R. Watson

J. Orsini

scale of the neighborhood

S. Rinehart

G. Paseto

C. Toocheck

K. Lipinoga

scale of the building

M. Vargas

A. Willard

M. Colligan

S. McTaggart

scale of the person

M. Johnson

D. Murphy

S. Murthy

P. Morgan

M. Lombardo

19.5.08

Second Project - Urban Design

Working in groups of two or three, each team sought to uncover the character of an underdeveloped piece of Rome and propose a new urban place. The sites were imagined to be "full" of solid mass, which had to be carved away to give form to narrow and wide streets, piazzas, and courtyards. Each solution weaves into the surrounding city fabric, creating a new urban space and repairing the edge conditions of the existing fabric.

Proposed Urban Plan, Porta Maggiore. J. Orsini, C. Guentert

Proposed Urban Plan, Villa Wolkonsky. M. Colligan, M. Vargas

Proposed Urban Plan, Villa Torlonia. M. Johnson, K. Lipinoga, A. Willard

21.2.08

Pecha Kucha

CUA Arch Rome 2008 presents Pecha Kucha (Japanese for "the sound of conversation") over the course of three separate evenings. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, shown for 20 seconds each, which allows 6 minutes and 40 seconds to present a platform, share an insight, or just plain entertain. . .