Evoluzione

Evoluzione (Public House)

AJJackson,GabyParra,&WillNickles ARCH3530 ProfessorJulieWilkerson Fall2022 Genoa,Italy The Public House orchestrates a journey by harmonizing the private and public realm, the palazzo and villa typology, as well as the garden and streetscape of Genoa. To continue the evolution of the palazzo and villa, we took the function of the palazzo and expanded it horizontally to be absorbed by the garden and tranformed the singular palazzo into compartmentalized buildings with dedicated programs.

The layout consists of five buildings surrounding a centralized plazza, designed to transition between Genoa’s garden chain and the urban grid of plazza Colombo. the expanded organization of the site invites users to journey throughout each compartmentalized building through the central plazza.

External shape is influenced by the URBAN GRID.

HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL AXIS are introduced. Cuts are made from these axis to create internal grids

A rectangular VOID is cut out of the center for the addition of a PUBLIC PIAZZA that will face the west side of the site, creating views of the garden

Remaining ‘U’ shape is SPLIT into five different blocks, with the northern middle block being center with the split of the southern blocks. This defines where the salone will be.

An additional ‘U’ piece is added to CONNECT each of the blocks. This will be the loggia + arcade, which makes CIRCULATION the UNIFYING factor of the design. MEDITERRANEAN PINE FORREST LIGURIAN WETLANDS MAQUIS SHRUBLAND MEDITERRANEAN GREEN ROOF

1-POINT PERSPECTIVE VIEW TOWARDS THE EAST

PUBLIC HOUSE

The Public House orchestrates a journey by harmonizing the private and public realm, the palazzo and villa typology, as well as the garden and streetscape of Genoa. To continue the evolution of the palazzo and villa, we took the function of the palazzo and expanded it horizontally to be absorbed by the garden and transformed the singular palazzo into compartmentalized buildings with dedicated programs. The layout consists of five buildings surrounding a centralized piazza, designed to transition between Genoa’s garden chain and the urban grid of piazza Colombo. The expanded organization of the site invites users to journey throughout each compartmentalized building through the central piazza. The local Mediterranean vegetation invades the complex from the west, both flooding the piazza and indenting the facades with planting beds. The structure is also unified by the arcade and loggia, a functional symbol of the symbiosis of the public and private realm in the Public House. This design allows for free external circulation without violating the privacy of building interiors, while also creating serene spaces for users to step out and view the garden.The wood symbolizes the relationship between the public house and the garden as it resembles the trees that fill the garden. The journey is evident through these thresholds from the outside carapace to the lush interior, the loggia to the indoors, and from building to building.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE PALAZZO + VILLA By combining elements of the palazzo + villa such as the form of the palazzo (a block with a central void, usually a quadrilateral) in an urban grid and the garden of the villa, a new evolved palazzo + villa is designed; bringing on a new typology for urban design in Genoa, Italy.

Above are the precedents that went into inspiring the understanding of a palazzo and a villa and how they are used in the design of the Public House. On the top left is Palazzo Doria Tursi with Villa Zerbino on the bottom left. On the right shows the design of the Public House, highlighting what was taken from each precedent.

MASTERPLAN THE URBAN GRID The form of the design came from existing urban grid. The irregular shape of the design is a response of the combining of three different grids in the surrounding area, in which the design becomes an intersection of all surrounding programs and thus becomes the hub for public gathering, community conversation and integration.

1-POINT PERSPECTIVE VIEW TOWARDS THE NORTH

LOGGIA + ARCADE Signifying the urban artifact of the design, the Loggia + Arcade offers a unique circulation experience from the first floor of the building. The Loggia + Arcade is what unifies the building vertically and horizontally. LOGGIA CIRCULATION + EMERGENCY EXIT TRAVERTINE PLASTER

VIEW INSIDE THE LOGGIA 1:50 DETAILED SECTION

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