PROJECT: EXPLORING ROME AND BEYOND WITH A SKETCHBOOK IN HAND Justin Joel Tan
Prof. Jeffrey Blanchard ARCH 3823-020
Buildings & Building Complexes
Il Gesù
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Borromini’s Forced Perspective at Palazzo Spada
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Magisterium - The faculty of Education
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Collegio del Colle Student Accommodation
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San Giorgio Maggiore
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Il Redentore
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Villa Di Maser/Barbaro
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Building Attached to a Wall
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Mausoleo di Teodorico
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Duomo di Ravenna
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Basilica Palladiana
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Teatro Olimpico
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Museums & Galleries
Galleria Borghese
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Itineraries & Pathways
Vicolo de’Bovari at Piazza del Teatro di Pompeo
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Ponte Sisto
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Urban Ensembles & Piazze
Piazza Farnese
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Details
Textures and Materiality
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Castelvecchio Details by Scarpa
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Mural Fragment - Basilica di San Francesco
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Buildings & Building Complexes
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Il GesĂš - Rome
- Architect: Vignola - Single vaulted nave - No aisles
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Borromini’s Forced Perspective at Palazzo Spada - Rome
- Architect/Artist: Francesco Borromini - Commissioned by Cardinal Spada in 1632 - Shortening columns and rising floor level - Statue of Mars at the end of the of the colonnade looks life size but is only 60cm tall
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Collegio del Colle Student Accommodation - Urbino
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2 - Architect: Giancarlo De Carlo - Dormitory for students with programmatic elements - Circulation as a system of outdoor walkways (1) - Project embedded and grafted into the site - Project is highly conscious of the terrain - Lecture Hall with natural light entering (2) 6
Magisterium - The faculty of Education - Urbino
- Architect: Giancarlo De Carlo - Interior Condition reads very different from the exterior - Interesting circulation and programmatic arrangement - Wonderful section quality with different layers and heights
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San Giorgio Maggiore - Venice
- Architect: Andrea Palladio - Renaissance basilica - Benedictine church - High nave and low side aisles
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Il Redentore - Venice
- Architect: Andrea Palladio - Located on the waterfront of the Canale della Giudecca - Contains paintings by artists including Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese and Francesco Bassano.
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Villa Di Maser/Barbaro - Veneto
- Architect: Andrea Palladio - Built for the Barbaro family - Symmetry and axiality - Central block flanked by two symmetrical wings
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Building Attached to a Wall - Sansepolcro
- Building attached to an existing wall - Acting as a single system
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Mausoleo di Teodorico - Ravenna
- Built for Theodoric the Great as his tomb. - Symmetrical Plan - Roof is a single 230 tonne Istrian stone
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Duomo di Ravenna - Ravenna
- Architect: Giovanni Francesco Buonamici - 50m-high dome, frescoed by Giovan Battista and Andrea Barbiani - Round bell tower next to the cathedral is from the 10th century
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Basilica Palladiana - Vicenza
- Architect: Andrea Palladio - Located in Piazza dei Signori - Loggia as an inhabitable facade
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Teatro Olimpico - Vicenza
- Theatre architect: Andrea Palladio - Onstage scenery designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi - Forced perspective
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Museums & Galleries
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Galleria Borghese - Rome
- Art gallery housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana - Is the location of a substantial part of the Borghese art collection - Houses many famous Bernini works - 20 rooms, two floors
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Itineraries & Pathways
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Vicolo de’Bovari at Piazza del Teatro di Pompeo - Rome
- Vicolo next to a small piazza - The piazza as both a marketplace and place for parking cars 19
Ponte Sisto - Rome
- Bridge for pedestrians - Acts as both a form of circulation and an urban gathering place
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Urban Ensembles & Piazze
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Piazza Farnese - Rome
- Location of Fontane di Piazza Farnese - Twin fountains in the Piazza - Urban space that sets the stage for Palazzo Farnese 22
Details
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Textures and Materiality - Rome
- A study of the contrasting materialities and textural qualities of buildings in Rome - The dense urban city, along with the presence of both modern and ancient buildings create an interesting collage of textures 24
Castelvecchio Details by Scarpa - Verona
- Carlo Scarpa’s designs of easels that display various artworks - Industrial detailing and other interesting moments in Castelvecchio
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Mural Fragments - Basilica di San Francesco - Ravenna
- Fragments of frescos - Interesting quality as a painted “ruin�
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