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Architecture HOTEL DE JULIA

The Bernini & Borromini Rome Studio Option Studio I

Duration : 7 weeks

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Site : Basilica de Julia, Forum Romanum, Rome

Conservation seeks to preserve the feelings of the past while serving the people living presently.

The new Basilica de Julia is familiar yet novel at the same time. By building upon its ruins, we restore Basilica de Julia’s former glory while injecting it with contemporary elements through the introduction of a luxury hotel and shopping arcade, that are clad in a mix of modern-day materials.

Site Analysis

Due to excavation works, the site is recessed by 5m, thereby denying direct access from the Foro into the

Due to excavation works, the site is recessed by 5m, thereby denying direct access from the into

This intervention aims to reconcile the two roads flanking the site while being sensitive to the exisiting conditions of Basilica de Julia.

This intervention aims to reconcile the two roads flanking the site while being sensitive to the exisiting conditions of Basilica de Julia.

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