Piazza Porto D'Ottavia Revival

PIAZZA PORTICO D’OTTAVIA

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GRACE HILL, SHAYLA JORGENSON, CHARLES KIM, ROY, NITZAN, XANTHE STEFFEN OU ARCHITECTURE/UNL INTERIOR DESIGN GROUP 4

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THE JEWISH RELIGION AND CULTURE SUBMERGES ITSELF IN THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY AND GATHERING AS ONE THROUGH ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF ITS EXISTENCE. IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE JEWISH QUARTER OF ROME, THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAY SUKKOT AND THE SUKKAH ARE BROUGHT INTO THE MAIN STREET TO TRANSFORM THE OPEN AIR STREET INTO A THOUGHT PROVOKING AND COMMUNAL SPACE THROUGH THE NATURAL CANOPY CREATED BY THE BIOPHILIC COLUMNS STEMMING FROM THE GROUND. REFLECTING ON THE SUKKAH AS A GATHERING SPACE WITH 3 WALLS AND A GREEN ROOF, THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ACT AS THE WALL AND THE COLUMNS CREATE A NATURAL CANOPY TO CREATE A PATH OF REFLECTION AND GROWTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGH ONE'S SELF. PRECEDING THE CANOPY, THE RENEWAL OF THE OLD JEWISH FOUNTAIN INTO A CENTRAL SEATING AREA SURROUNDING AN OLIVE TREE GIVES THE IDEA OF A START OF PEACE. ONCE ONE PASSES THROUGH THE CANOPY, ONE REACHES THE END OF THE REFLECTION AND RENEWAL AT AN IMMERSIVE AMPHITHEATER WHICH RESEMBLES A CROWN SYMBOLIZING THE CENTRALITY OF THE JEWISH RELIGION, BOTH IN JEWISH TEXT AS A SYMBOLIC ELEMENT AND AS THE CENTER OF JEWISH LIFE IN ROME.

JEWISH HOLIDAYS

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PRECEDENT SKETCHES

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SITE ANALYSIS

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DESCRIPTION OF ANAYLSIS

-AFTER RESARCHING THE POPULATION DENSITY DURING TIMES AND RECORDING MULTIPLE DECIBLES READINGS AROUND THE SITE WE CONCLUDED THAT 3PM IS THE BUSIEST. LEADING US TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTIONS TO DESIGN TO BE USED MOSTLY DURING THE DAY BUT THAT CAN ALSO BE USED AT NIGHT.

-AS FOR THE CIRCULATION OF THE HUMANS WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE TEND TO GO TOWARD THE MAIN STREETS. WITH THIS IN MIND WE FOCUSED OUR DESIGN AROUND THE VIA DEL PORTICO D’OTTAVIA TO

-THE ONLY OUTLIER OCCURS AROUND 9PM IN THE ORANGE AREA. THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE RESTAURANTS ARE THE BUSIEST.

-THE GREEN CIRCLES ALSO REPRESENTS THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE USUALLY GATHER OR WHERE LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WALK THROUGH.

TIME OF DAY

LOCATION OF INTRESTS

HUMAN CIRCULATION

RESTAURANTS/CAFE

CAR CIRCULATION

TIBER RIVER

TEMPIO MAGGIORE DI ROMA

AIA ROME

PORTICO

SUN DIAGRAM

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SECTIONS OU/UNL ROME PROGRAM AT AIA ROME CENTER

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