Fractal Armatures Posted on January 29th
This is my final project from 4A- a mixed-use development just outside the Aurelian Walls, at Porta Maggiore. Here we see the urban fabric unravel from San Giovanni in Laterano and Termini station, two significant public spaces in Rome, to the unsavoury fringes at the edge of the site. Using new programme to complement existing cultural programme adjacent or near the site (which is staggering in its untapped potential: the Museum of Musical Instruments, Museum of Military History, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, the Aurelian Wall itself, and partially excavated Roman ruins, including an old amphitheatre), the project aims to create a new destination, while at the same time remaining sympathetic to the neighbourhood and its residents. Hence the concept of transcending scales, which parallels that of the fractal.
All three of my project boards are on flickr. They’re available in full, glorious resolution, if you so choose. Like the project itself, the boards change scales from the first board (city scale and relationships) to the last (personal experiences within the project).
Download project PDF [416 kb].
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