The Renaissance City

• Properties• Shapes• Palmanova• References

Diego Gomes 12-10080Daisy Muñoz

Properties & Shapes

THE REGION: Territorial, economic and political-administrative approach

THE SITE: • Place of installation • Study strengths and

weaknesses

FORTIFICATIONS:

• Defense conquests • Pointed bastions

Properties & Shapes

EXTERNALLY: • Demarcated by fortification • Geometry • Symmetry and aesthetics

CITY LAYOUT: • An urban fabric open • Collective arrangement of

buildings

PLAZA: • Always Is located in the center

of town • It is the largest space in the

city• It is the local market

PALMANOVA (ITALY)

designed by Giulio

Savorgnano(1593)

Location

The plaza

HousingThe Region

Milestones

Bastions Axes of symmetry

Circular Base is the

perfect Platonic

form.

Order

Access

References

• Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela. (1975). Boletín del Centro de Investigaciones Históricas y Estéticas (21ra Edición). (pp. 81-112). Caracas, Venezuela

• Grupo Océano. (2004). Historia universal (2da edición).(pp. 215-223). Barcelona, España Pictures :

• Disqus(2009) Palmanova. Mega construcciones (blog) disponible en:

http://megaconstrucciones.net/?construccion=palmanova

• Official page of Palmanova:http://www.palmanova.it/

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