JAV131H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Palazzo Della Ragione, Padua, Robert Venturi, Rob Krier
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Building as a part of the city (urban fabric, urban tissue) Analogue city, the city as it exists in collective memory. Type/typology, limited number of architectural forms can accommodate every function. Function is less important than the form, that impresses us. Many pieces of paper architecture, analogue city . Anonymous factory design, related to northern italy. Basic and simple, least amount of forms used. Roma interrotta or rome interrupted, idea of rebuilding a part of rome and improving it. A building should t in context, e. g. to the buildings next door. The reconstruction of the european city, brussels 1978. Realisation of the importance of the fabric of the city. Atelier de recherche et d"action urbanie would provide other plans to demolish or change the city in counter to any new plans. Uniform vs form, every function has a certain type of expression. Shift from modern to post modern architecture, a pre modern approach. Walkable environment, no need for a car.
