Architecture is happiness/east-west rules-conversations/dialouges
· Piazza del Campo is located in Siena, Italy
· During the 13th century one of the most important cities in Italy because of wool industry
· Dominated trades routes with France and Rome
· This plaza is called a campo meaning square it is next to the Piazza and that is a shape of a shell
· A cathedral is on one side, and a town hall on the other
· The campo is the area in the center of Venice
· Palazzo Pubblico goes in hand with the Piazza del campo, both are areas of gathering
· One of Europe’s greatest medieval squares
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| Showing that man is the center of the gathering area, and its an area for people to gather in the center of the city. |
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| This picture illustrates the happiness that this architecture shows along with the happiness it brings to the people fo Siena. They can relax and hang out here. It makes them happy. |
The Piazza del Campo and the Palazzo Pubblico are good examples of the concepts we were touching base on in class this week. The concept of east and west rules can relate to these two similar places. Rule six for both east and west are place man at center. I think both of these show this because it was built to sit in the center of the city for people to gather. This rule was shown well because to this day events still go on yearly. In class Patrick related the Ying-Yang as symbol relating to this rule for the east. I believe this symbol also relates to the west because of this center of gathering. My personal opinion I feel as though it is an Italian thing. Italians have always been known for their families and gatherings. This place shows that mind set of Italians quite well. Another rule for both east and west was to strive for harmony. I think this area expresses this rule as well because it looks like it belongs. In an aerial view of the city this open space doesn’t look misplaced. It shows the importance of this area because it fits into the city and has important structures surrounding. For example a cathedral and town hall are surrounding the Piazza. The other concept we talked about this week was architecture of happiness. I believe this area the Piazza is a happy place for the Italians. It is an area that all can gather and enjoy the company of others along with what the city has to offer. The place relating to this area in a bigger scale would be the entire city of Siena. This city and that area especially are the examples of the architecture expressing happiness to Italians. The area where they can all gather as one along with the actually city that they live in is happiness. The last concept we talked about in class that relates to this city is dialogue and conversations. Patrick’s example of this concept was Venice, and how the city talks to people as the city of stone. I think the city of Siena is telling people that Siena is the city warmth. It shows warmth through putting an area in the middle of the city where all can come.
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| A picture showing how this area passes on the feeling of warmth. |
You have done a good job with incorporating the required elements of the responses and reflecting on the class lectures, however, the reading responses should reflect ching and roth explicitly. Your writing flows very nicely...but it needs to include references to roth + ching...citations from their writings would be ideal.
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