Architecture History
History of World Architecture
Final Exam Paper
1) Architecture's role in creating an urban vision varies from creating feature buildings to providing background consistency while aspiring to implement an overall concept for a city. Discuss how architecture operates in both ways using specific examples, along with their associated urban strategies, in three of the following cases: * Paris under Baron Haussmann's direction * Michelangelo's Campidoglio * Antonio Sant'Elia's Citta Nuova
Architecture’s role in creating an urban vision varies from creating feature buildings to providing background consistency while aspiring to implement an overall concept for a city.
In achieving urban visions architects formulate urban designs that connect places and people, nature, movements and built fabric. These designs strive to ensure that urban centers are of distinct identity and beauty; have economic variability, social equity and environmental stewardship. Urban designing brings together landscape planning, architectural designs, transport policy, development economics creating a vision for an area. Urban designing is also involved in deploying skills and resources to bring the urban vision to reality. Through these urban visions there is establishment of unique architecture, identifiable landmarks, pleasant public places, lively commercial centers, attractive and safe public areas and aesthetically pleasing elements in the public realm.
Paris under Baron Haussmann's direction
After the French revolution Baron Haussmann was appointed by napoleon III to modernize Paris city and so if you tour Paris city Baron Haussmann work permeates most parts of the city. Baron’s architectural work focused at encouraging economic growth by improving on the roads layout to enhance easy transportation. To achieve his urban vision he demolished the narrow streets that had been constructed before and replaced them with wider ones. This project of modernizing Paris
Final Exam Paper
1) Architecture's role in creating an urban vision varies from creating feature buildings to providing background consistency while aspiring to implement an overall concept for a city. Discuss how architecture operates in both ways using specific examples, along with their associated urban strategies, in three of the following cases: * Paris under Baron Haussmann's direction * Michelangelo's Campidoglio * Antonio Sant'Elia's Citta Nuova
Architecture’s role in creating an urban vision varies from creating feature buildings to providing background consistency while aspiring to implement an overall concept for a city.
In achieving urban visions architects formulate urban designs that connect places and people, nature, movements and built fabric. These designs strive to ensure that urban centers are of distinct identity and beauty; have economic variability, social equity and environmental stewardship. Urban designing brings together landscape planning, architectural designs, transport policy, development economics creating a vision for an area. Urban designing is also involved in deploying skills and resources to bring the urban vision to reality. Through these urban visions there is establishment of unique architecture, identifiable landmarks, pleasant public places, lively commercial centers, attractive and safe public areas and aesthetically pleasing elements in the public realm.
Paris under Baron Haussmann's direction
After the French revolution Baron Haussmann was appointed by napoleon III to modernize Paris city and so if you tour Paris city Baron Haussmann work permeates most parts of the city. Baron’s architectural work focused at encouraging economic growth by improving on the roads layout to enhance easy transportation. To achieve his urban vision he demolished the narrow streets that had been constructed before and replaced them with wider ones. This project of modernizing Paris