#06 Guide to Italian Renaissance Architecture

On-site Observation of Italian Architectures Through sketches

Location: Italy

Concept: Sketches

This series of sketches documented the study of Italian renaissance architecture. Features of Renaissance buildings include classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of a desire for symmetry, proportion, geometry, and harmony. Columns, pediments, arches, and domes are used in buildings of all types. These sketches and digital fragments allowed me to investigate ancient Roman architecture and acquire the knowledge of Classical Architecture and ornament that was used as a foundation for Renaissance architecture within the Italian landscape.

San Andrea Al Quirinale, Italy

Facade and Structure

The church designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Giovanni de ‘Rossi in the sixteenth century. It is configured with straight lines and curved in tension, as the ellipse shapes the floor. Ths building is the combination and contrast between different materials, orders, and treatments of natural light.

Villa La Rotonda, Italy

From the basement

Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa was designed by Italian architect Andrea Palladio The house stands on top of a hill on a base, leaving the basement to the kitchen and administration. It is a new type of building designed with the criteria of absolute simplicity and symmetry. The villa built with the work of stucco-covered brick and stone.

Fortezza di Mesola, Italy

Entry to the garden

The entire forested area was acquired in the XV century, by the Este family. The idea of Ferrara lords was to build a new Delizia that would have had at the same time an important defensive role against the powerful Republic of Venice and all the features to ensure moments of leisure to the entire court. The structure today appears intact in all its splendor and hosts events, conferences and events of various kinds.