Final Project #1
studio has kicked back into full swing with our first final jury on wednesday this weekend's focus was mainly for rendering.
My group officially reached the half way mark today so that we have two more days to make everything read more clearly.
Our focus is Piazza Benedetto Cairoli Rome, Italy
(which is actually on my walk from trastevere to campo every day)
San Carlo ai Catinari, sits at the far side of this piazza but its beauty can me easily passed by every day because, the square has now turned into a parking lot. Cars line the steps out in front of the church and the old palace garden, now the main focus of this piazza. The people flow through Piazza Benedetto Cairoli is limited to the street (which can be dangerous if you aren't watching speeding vespas and smart cars and to the tiny side walks). Last week, while I was walking home from studio, I actually got stuck on the side walk between a stone barrier and the cars and vespas jammed into what in America would barely qualify as a regulation parking spot. I had to turn around and walk back until i found an opening big enough between car that I could pass through. Walking around here is an adventure in itself. So im guessing thats why the actual park part of the square is roped off...because everyone would just use it as a parking lot. Piazza Benedetto is easily miss because it acts as the transition point from the main road Via Arenula to the shopping district of Campo De' Fiori.
But its one of the few squares in Rome that has trees and grass and has the potential to be a beautiful and vibrant city square if people would respect it more and stop using it to park.
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