Elements of Rome, Part Two

Project details

Programme

Unit Year 1

Tutors Frosso Pimenides and Max Dewdney

The students observed, selected and recorded a series of architectural and atmospheric elements from the field trip to Rome. These were documented in sketch books and then investigated through different mediums when back in London. This formed a collection of elements to assist in the building project.

Group Students

Emilia Bryce Process & Materiality Prize
Ana-Maria Cazan Process & Materiality Prize
Park (Jin) Chan
Samuel Field Site & Cultural Strategy Prize
Kyra Johnston
Veronika Khasapova
Gaeul Kim
Adam Lynes
Johanna Moro
Eoin Shaw Site & Cultural Strategy Prize
Mufeng Shi
Yeung (Julie) Yeung Site & Cultural Strategy Prize
Joy You
Fangyi (Erica) Zhou

Samuel Field, Y1, 'Route/View/Vista'

Inspired by streets surrounding the Pantheon, this model explores the inhabited spaces of the dense, vertical streets, through filling specific moments with model fragments of the negative space.

Eoin Shaw, Y1, 'Layers of Time/Material'

This project latches new architecture copied from around Rome on to parasitic scaffolding that climbs up the remaining columns of the Temple of Athena, opposite the Theatre of Marcellus. Only façades are added as a response to the film sets of Cinecittà Studios.

Johanna Moro, Y1, 'Route/View/Vista'

In the historic centre of Rome, a narrow staircase connects the Campidoglio to Piazza D’Aracoeli. The stairs, surrounded by high walls, give a strange feeling of monumentality and enclosure. The project explores this space through multiple casts, reconstructing it through negative space and altering it by stitching.

Veronika Khasapova, Y1, 'Geometry'

The model was designed for people to be able to view the inner space of the church from both above and underneath, giving a unique chance to experience the space in the way it cannot be viewed in reality – as if from the dome and from underground.

Adam Lynes, Y1, 'Weathering/Erosion'

The design is inspired by a common building façade in Rome. Each façade is made of different proportions of plaster, teracotta iron plaster and metal shavings. The colour gradient and effect of rusting demonstrates how Rome changes in appearance over time, embracing the beauty of aged architecture.

Joy You, Y1, 'Route/View/Vista'

The views of Rome were interpreted through the arches of the Colosseum. Each frame shows a different memorable site visited in Rome.

Yeung (Julie) Yeung, Y1, 'Layers of Time/Material'

The project explores multiple layers of the Colosseum: its materiality, scale and the juxtaposition of characters. The journey gladiators make is a theatrical progression from darkness to light, containment to release, silence to glamour. The model and drawing recreate the journey and discuss the dynamic interplay between different characters within the architecture.

Kyra Johnston, Y1, 'Light'

This project explores light, texture, and the shapes of the ancient basilica Santo Stefano al Monte Celio. The model has a rotating base that constructs a plethora of shadows and light pockets inspired by the Sun's passage over the area. The relationship between movement, shape and light creates new spatial properties.