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Vatican plaza

Amjad Al-Kaluf 2120003608 Abdullah Al-Twijri 211102003

Osama Al-Tawash 212000039

Principal of urban designD.Mohammed Hafnawi

12/05/1436

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Site location

Vatican

Italy

Vatican plaza

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Vatican country

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Drawings

Section

Plan

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Site InformationThe plaza has large oval

shape width of 240 meters, the ends of oval design with rows of columns that the boundaries of plaza.

The selection of the oval such as: 2 hand includes all incoming symbol of motherhood Church.

In another scene there: St. Peter's Basilica.

The designer of the plaza Gain Lorenzo Bernini.

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Site Informationthe wall consists of a long

corridor with four rows of Greek columns. It contains 284 columns witch are 18.6m long.

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On the roof there 96 Sculpture of saints and angels.

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Site InformationThe obelisk In

the middle of the plaza, witch are 25.88 meters long.

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And on both sides of the obelisk there are 2 water fountain, witch are 14 meters long.

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The creative articulation of space  1.Unity:Manifestations of unity in the plaza:1. Greek columns 2. sculptures3. the design of Cathedral and

Plaza

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The creative articulation of space  2. Scale and proportion:Human proportion to the architectural elements are very small, to sense of Fear and Reverence.

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The creative articulation of space  3. Symmetry:The Plaza symmetric design and The obelisk in the medal of the plaza.

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The creative articulation of space  4. Rhythm:The architectural elements in the plaza represents harmony with arcades and the Cathedral of the architectural style and magnitude of size hand

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The creative articulation of space  5. Context:Architectural elements in the plaza with its time difference and different places of construction, but they are connected with each architectural style and a similar ,such as the fountain and obelisk

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The creative articulation of space  6. Detail:Good architectural design contains a greater amount of detail in the architectural elements and the surrounding corridor, such as the fountain and obelisk and sculptures.

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The creative articulation of space  7. Beauty:The Advantage of plaza aesthetic elements that indicate the greatness of the place, such as fountains and the obelisk and columns and the Sculptor, but the plaza lacks to the landscape elements.

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