EVERYDAY MONUMENT
design for community life
Rome, Italy
Spring 2023
Instructor: Consuelo Nuñez Ciuffa
Partners: Kyle Guenther + Arden Stapella
Spring 2023
Instructor: Consuelo Nuñez Ciuffa
Partners: Kyle Guenther + Arden Stapella
Keywords: Pubic Space, Mixed Use, Urban Acropolis, Archipelago
Everyday Monument encapsulates the current context of San Lorenzo while continually referencing the historic monuments that once served the contexts of their time. While these monuments today are addressed in new ways, their resence is reestablished by their visual relationship to the contemporary site that serves the overall community.
This project’s approach to the site is centered around connecting the two existing archeological sites, the Aurelian Wall and the Sepolcro di Largo Talamo, around different typologies of public space. The linear park extending from the mausoleum creates an open area for recreational activities surrounded by two linear facades that frame the void. The piazza centered around the Aurelian wall contrasts the activity of the park and engages in the existing monument’s historical presence. Conversely, the community center and mixed-use building establish themselves as permeable masses on the site and create varying levels of refuge in relation to the voids of the park and piazza. These masses are relevated on podiums to create an everyday monument that engages the San Lorenzo community in new ways.
san lorenzo figure ground
ground level plan
typical floor plan
programmatic axonometric
void diagram
