SKETCHING ASSIGNMENT 4: ANCIENT SITES REPURPOSED
This assignment entailed sketching sites where existing buildings have been repurposed as museums. The analyses are represented at three different scales— the site, the building, and details.
In the Crypta Balbi Museum I observed first the building plan and how the museum was laid out. As far as the spatial quality I noticed the constructed level on the third floor of the museum and sketched a perspective of how it was installed in the building while respecting existing structure. Lastly, I documented a detail of column ruins that were affixed to a metal frame to help the fragments retain their original positions as part of a larger whole.
In the Baths of Diocletian Museum, I made note of the preserved courtyards and surrounding buildings. At the building scale, I drew the massive interior of the actual Baths of Diocletian, because I felt that was the most important existing aspect of the site. Lastly, I drew a section of the new construction—the museum inside— because it used each successive level to define the space below it while still remaining open to above. I found it interesting how visibility was maintained throughout the different levels of the museum, much like the different levels of architectural remnants are visible in the rest of the site.
In the Crypta Balbi Museum I observed first the building plan and how the museum was laid out. As far as the spatial quality I noticed the constructed level on the third floor of the museum and sketched a perspective of how it was installed in the building while respecting existing structure. Lastly, I documented a detail of column ruins that were affixed to a metal frame to help the fragments retain their original positions as part of a larger whole.
In the Baths of Diocletian Museum, I made note of the preserved courtyards and surrounding buildings. At the building scale, I drew the massive interior of the actual Baths of Diocletian, because I felt that was the most important existing aspect of the site. Lastly, I drew a section of the new construction—the museum inside— because it used each successive level to define the space below it while still remaining open to above. I found it interesting how visibility was maintained throughout the different levels of the museum, much like the different levels of architectural remnants are visible in the rest of the site.