CASA HOUSTON

Study Abroad Architecture  
Group Project w/ Ashley Wang

The building site located in Piazza Della Moretta, Rome is in a dense historic neighborhood. Many of the surrounding buildings have a courtyard and that allows for green space and breezeways to exist in these buildings. The concept of this project is to create a mass tower with avoid. A medieval contemporary brick tower would continue the density language of the city. The void in the building is a courtyard with vertical green walls and a fountain in the center. The circulation of the building around the courtyard allows for exterior and interior spaces throughout the building.