Rebuilding rome

1. Rebuilding ROME

2. Under the reign of Pope Sixtus V
(1585-1590)
Architect: Domenico Fontana

4. •As Rome grew the city was confronted
with problems.
• houses, markets streets, amphitheaters,
defense wall, aqueducts.
•Rome was a place of pilgrimage .
•So to facilitate movement needed to
mark important centers. The connection
between these sites were also important so
street planning started.
•The Popes realized that the rebuilding of
Rome must incorporate the improvement
of the connections between sacred and
secular buildings as well as the sites
themselves.
•Pope Sixtus V hired architect Dominico
Fontana. Dominico Fontana

7. •Dominico Fontana prepared a street plan, in
which key points were marked with obelisks to
make the places visually accented.
•The obelisks worked as guideposts for the
whole city plan.
•Features in church or basilica: symmetry,
classical order, ornamentation to show
grandeur, proportion and module.
•2 types of building: public Roman Forum and
country villas.
•Form of buildings were functional (in response
to a specific need) .
•Paid attention to structure (obelisk), form
(dome) and expression (facade)

13. •Fontana prepared a street plan
for the rebuilding of Rome.
•He marked out the key points in
the city with tall obelisks.
•In this way not only did the new
streets connect key hubs.
•The obelisks provided a system
of strong visual accents to mark
out the overall street design
concept.
•This helped in establishing a
framework for growth.

15. •Only the placement of the obelisks was
carried out during the reign of Sixtus V.
•However the obelisks acted as guideposts
for the whole city plan during successive
reigns.
•They also acted as scale reference points
for future designers.
•Sixtus V had thus set up a network of hubs
which had to be detailed and executed
themselves.

16. Piazza Navona

17. St. Peter’s Square