A square held by houses.

A continuous edge. Many front doors. One shared urban room.

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Gathering the houses around the square…

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Drag to orbit · Scroll to zoomDrag to orbit · Pinch to zoom76 × 52 m square · 40 houses

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Shape the piazza

Proportion & enclosure

Square length76 m

Square width52 m

Eaves height12 m

Houses around the square40 homes

Raise the walls to enclose the sky, or widen the oval to give the centre more breathing room. The passages lead into a network of bent lanes and irregular blocks.

3,104 m² open square

Layers of town life

Terracotta roofsLift the roofs to read the individual building volumes.

Wider neighbourhoodTraced irregular blocks, diagonal streets and enclosed gardens from the supplied plan.

People in the squareEveryday gathering gives the open space a human scale.

The pattern

Make a public room with a continuous inhabited edge. Small differences in height, plaster and shutters give each house its own identity while the oval holds them together.

The surrounding town follows the supplied plan: a diagonal western street, a bent southern cross street, an eastern junction and deep blocks with enclosed gardens.

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Enter through a narrow passage, then step into the light. Keep the centre open for crossing and gathering; put doorways, awnings and café tables along the edges.

View the reference photograph ↗ Roof detail reference showing mixed ridges, stepped roof ranges, chimneys and rooflights around the piazza

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Pattern 28 · Oval piazza

Street and block outlines are hand-traced from the supplied aerial plan. This is an approximate image trace; heights and dimensions are exploratory. Changes last for this session.

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