Re-interpreting the Baroque

Saunders Vertical Studio, Fall 2007 Rome Studio

Re-interpreting the Baroque Saunders Vertical Studio, Fall 2007 Rome Studio Saunders Vertical Studio students Galleries Museums Art museums Student projects The final studio project was to design a contemporary museum in the historical center of Rome. The museum is dedicated to the Counter-Reformation and focuses specifically on the Baroque art and architecture that was sponsored by this revival. The majority of the museum program is dedicated to galleries to exhibit drawings, models, and sculpture from the period as well as contemporary exhibition space. In addition, the museum has auxiliary program of lecture hall, library, administration, gift shop, garden, parking and typical utility spaces found in museums. In the end, each group developed a thesis on the Baroque stemming from the Hersey and Deleuze readings, site visits, earlier analysis, and scripting exercises. The thesis embodied how each project (1) understood and contemporized Baroque characteristics (2) intervened into the historical context of Rome (3) used scripting as a contemporary tool to develop strategies. School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007) Chardain, Andrew Saunders, Andrew. Faculty Holbrook, David 2007, Fall Semester, Digital Pdfs English 21st Century; Baroque Revival; Baroque; Counter Reformation Rome, Italy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Re-interpreting the Baroque

Saunders Vertical Studio, Fall 2007 Rome Studio

Saunders Vertical Studio students

Galleries

Museums

Art museums

Student projects

The final studio project was to design a contemporary museum in the historical center of Rome. The museum is dedicated to the Counter-Reformation and focuses specifically on the Baroque art and architecture that was sponsored by this revival. The majority of the museum program is dedicated to galleries to exhibit drawings, models, and sculpture from the period as well as contemporary exhibition space. In addition, the museum has auxiliary program of lecture hall, library, administration, gift shop, garden, parking and typical utility spaces found in museums. In the end, each group developed a thesis on the Baroque stemming from the Hersey and Deleuze readings, site visits, earlier analysis, and scripting exercises. The thesis embodied how each project (1) understood and contemporized Baroque characteristics (2) intervened into the historical context of Rome (3) used scripting as a contemporary tool to develop strategies.

School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007)

Chardain, Andrew

Saunders, Andrew. Faculty

Holbrook, David

2007, Fall Semester,

Digital

Pdfs

English

21st Century; Baroque Revival; Baroque; Counter Reformation

Rome, Italy

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY