P3X2 Focus for P3 Programming and Schematic

As discussed in studio.
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Program.
Consider the division of area in the project as a conceptual problem. Write out the elements you propose and make a first pass at guessing their allotment, first as a percentage and then as a square foot area (include a square meter conversion because we may have Italian jurors on the final). I want you do do what necessary to understand the area taken up by the uses, and the corresponding volume if taken generically. However, I do not want you begin the project as an exercise in rearranging these boxes. Have the information you gain from doing the "size exercise" in the back of your head as you manipulate form intuitively. Paraphrasing Zumthor, I may set up rules for a project, but what good are they if the design doesn't feel right?
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Urban Proposal.
A complicated site does not required a complicated solution. Volumetric exploration at urban scale in plan and section (3D process) is necessary to test ideas. Explore scenarios in conversation with us and with each other.

Nolli and Piranesi. Consider that the Nolli plan is a map of open space with degrees of public-ness. It is only a plan however. What happens in section? We have the imaginations of Piranesi to fill in some blanks. Many are from his mind many are drawings and etchings of actual places (artistically interpreted). In the Nolli plan private spaces read as solid (residences, businesses), while a variety of public space types appear open (basilicas, churches, courtyards, cloisters...). In our site,
the adjacent loggias (Palladio and Longhena) are open volumes not solids.
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The park.
 Research the park history. The adjacent area history. Consider the current state of the park. Use the information to inform your approach to the design.
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Post the following:
List of program elements / percent area / sf / sm
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A statement of program intent. 
Define these elements with short explanations. What to you expect them to do in relationship with the city? the park? each other? etc? These may address external forces as well as internal forces.

A statement of morphological/architectural exploration.
Your project is an investigation and test of civilized activity in the history of urbanity and building arts. Briefly describe the meta-context(s) within which you are framing this investigation. For example, "this project explores the value of reinforcing the edge of the medieval city where the old fortification wall is replaced by new construction, specifically, where the medieval wall abuts a large public space such as a park or garden. The value of limited access along an edge is blah, blah, blah."

Do the following and post as a second post (both with same label):

• Create a dimensionally correct set of drawings of the site: plan, sections, elevations of adjacent facades.
• Sketch and draw and model concepts. These drawings should read similar to Nolli (figure ground-ish).
• Create a excel spreadsheet with a list of spaces and size distribution. Not overly details, but use formulas. I want to see this next meeting.