tailieunhanh - VIGNOLA, AMMANATI, VASARI, AND MICHELANGELO

The rebounding for-sale housing market, including the decreasing “shadow market” of foreclosed units, will continue to affect the apartment market. Sales activity has increased as financing becomes more readily available, particularly for first time home buyers, thereby improving absorption of the oversupply of single family homes and condominiums. The increasing level of rental rates may also encourage more apartment residents to take advantage of record low mortgage interest rates. Apartment sales are expected to continue to be strong as investors see the Denver market as wellpositioned, both short term and long. As conventional financing continues to be more readily available Denver’s tight vacancy rates and increasing rental. | Vignola Ammanati Vasari and Michelangelo Villa Giulia - Rome Italy BuildingType Renaissance villa Papal residence 1551-3 Total Square Footage 16 716 sq. ft. Comments series of various forms at different levels Biblography Bayley John Barrington. Letarouilly on Renaissance Rome. New York Classical America Inc. 1984 84 88-94. Furnari Michele. Formal Design in Renaissance Architecture from Brunelleschi to Palladio. New York Rizzoli International Publications Inc. 1995 169-0. Van der Ree Paul Gerrit Smienk and Clemens steenbergen. Italian Villas and Gardens. Amsterdam THROTH Publishers 1992 163-9. Wharton Edith. Italian Gardens and Their Gardens. New York The Century Co. 1904 84-86. Site Context Villa Giulia was built in 1551-3 as a country retreat dedicated for relaxation and recreation for Pope Julius III. Designed by Vignola and Ammannati with contributions by Michelangelo and Vasari it was intended for entertaining guests of the Vatican rather than as a permanent home. Villa Giulia is situated outside the walls of Rome low in a side valley of the Tiber River that ran in a north-westerly direction. The two directions arising from a bend in the valley meet each other at the point where a long entrance drive ends at the forecourt of the villa. The path does not lie in the main axis of the villa but instead follows the bend of the valley. One does not realize this until the last moment due to the laterally alignment of the trees. The villa does not seem to be situated in an enclosed valley no matter from which direction it is viewed from because of the bend in the axis. The villa was not designed as an object against the backdrop of the natural landscape. The architectural treatment of the villa plan is integrated into the surrounding landscape. u------1 Front Elevation Longitudinal Section Luxury and comfort in Roman villas during the mid-16lhcentury were turning its back on the outside and becoming more inwardly directed. Villa Giulia focused toward the interior .