BY AR.

CHARLES WILLIARD MOORE

PIAZZA DE ITALIA
BY CHARLES WILLIARD MOORE
CHARLES WILLIARD MOORE

• IS AN AMERICAN ARCHITECT , EDUCATOR AND

WRITER CREATED AS THE INSTIGATOR OF POST
MODERNISM
• BORN: OCTOBER 31 ,1935
• NATIONALITY: AMERICAN
• EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
{B.ARCH}
• AWARDS: A.I.A GOLD MEDAL 1991
DESIGN PRINCIPLE OF MOORE?

• 1ST PRINCIPLE: IF WE ARE TO DEVOTE OUR LIVES TO MAKING

BUILDINGS ,WE HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE WORTH
IT,THAT THEY LIVE AND SPEAK {OF THEMSELVES AND THE
PEOPLE WHO MADE THEM}
• 2ND PRNCIPLE:THE SPACES WE FEEL,THE SHAPES WE SEE ,
AND THE WAY WE MOVE IN BUILDINGS SHOULD ASSIST THE
HUMAN MEMORY IN RECONSTRUCTING CONNECTIONS
THROUGH SPACE AND TIME .
PIAZZA DE ITALIA
•LOCATION: LAFAYETTE
AND COMMERCE STREETS
IN DOWNTOWN NEW
ORLEANS ,LOUISIANA.
•CONSTRUCTION: RCC
•CLIMATE: COASTAL
•STYLE: POST MODERN
ARCHITECTURE, ART DECO.
SITE PLAN
• THE PIAZZA DE ITALIA IS AN URBAN
PUBLIC PLAZA LOCATED AT
LAFAYETTE AND COMMERCE
STREET IN DOWNTOWN NEW
ORLEANS ,LOUISIANA.
• THE LOCATION ULTAMATELY
CHOOSEN FOR THE PIAZZA DE
ITALIA WAS A CITY BLOCK SITED.
• IN THE SEMI DERELICT UPRIVER
EDGE OF DOWNTOWN,4 BLOCKS
FROM CANAL STREET AND THE
EDGE OF THE FRENCH QUARTER
AND 3 BLOCKS FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER .
GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR
• THE CENTRAL FOUNTAIN,
LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CITY BLOCK,
• WAS ACCESSED INTO .
• DIRECTIONS: VIA TAPPERING ,KEY
HOLE SHAPE PASSAGE EXTENDING
FROM POYDRAS.
• STREET,OR THROUGH AN ARCHED
OPENNING IN THE CLOCK TOWER
SITED WHERE COMMERCE.
• THE FOUNTAIN AND ITS
SURROUNDING COLONNADES
PLAYFULLY APPROPRIATED
CLASSICAL FORMS AND
ORDERS ,EXCUTING THEM IN
MODERN .
VIEW OF PIAZZA DE ITALIA

VIEW OF PIAZZA DE ITALIA

WATER FLOW IN PIAZZA DE ITALIA
• MATERIALS: STAINLESS STEEL ,NEON OR
KINETICALLY
• THE ACANTHUS LEAVES OF TRADITIONAL
CORINTHIAN CAPITALS THROUGH THE USE OF
WATER JETS .
• THERE ARE 6 CONCENTRIC COLONNADES OUT OF
WHICH 5 OF THEM REPRESENT THE 5 CLASSICAL
ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE
DORIC,COINTHIAN,TUSCAN AND COMPOSITE. IN
PROPER ORDER WITH THE PROPER CAPITALS, AND
THERE IS A 6TH STYLIZED COLONNADE IN
FRONT ,THE RED ONE AND CALLED THE
DELICATESSEN ORDER [TEE HEE] WHICH CLOSELY
LOOK LIKE IRONIC ORDER OR DORIC ORDERS.
COLUMN CAPITAL
DELICATESSEN ORDER
THANK YOU