The Math Of The Ideal Villa By David Rowe Summary

In the excerpt “the Four Books on Architecture” Palladio develops a numerical and logical system organizing spatial relationships among the elements involved in any building. This system is a guidance for architects when designing such buildings as villas and houses. As well this system includes detailed rules to be considered when an architect arranges building rooms, when he specifies the proportions of spaces, when he makes decisions about the dimensions of halls associating the height of a space with its dimensions and when he specifies the sizes of doors and windows for a room. Also, he sheds light on differences between simple spaces and elegant spaces and criteria to be considered when an architect makes decisions about whether spaces …show more content…
Rowe noticed although the two villas share the same geometry and historical standards, the design by Palladio is mainly referenced to the Roman architecture, while Le Corbusier's design is referenced to several cultural sources. Rowe highlights that the design system of Palladio is clearly presented in plan, while the design of Le Corbusier mainly focuses on elevation. The comparison by Rowe has shown the conflicts between design concepts of architects' …show more content…
The writer looked deeply to the effects of modernist principles of neighborhood of the American cites. She critiqued what has been built in cites and how a lot of buildings were useless. Jacob stated how a lot of spaces are empty and not well designed for people to interact with. Moreover, she explained the urban plan organize people without caring about people just to make organize cites and make perfection in shape, which means that people are far from nature. In contrast to Le Corbusier vision of cites where he took the idea from the radiant city from the garden city by Horard. But he didn’t only design a physical environment but he tries to make ideal