Works in Progress at the American Academy in Rome

INTENT

My work at the American Academy intends to investigate how simple architectural elements can provide dignity for pedestrians by not only meeting their basic needs for water, rest, or shade but also provide civic beauty and encourage community engagement.

CASE STUDY I

Let us take our first step together by studying the simplest yet likely most common places of rest for pedestrians of the Eternal City: the often humble, sometimes grand, often narrow, sometimes wide, occasionally curving, many varied steps of Rome.