Rock, Paper, Palladio

"The innovative nature of Palladio’s publication was not lost on

his readers. The Four Books on Architecture came to be seen as the

record of a personal oeuvre and, as such, of a new way of defining

architecture." 

--John Habraken: The Structure of the Ordinary: Form and Control in the Built

 What can you say...Palladio can't be beat.

The very site of Palladian plans send me back to freshman year of architecture school. 

The repetition; A,B,C,B,A, perfectly symmetrical, absolutely repetitive, oh for the love of Hierarchy! 

understanding the beauty in the Palladian villa is the bare bones essence of architecture. I am of course bias but still believe each and every architectural education should examine Renaissance Architecture at length. So much of what shapes the built environment today is directly pulled from antiquity. A meticulous logic of hierarchy, order, and proportion are omnipresent in all of Palladio's work. He took this matter very seriously; never deviating from his basic set of rules. 

- I think this is fundamental to architecture.  

That being said....Rules are mean to be broken.

Like I said, each architecture education should start this way..I do not think it should finish that way. Palladio's principles are basic; easy to follow. They should be understood and respected. Once that respect has been establish though, it will surely be time to push those limits. 

High Renaissance 

Low Residánce