• The Italian Renaissance
villa garden
• Relationship of house,
garden, and countryside in a single composition
• Physical links: house
to garden
• Visual links: villa to
natural environment
• Outdoor activity
opportunity for recreation and exercise
• Principles of siting
Hillside
locations
Views
Interventions
Scale and
proportion
Blending new
development with natural environment
Examples:
• Villa Medici Fiesole
• Villa D’Este
• Villa Lante
• Design of the
Renaissance villa: opportunities and constraints:
Site location
Visual
stimulation
Climate
Health
vs. Heat
The presence of
water
• Geometric principles
• Garden
elements—linked to a broader itinerary, others as isolated decorative
components created simply for pleasure.
• Contributions of
Renaissance design:
Spatial
organization
Individual parts
maintain their distinctiveness and at the same time they are united with axes,
vistas, the repetition of elements, bilateral symmetry, and other means like
water, trees, and sculpture.