Taxonomy Catalog

Villa Dona Dalle Rose
M1- Masses
a. Hedge maze
b. Elongating center avenue
c. Circular fountain in central avenue
d. Large courtyard open to main estate
e. Two corresponding oval walkways, one surrounding a lake with an island of land in the center, on either side of central avenue
f. Main entrance along different axis than central walkway
g. Stables
h. Side Estate
i. Auditorium
j. Centralized fountains
k. Statues
S1- Horizontal Surfaces
a. Declining slope from South to North which allows the water from the stream to reach the fountains
b. Pathways
c. 2 main perpendicular axis
S2- Vertical Surfaces
a. Large Hedge maze
b. Large amounts of trees
c. Very tall trees that align the central pathway (LA)
d. Tall box hedge borders that surround both main axis as well as surrounding areas, that force your eyes forward
E1- Vertical Elements
a. Large manor
b. Smaller side manor
c. Stables
d. Auditorium
e. Fountains
f. Statues
E2- Path Elements
a. Main axis is central avenue in garden
b. Two sided axis pathway that is perpendicular to central avenue and main axis
c. Other vertical axis pathways on either side of central avenue
d. “x” shaped set of pathways to right of hedge maze
e. Two oval shaped pathways connecting all three parallel axis and feed off of central avenue
f. Elliptical shaped pathway that meets at center and forms a circle then alternates into another inverted elliptical pathway
M2- Mass Less Conditions
a. Hedge maze
b. “x” shaped set of pathways
c. Elliptical pathways
d. Island