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can you guess which one is the view from my studio?
1. no… well to be fair the first image is the view from the stairwell that leads to my studio. 2. yes, this is the view from my studio.
before posting my design proposals i wanted to do a series from some of the mapping i have been doing of rome. this map is based around central rome, and it focuses on the transportation networks…
this is the same map without the aerial base. the orange lines represent the major vehicular roads (autostrada in italian), the magenta lines represent the majority of the main roads in central rome, and the green zones include the major piazzas, as well as a sampling of some of the smaller piazzas found throughout the historical center.
in order to add more dimension to the blog i am going to start adding a daily photo from rome… these are a sampling of my first few weeks.
in order to visualize the amount of water that historically inundated the city of rome, here is an image from the crypta balbi museum showing the campus martius before human settlement, in the area of what is now central rome… clearly a flood plain. (i had to take the picture from behind glass, which is why it looks odd, and why you can see me in the reflection)
this is a map showing the natural topography of the region
this is the same topography map showing 1) the flood levels at 10 meters above sea level, 2) flood levels 15 meters above sea level, and 3) flood levels 20 meters above sea level.
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as the water levels of the tiber rose all of the low lying areas in the image of the campus martius would be underwater.
The Bourne Chronicles 
