Piazza d’ Italia was design by Charles Moore
and Perez & Associates located is New Orleans, Louisiana. Functioning as a
city plaza and open air space the Piazza d’ Italia is a dramatic example of the
ideals of Postmodernism architecture. Built is 1978 the plaza incorporates many
decorative motifs from Greco-Roman Classical architecture, include Doric, Ionic
and Corinthian columns and capitals, arches and alcoves. Still, these classical
elements are arranged in almost an abstract and random placement in the
creation on the space. Jutting angles connecting the stacked sets of multi-color
colonnades heighten the dramatic viewing experience. Round alternating black
and white
paving stones, arranged in a concentric circular pattern fill the open
portion of the plaza and are broken by jagged stepped edges creating a pool for
the plaza’s water feature. The playful, whimsical and almost-classical atmosphere
Moore and Perez created stands as example of Postmodernism of the late-twentieth
century.
