Piazza d’ Italia

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.