1986 Architectural Educator Fellowship
Water and the City, Industrial Water, Idealized Water

I propose to study water as a shaper of cities, using the single plane of cartography to focus first on public, then on private spaces. In this part of my study, I will use maps of Rome to determine the relation of the city’s architectural elements to its water system and, conversely, to see how the elements of that water system—viaducts, wells, bridges—fit into the fabric of the surrounding architecture.

The second part of my study is three dimensional, concerning as it does the machines man has invented to harness water for industrial use. Here I will concentrate on topographies that demand a certain treatment of water, such as the arid farmlands of the American southwest. In the Tennessee Valley Authority, I will study specific engineering and architectural interventions designed to meet such demands.

Finally, I propose to look at water as a grace and an ornament, as embodied in the water gardens of Italy and the French Loire Valley.