Research Pa.per – Historical and Contemporary Comparison

The purpose of this project is to compare and contrast a significant work of historical architecture (before 1500 CE) and a significant modern or contemporary work of architecture in Los Angeles.

The research pa.per will be 2000 words in length, plus diagrams, images and a list of works cited.

Choose from the list below, or propose a comparison to the instructor via Canvas message.

Suggested comparisons include:

• The Athenian Acropolis and the Getty Center, Brentwood
• The Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum and the Getty Villa, Malibu
• The Pantheon, Rome and the Griffith Observatory, Hollywood
• The Colosseum, Rome and the SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
• Saint-Étienne, Caen, France (or other Romanesque Cathedral) and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles
• Katsura Imperial Villa and Gardens, Kyoto, Japan and The Gamble House, Pasadena
• Governor’s Palace + Nunnery, Uxmal, ca 900CE and the Barnsdall House, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollywood

Diagrams and images include:

1. Exterior Photograph
2. Interior Photograph
3. Site Context
4. Site Plan
5. Plan
6. Section
7. Front Elevation
8. Organization – axis, symmetry, module
9. Circulation – approach, threshold, program and path
10. Structure

• Where appropriate all diagrams must have the following:
• North Arrow
• Scale
• Scale Figure
• Descriptive Caption and source