Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order | Page 91

CIR CL E & SQ UARE Plan for an Ideal City, 1615, Vincenzo Scamozzi A circular form can be freestanding in its context to express its ideal shape and still incorporate a more functional, rectilinear geometry within its boundaries. The centrality of a circular form enables it to act as a hub and unify forms of contrasting geometry or orientation about itself. Chancellery Building, French Embassy, Brasilia, 1964–65, Le Corbusier The Island Villa (Teatro Marittimo), Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, Italy, A.D. 118–125 76 / A R C H I TE C TU R E : F O R M , S PA C E , & O R D E R