The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . material form is basic idea is a contiiuious semi-sheltered walk, useful in southern coun-tries, like Italy, where the sun is unjileasantly hot for long periods of the year;the nature of the houses makes outdoor life of some sort inevitable. The usualterrace treatment of gardens led to long lines where sheltered pas-^ing was de-sirable. .\rchitectural treatment of thesi lines, with piers or cohinuis support-ing a slight vine-covered structure, produced the jiergola. The terrace of theCappucini at .\maHi is a well-known e
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . material form is basic idea is a contiiuious semi-sheltered walk, useful in southern coun-tries, like Italy, where the sun is unjileasantly hot for long periods of the year;the nature of the houses makes outdoor life of some sort inevitable. The usualterrace treatment of gardens led to long lines where sheltered pas-^ing was de-sirable. .\rchitectural treatment of thesi lines, with piers or cohinuis support-ing a slight vine-covered structure, produced the jiergola. The terrace of theCappucini at .\maHi is a well-known exam])le. \Vhere the structure was lessemphasized a pleached walk fulfilled the re(|uircments, as at the Nilla t lori inSiena. In Italy, however, the architecttn;d form has always been more usual,as it ap))arently better satisfies the Italian instinct for form and works itself out in purely utilitarian situations. The fe<tn-like trainingof Tuscan gra])e vines is as beautiful as it is jmictical. 100 77//: ARCHITIiCT .IXD liSCINEER. ELM UK ), U?A?nLl?S^ CARPESARClinilCT THE ARCHITECT .IXD EXGLXEHR 101
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