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    • As one enters the Hall the sight is breathtaking

    2018-10-29

    As one enters the Hall, the sight is breathtaking because the ancient wall may be discovered in its full magnificence only when approaching the trench. Moreover, the “drum” emerges from the lower roof of the space between the ellipse and the walls of the Giardino Romano. Nonetheless, the walls of the ancient garden are not visible when standing in the Hall, given that they are veneered to house the installations and the load-bearing steel pillars supporting the glazed slab (Figures 12 and 13).
    The final project for the new Hall of the Marcus Aurelius: 1997–2002 The details of the project could then be further developed based on Aymonimo׳s idea (Pitzalis, 2000; Pitzalis and Hansen, 2000). The elliptical shape is perceived in relation not only to the roof but also to the pavement, which is about 90cm lower for three quarters of the projection of the roof, forming a sort of cavea, or piazza, surrounded by six-step stairs for most of its perimeter, which bring it rna polymerase ii to the same level of the adjacent halls of the Palazzo dei Conservatori. The rest of the Hall is on the same level as the “Galleria degli Horti” and opens into it through three great arches. The design inspired by Michelangelo׳s Capitolium had disappeared, given that it was no longer compatible with the cut of the Hall in relation to the foundation walls of the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter and the flooring had been replaced by a “battuto alla veneziana” (i.e., traditional venetian paving made of stone and mortar) in “rosso antico” colour (i.e., ancient red). The new piazza and the colonnade protecting the Temple׳s second foundation walls, placed on two different levels, were then connected with an elegant catwalk, 14.40m long and 2.50 wide, from which one may admire the width and height of the first foundation wall of the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter. Changes were also effected both on the loadbearing structure and the roof of the passageway, which contained the elevation wall of the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter. This consisted of steel pillars, with a diameter of 20cm, which were also to support the roof slab, thereby ensuring a full view of the upper portion of the ancient wall and providing spatial continuity with the terrace of Palazzo Caffarelli. The roof of the elliptical part of the Hall remained a coffered steel structure, with 1.94-cm-widebays (i.e., twice that of the original dimensions), and washeld together by a massive edge beam. The roof is 12.40m from ground level, but blood group or type is not flat. It consists of a lenticular surface composed of ground waters with a height of 54cm to facilitate the drainage of rainwater. Each coffer is made up of four triangular windowpanes fastened at the vertex with sealants and gasket to prevent expansion caused by summer heat. At the approximate height of 5.5m, a second beam binds the pillars together and supports the glazed floor-slab covering the space between the elliptical dome and the walls of the ancient Giardino Romano. These are veneered with panel frames that leave space for the installations. The curved surface between the first and the second beams is also glazed with a double panel system: the upper one consists of automated brise soleil and the lower one is composed of wide laminated glass panels. The system is visible from the terrace of the Palazzo Caffarelli, which juts over the portico and stables. Huge steel and glass portals complete the arcade opening into the Giardino Caffarelli. In the meantime, the second foundation wall embedded within the passageway between the Palazzo Caffarelli and the stables also underwent restoration, thereby making it possible to trace the precise profile of the northeast corner of the Temple. Such restoration overcame the wall of the stables, all the way to via del Tempio di Giove, and was 4m below the street level. The relic, which was especially crucial in understanding the shape of the Temple, was exposed in a new separate room connected to the foundations inside the building and was protected by a glazed roof to ensure its visibility from via del Tempio di Giove.