La Place della Morretta is one of the few holes in the dense urban center of Rome. Historical maps show that the lot was once full. Although there are several parks on the other side of the river, there is very little pedestrian life because of high road traffic and few routes of access. The Casa Della Citta is a building that becomes a through way that connects the 'old', dense city center to the 'new' more open city, and offers a place of gathering and learning in the heart of the city.

completed during study term in Rome, Italy in 2011

The design fills up the entire lot by working with the existing conditions on Via Guilia, but the interior is developed with its own heirarchy of volumes that float above the ruins below and begin to spread apart and offer itself to the very different condition on the other side. A person moving through the building experiences the horizontal movement from density to expanse, but also the vertical layers from ruin to bridge, to the green roof above.