From this assignment, we were required to form a group and work as a team research on a building with cultural, historical and architectural significance. The building that we get were Colosseum. We were required to research the specific building through different ways. Firstly, we went to library to have a general knowledge about the Colosseum. After that, we gather all the information that we found online and shared it together with my teammates. Separate the parts on researching activity can save a lot of times and gather all the information in a very short period. Through this assignment, we are able to research, gather, filter and pick all the information that are useful and important.
1. Who was the architect or founder of the building?
Vespasian, the builder of the Colosseum.
The suicide of emperor Nero, in 68, was followed by eighteen months of civil war, the first Roman civil war since Mark Antony’s death in 30 BC. During this period, Rome witnessed the successive rise and fall of three emperors until the final accession of Vespasian, first ruler of the Flavian Dynasty.The first task of the new Emperor Vespasian was to rebuild Rome after the civil war, to stamp his own identity on the city and to wipe away the memory of Nero.
Titus, the eldest son of Vespasian.
After he died in 79, his oldest son Titus continued construction on the Colosseum. Titus opened it to the public in AD 80. During the dedication of the Flavian Amphitheater 9,000 animals and hundreds of gladiators were participating in a hundred days of games on an unparalleled scale.
Domitian, the last builder of the Colosseum.
After Titus’s untimely death the following year, Domitian, Vespasian’s youngest son and Titus’s young brother, built the underground caverns and finished the decorative work.
2.1 Where and when was the building built?
At Rome, Italy, built 70 to 82.
The location chosen for the new amphitheater was most significant. It was built on the site of the infamous Golden House of Nero. This grandiose palace, complete with its own lake and parkland setting, had been built in the very heart of Rome. The lake was filled in and the land reused as the location for the new Flavian Amphitheatre. The Colosseum is situated just east of the Roman Forum. Construction began in 70 AC, and was completed in 80 AD.
2.2 What was the building-context relationship?
The Roman Forum is a rectangular forum surronded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. The Colosseum located just east of the Roman Forum, the massive stone amphitheater known as the Colosseum was commissioned around A.D. 70-72 by Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty as a gift to the Roman people. In A.D. 80, Vespasian’s son Titus opened the Colosseum–officially known as the Flavian Amphitheater–with 100 days of games, including gladiatorial combats and wild animal fights.
Site Plan
1. Golden House
2. Colosseum
3. Bath of Trajan
4. Bath of Titus
5. Ludus Magnum
Location Plan (Zoom In)
Rome, detail of the plan of the imperial city showing the area initially occupied by Nero's Golden House. The Colosseum at the extreme left was built over an artificial lake that was part of the palace. Higher up, on the Oppian hill, the suite of the rooms which included the Octagonal room was buried under the bath of Trajan, dedicated in A.D. 109. The smaller baths between these and the Colosseum were built by Emperor Titus. The complex to the right of the Colosseum, with the small amphitheater, is the Ludus Magnum, the training quarter of the gladiators.
3D Mass-Context Study
The huge amphitheater was built on the site of an artificial lake, part of Nero's huge park in the center of Rome which also included the Golden House (Domus Aurea) and the nearby Colossus statue. This giant statue of Nero gave the building its current name. During its use the ancient Roman Colosseum was damaged by two events: a fire in 217 A.D. and an earthquake in 443 A.D., but was repaired both times. The Colosseum was used for gladiatorial combat until about 435 A.D. and wild animal hunts continued until the early 6th Century.
Discipline Specific Knowledge
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