FIELD NOTES / DOM / Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Urban grids & colonial thresholds.
START WITH A PLACE
Colonial City of Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo’s colonial city developed a street grid and civic building types that influenced later colonial settlements. Reading its plan also means recognizing the imperial history that produced it.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Move from the repeated street block to the particular edge of a public square. Where does the regular grid give way to a special civic space?
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)