FIELD NOTES / NIC / Central America
Nicaragua
Archaeological footprints & urban grids.
START WITH A PLACE
Ruins of León Viejo
León Viejo preserves the remains of an early Spanish colonial settlement. Its unexpanded plan makes the spatial organization of that settlement available for archaeological study.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Read low wall traces as the outline of former rooms and streets. How little height is needed before a plan begins to feel like a place?
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)