Es 4_ Modellazione del Verde_ Platanus x Acerifolia_ Arianna De Angelis

PLATANUS X ACERIFOLIA

 

Characteristics

 

Family: Platanaceae

Height: 22 to 30 m

Spread: 18 to 22 m

Trunk circumference: 0,90/1,00 m

Leaf: 5 lobes; 10 to 20 cm

Bloom time:April

Sun: full sun

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: high

Suggested use: shade tree

Tolerate: clay soil, air pollution

 

For this work, I've decided to choose the “Platanus x acerifolia”, type of tree quite common in Rome, often used as frame for avenues, or as shade tree.

It is a hybrid cross between American sycamore (P. occidentalis) and Oriental planetree (P. orientalis). The original cross may have occurred as early as the 1640s, after which this tree became widely planted in London and other major European cities because of its perceived tolerance for urban pollution.

 

 

MODELING

 

1. Trunk model

2.Rinomination levels and Foliage modeling

3. Parametrics units added

                                                                                                                                Phase 1: trunk model                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Phase 2: Foliage Model

 

 

Phase 3: parametric units

 

 

 

The Platanus in Rome

 

As I've outlined before, the Platanus appear in many avenues in Rome, including Viale di Trastevere and Circonvallazione Gianicolense, near our project site. But, if we have to give an example of his use in the city, we absolutly have to mention the Lungotevere, where the foliage of these trees create a suggestive scenery.

 

Circonvallazione Gianicolense

 

Via Merulana

 

Lungotevere