... the center of the site at the origin (if you were to draw an axis on the site, with the center being the origin) and then creating four other congruent triangles in each quadrant until you have a diamond shape. The next logical step would have been to drawn lines extending from the sides of all the ... triangles to the property line of the sight. This would set the boundaries for the eventual ellipse shape. The architect would have then specified the dimensions for the arena floor, and ... ...

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... the imperial Circus Maximus at Rome, where it was the most venerable of festival places It was compelling enough to annul the functional asymmetry for the starting end with its oblique arc of starting boxes and canted right wall."" (Brown 29) The Circus is not revered as a true masterpiece of architecture, but, as a public area of entertainment, it does represent an ... ...

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... the imperial Circus Maximus at Rome, where it was the most venerable of festival places It was compelling enough to annul the functional asymmetry for the starting end with its oblique arc of starting boxes and canted right wall."" (Brown 29) The Circus is not revered as a true masterpiece of architecture, but, as a public area of entertainment, it does represent an ... ...

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... . ''Borromini combined powerful centralisation and pronounced symetry with an oblong plan." Observing the Borromini's preliminary drawings (Fig Plan) we can note that the church interior is organized upon two equilateral triangles sharing a common side with two circles inscribed within them. The two circles are combined to form an oval, describing the area of the dome. This oval dome is placed lengthwise ... ...

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