364

Palais Royal, gal-
leries, first design by
Louis, 1781

365

Palais Royal, gal-
leries, second design
by Louis, 1784

366

Palais Royal, Galerie
d'Orléans, design by
Fontaine, 1829

Figure 6.10 – The Place Vendôme (1670–1720) designed by J.-H. Mansart. The contrast between the ordered central space and the unco-ordinated buildings behind the elevations is typical of the way in which Renaissance examples of urban design exist as spatial ‘islands’ in otherwise uncontrolled growth contexts.

34 Paris, Le Marais, before 1559. Detail from the Truschet and Hoyau plan.

35 Vigevano, Piazza Ducale, Bramante, 1492-94

Figure 6.8 – The Place Royale (1605–12), renamed Place des Vosges after the Revolution, the prototype of the residential square from which extraneous traffic is excluded. The drawing shows the central space with the first stage of the landscaping work completed (the formal tree-planting is of a later date) and a new street access formed into the square at the bottom corner.