La Place du
Nombre d’Or (The Golden Number Plaza) acts as a landmark agora and gateway to
the Antigone district. The Place is the first ensemble of the district. The
geometrical principles of harmony, based on the golden number, lie behind all
lines and details, from the whole to the part, following one key Renaissance
principle of perfection and beauty. Housing units are set along the plaza
perimeter. The external façade is an articulated sequence of houses, while the
interior plaza, features continuity of rhythm, crowned by a cornice that
envelops the space and suggests the base of a dome: the sky.