The Pantheon_ DELEMA
For the last several days a near riot has taken place on the Piazza della
Rotunda as people from all walks of life protest the purchase of a crypt in the Pantheon by the wealthy Prime Minister. Unbelievable!.... Unheard of!.... This is just not done.
It is not money that gets you a burial site in the Pantheon.
What can be done? Many people, rich and poor, from the government and from the church have met behind closed doors. They determined that a committee should be formed to evaluate the architectural layout and to recommend that the building be converted to new uses to circumvent this outrageous act by this high government official.
The committee will be made up of individuals representing constituencies in the population with direct interest in the outcome of the discussion.
Members of the committee will look at the construction and history of the Pantheon and will determine its future use. The committee will include a church official from the Vatican, a monarchist, a communist, an architectural historian, and a person of the arts preferably a film director or a computer expert.
Considered in the discussion will be the configuration of the building, the conceptual significance of the dome, and the use of light and its effect on time and space.
They will take into account the evolution of the building from mythology to Christianity and its relation to architectural design, and how it will be reconfigured to serve the new function.
A difficult task in lieu of the precise design of this building.... Could it be added to in some way..... We will have to wait and see…..
