Carlo Scarpa layers

• Main Author: Schultz, Anne-Catrin
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Stuttgart Edition Axel Menges 2007
• Subjects: Scarpa, Carlo > 1906-1978; Αρχιτεκτονική > Ιταλία > 20ος αι.; Αρχιτέκτονες > Ιταλοί

Review: "In recent decades, Carlo Scarpa's relevance has been steadily on the rise. At a time when architects have to use existing city and building structures as a point of departure for their work, his ceuvre remains a source of inspiration. Buildings such as the Castelvecchio in Verona...

Table of Contents:

• The principle of layering : precedents. Layering and stratification in architecture ; Carlo Scarpa : stratified architecture ; Theoretical fundamentals of the principle of stratification in the architectural discussion at the turn of the 20th century
• Stratification in Scarpa's work : influences. Cladding in Viennese architecture ; Frank Lloyd Wright the model ; Japanese aesthetics : mobile layers ; The De Stijl movement : an architecture of surfaces and planes
• A detailed analysis of layering in three examples. Castelvecchio, Verona ; Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice ; Banca Popolare, Verona.