LOCATION: Via Brioni, 28, Altivole Treviso, Italy ARCHITECT: Carlo Scarpa DATES: 1969-1977 Site Visit: Mon June 16 2014 ______________________________ For starters, the satisfaction of simply reaching this place is significant. Located in rather remote village outside of Venice, the Tomb is reached by means of […]
All posts tagged “In Situ Concrete”
COLLECTING CONCRETE
“It is truly bizarre. For a start it is almost uniformly grey.” Guardian reporter Sean Thomas’s description of Le Corbusier’s Couvent de la Tourette is a notably unsympathetic one*, but not an entirely uncommon one. Concrete is quite often dismissed as simply dull, bland, and grey. And […]
SESC POMPEIA | São Paulo
Location: Rua Clélia, 93 – Barra Funda, São Paulo, Brazil Architect: Lina Bo Bardi Dates: 1977-1986 Notes: Site Visit(s): Thurs Mar 20, Sun Mar 23, Tues Apr 1 2014 _____________________________
NOVO GALERIA LEME | São Paulo
LOCATION: Av Valdemar Ferreira, 130, Sao Paulo – SP, Brazil ARCHITECT: Paulo Mendes da Rocha & Metro Arquitetos DATES: 2011 NOTES: This project is a reconstruction a 2004 structure of the same program built just two blocks away. The original gallery was demolished in late 2011. Site […]
FAU USP – FACULDADE DE ARQUITETURA E URBANISMO DA UNIVERISIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | São Paulo
LOCATION: Rua do Lago, 876, Butantã, Sao Paulo – SP, Brazil ARCHITECT: Vilanova Artigas with Carlos Cascaldi DATES: 1966-1969 NOTES: Site Visit(s): Tues Mar 19, Mon Mar 24, Fri Mar 28 2014 __________________________ Time and time again, I am reminded that these buildings are not static […]