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Spring 2019

Carlo Scarpa Carlo Scarpa

Alia Kiwan University of Central Florida, aliakiwan@knights.ucf.edu

Cristian Franco University of Central Florida, cfranco097@knights.ucf.edu

Jeritsa Negron University of Central Florida, jnegronquiros@knights.ucf.edu

Lia Santana University of Central Florida, lianelys@knights.ucf.edu

Kyle Davis University of Central Florida, kyleisben@knights.ucf.edu

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Carlo Scarpa

Alia Kiwan Cristian FrancoJeritsa NegronKyle DavisLia Santana

Carlo Scarpa (June 2, 1906 - November 28, 1978)

Carlo Scarpa was born in Venice. Much of his early childhood was spent in Vicenza.

In 1919, After the passing of his mother, his family moved back to Venice. Later that year, Carlo Scarpa studied architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Venice.

From 1926 till his death Carlo Scarpa taught at the Ca ‘Foscari University of Venice.

Formative Years Scarpa began gaining work experience in planning offices, while enrolled in The Fine Arts Academy.

Began working as a glass designer at venerable Murano producer Venini.

Served as the company’s artistic director until 1946.

In the early 1950’s he began focusing on Architecture.

After graduating in 1926, Scarpa launched his career as an industrial and interior designer.

Furniture Design

Scarpa created multiple designs for Venini Glass Works in Venice.

Glass Works

Scarpa created multiple designs for Venini Glass Works in Venice.

Glass Works

Querini Stampalia Palace

Venice, Italy 1520(Restored 1961 - 63 by Scarpa)

Querini Stampalia was originally a family palace built in the 16th century that was converted in the 1800s into a small foundation devoted to promote study of useful disciplines and nation and foreign knowledge.

After a series of damaging floods in the early 1900’s, Carlo Scarpa was commissioned to renovate the ground floor and gardens in anticipation of future flooding.

Querini Stampalia Palace

Olivetti Exhibition Centre

Venice, Italy 1958

The Olivetti Shop in Venice is a small two-story room located in Piazza San Marco.

Scarpa prepared a project of great formal refinement with attention to the choice of materials, showing more resolute in developing an architectural style, refined and eclectic, mixing together different elements and always succeeding to portray them with elegance.

Villa Ottolenghi

Verona, Italy 1978

One of Scarpa’s last projects

Portrays the performance between the natural, artificial and unpredictability of human nature.

Drawings & Sketches

Tomba Brion

Treviso, Italy 1978

The enclosure is a private burial ground for the Brion family.

Several discrete elements comprise the Brion family burial site: a sloped concrete enclosing wall, two distinct entrances, a small chapel, two covered burial areas, a dense grove of cypresses, a prato, and a private meditation/viewing pavilion, separated from the main prato by a separate and locked entrance, and a heavily vegetated reflecting pool.

Drawings & Sketches

“I would like to explain the Brion Cemetery…I consider this work, if you permit me, to be rather good and which will get better over time. I have tried to put some poetic imagination into it, though not in order to create poetic architecture but to make a certain kind of architecture that could emanate a sense of formal poetry….The place for the dead is a garden….I wanted to show some ways in which you could approach death in a social and civic way; and further what meaning there was in death, in the ephemerality of life—other than these shoe-boxes.”- (Carlo Scarpa)

One of the most enigmatic architects of the 20th century, Carlo Scarpa (June 2, 1906 – November 28, 1978) is best known for his instinctive approach to materials, combining time-honored crafts with modern manufacturing processes. I"It was not until after World War II that Scarpa began to be recognized internationally for his architecture. This recognition led to a series of commissions in and around Venice—many of them involving the renovation of existing buildings, which became something of a trademark for Scarpa. Carefully balanced new and old, revealing the history of the original building where appropriate.

Summary

References

Barba, F. (2013, August 24). Foundation Querini Stampalia. Retrieved from http://arquiscopio.com/archivo/2013/08/24/fundacion-querini-stampalia/?lang=en

Carlo and Tobia Scarpa, 1980 revival. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.maison.com/design/portraits/carlo-tobia-scarpa-revival-annees-1980-6864/galerie/28603/

Carlo Scarpa's surprisingly traditional legacy | Architecture | Agenda. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/architecture/articles/2014/july/17/carlo-scarpa-s-surprisingly-traditional-legacy/

Ferrarin, F. (2018, November 26). Carlo Scarpa il professore: Un docufilm e ricordi inediti. Retrieved from https://www.unive.it/pag/14024/?tx_news_pi1[news]=6158

Mothayes2k (2010, September 22). Summer hinge project. Retrieved from https://analoguecity.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/summer-hinge-project/

References

Negozio Olivetti. (n.d.). Retrieved February 12, 2019, from https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negozio_Olivetti_(Venezia)

Pamono. (n.d.). Vintage Italian modular sofa system by Carlo Scarpa. Retrieved from https://www.pamono.com/vintage-italian-modular-sofa-system-by-carlo-scarpa

Pamono. (n.d.). Samo marble table by Carlo Scarpa for Simon, 1970s. Retrieved from https://www.pamono.com/samo-marble-table-by-carlo-scarpa-for-simon-1970s

Pastor, V. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.querinistampalia.org/eng/contemporary/architecture/valeriano_pastor.php

Rob. (2009, July 23). Presence & absence: Carlo Scarpa, Querini Stampalia, & water. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://3six0.com/thoughts/presence-absence-carlo-scarpa-querini-stampalia-water/

Stott, R. (2018, June 02). Spotlight: Carlo Scarpa. Retrieved from https://www.archdaily.com/638534/spotlight-carlo-scarpa

Villa Ottolenghi. (n.d.). Retrieved February 12, 2019, from https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/villa-ottolenghi/