by movenice | 31, Mar 2016 |
Venice – on the edge This full day tour takes you far away from the tourist paths. It leads you on islands and into the legendary Arsenal of Venice where over centuries the ships of the Serenissima were built and restored. Starting on the island of Giudecca you get a glimpse into the daily life of Venetians and visit the Junghans district with residential buildings by Cino Zucchi and Boris Podrecca. The developments planed by Gino Valle and Pietro Mainardis, Iginio Cappai and Valeriano Pastor deal intensively with the particularities of their location and transpose typical Venetian elements in our time. A stop at Piazzale Roma shows Venice connection with the mainland. After crossing the fourth bridge over the Grand Canal designed by Santiago Calatrava, the tour proceeds by vaporetto to the cemetery island of San Michele, which enlargement was designed by David Chipperfield. The tour finish are some converted Tese, the halls in the historical Arsenale....
by movenice | 31, Mar 2016 |
Venice has developed into a mecca for international architects in the last few decades; the elite of contemporary architecture gather to celebrate the most prestigious architecture exhibition of our time at the biennale in the shadows of st. mark’s place, the rialto bridge and the doge’s palace; it is all the more amazing that there is no current guide which covers the modern architecture of the largest open-air-museum in the world. this architectural guide is a ticket to a journey of discovery off the beaten tourist path through venice after 1950; the boat trips and walks in the guide lead to new residential complexes and converted harbour sheds, to works by carlo scarpa, tadao ando and david chipperfield; this very practical travel guide also examines controversial new projects like the flood control barriers or spectacular conversions like that of the fondaco dei tedeschi by rem koolhaas. in addition to never realised designs by frank lloyd wright, le corbusier and louis kahn, the authors present all the biennale pavilions from the last six decades....
by samdesign | 15, Mar 2016 |
Carlo Scarpa and Tadao Ando This half-day tour, focusing on the works of Carlo Scarpa and Tadao Ando, leads through the heart of the city, showing you before historical background well known works of two famous autodidacts. These are primarily conversions and renovations, which deal with the historical context and form a special dialectic between old and new. The tour starts with the Querini Stampalia Foundation rebuilt in the 1950s by Carlo Scarpa. Besides the new entrance bridge, the exhibition and conference room he created the garden, a green oasis in the stone labyrinth of Venice. Next stop is the Olivetti shop which Scarpa designed for the once leading typewriters and calculators manufacturer directly at St. Mark’s Square. The Saving Bank Venice, an architectural document of the 1970s was a controversial attempt to bring modern architecture to the city centre. For the Teatrino Grassi Japanese architect Tadao Ando created artfully curved walls. His well-known trademark is in the Punta della Dogana, once customs warehouse now Museum, which marks the end of the...
