Gipsoteca canovianaCarlo Scarpa
Exterior · Possagno, Italy · 1832
Photo: seier+seier · 2012-09-28 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 4026×4932
gipsoteca del canova, canova plaster cast gallery extension, possagno 1955-57. architect: carlo scarpa 1906-1978 with v. pastor. view from the south. to the right is the original, 19th century museum. the rooms of scarpa's extension are articulated almost as individual buildings and follow the the outline of earlier houses on the site, giving us an example of the layered compositions he would later be famous for. even if this layering is less extreme than in scarpa's final buildings, the elements of his architecture are carefully drawn apart and given their individuality before being assembled