venice Projects 15 Created 06-Oct-16 By Balazs Toth, Kecskemet, Hungary Hotel Palazzo Barbarigo Sul Canal Grande Alvin Grassi hotelphilosophy creative office hotel IUAV's main gate - Tolentini G1-G2 Residential building in La Giudecca Palazzo Grassi Renovation 4 Ca' Pesaro - Galleria d'arte Moderna Renovation E1 - Residential building in La Giudecca 5 Cino Zucchi housing B - Residential building in La Giudecca 6 7 13 Spazio Vedova 14 MQ-10 15 OB3 Architetti bar 8 C S Associati culture, museum A Gathering Space Base for the 'Partigiana' by Augusto Murer 12 Renzo Piano exposition space, gallery, museum Cino Zucchi housing Torre Massimiliana Cultural Centre 11 Carlo Scarpa sculpture Cino Zucchi housing D - Residential building in La Giudecca 10 Tadao Ando museum, renovation 3 Boris Podrecca museum, renovation Palazzo Fondazione Masieri Cino Zucchi housing Carlo Scarpa memorial space, museum Carlo Scarpa education, university 2 Palazzo Rio Novo 16 Angelo Scattolin exposition space, office 9 Gareth Hoskins s pavilion http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 1
photo: Gerhard Führing Hotel Palazzo Barbarigo Sul Canal Grande Sestriere San Polo 2765 30125 Venice http://wwwdesignhotelscom/hotels/europe/italy/venice/ho tel_palazzo_barbarigo_sul_canal_grande_venice_it Built in the 16th century, the Palazzo s unique design features have been adapted to the needs of travellers seeking luxury and calm, as well as a bit of the high drama that Venice specializes in Pulling up in a motorboat or gondola, for instance, is no problem: the hotel has its own private landing stage All the art deco inspired rooms in this hotel - one of four Hotelphilosophy members represented by Design Hotels - feature unique layouts, as necessitated by quirks in the ancient building s structure The deluxe junior suites look out on the Canal, providing an unforgettable first view of the day, while the classic and luxury rooms have a side view on Rio San Polo On the first floor the bar is done up in Art Deco style to celebrate Venice s Golden Twenties, and faces the Canal After an easy day at La Fenice, Palazzo Grassi and the Guggenheim, all within a stone s throw, the Palazzo offers a gorgeous, sophisticated, yet simple welcome home 9-2007 Interior architect Alvin Grassi hotelphilosophy creative office MI_MOA photo: Gerhard Führing Just 10 minutes walking distance from Rialto bridge; STomà is the closest vaporetto stop, 2 minutes walk distance Next to the well known Palazzo Pisani-Moretta, just a few minutes walk from Piazzale Roma and the railway station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 2
photo: Jiat-Hwee Chang photo: Dave Brown IUAV's main gate - Tolentini Santa Croce 191 30135 Venice http://wwwiuavit/ The Tolentini premises are located near Piazzale Roma and was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi in the sixteenth century and restored by Daniele Calabi in the early 1960 s The convent is recognised for its particular architectural components: cloister with columned porch, a first floor with cells on three sides, and a meeting hall at the margin of the cloister The second floor contains larger open spaces and a rare example of a 15th century walkway perhaps designed by Scamozzi The convent was closed by Napoleon in 1810 and has since been used for various purposes In 1958 the State Property Office made the building complex available to the IUAV and initiated certain works which were led by civil engineers The restoration work on the complex s interior took place between 1960 and 1965 under the direction of architects Daniele Calabi and Guido Bacci In 1985 the entrance way, acquired by gratuitous transfer in 1979, was transformed according to the project by Carlo Scarpa photo: Jiat-Hwee Chang 1985 Structural engineer Project manager Carlo Scarpa Carlo Maschietto Sergio Los MI_MOA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 3
G1-G2 Residential building in La Giudecca Corte Grande 30133 Venice The twin building bodies overlook a common garden bordered by a high brick wall on the canal A gap between the two bodies donates to the public Campo a long view toward the garden and the Laguna The outer brick fronts are rythmed by the high notches of the stairs, while toward the garden high steel and wood towers unify the private balconies, recalling the wooden fishermen s barracks and the high cranes which mark this side of the Giudecca island This project is part of a larger urban plan on the island La Giudecca by Cino Zucchi s (also published on MIMOA) Public access unknown! 2002 Cino Zucchi Judeca Nova SpA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 4
E1 - Residential building in La Giudecca Fondamenta delle scuole 30133 Venice The E1 building flanks the new piazza ant the new canal ditched in the south-east quadrant of the area The front toward the piazza, resting on a long public portico, consists of a screen of stone slabs of different colours and textures topped by a prominent corniche which frames the view toward the Laguna The simpler water side is pierced on the ground floor by portals which increase its visual permeability This project is part of a larger urban plan on the island La Giudecca by Cino Zucchi s (also published on MIMOA) Public access unknown! 2002 Cino Zucchi Judeca Nova SpA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 5
B - Residential building in La Giudecca Campo della Speranza 30133 Venice The B building constitutes the integral reconstruction of a small existing body overlooking the canal The new thin brick slab follows the profile of the pre-existing building through a deflection in plan and height Large double-height loggias overlook the green campiello This project is part of a larger urban plan on the island La Giudecca by Cino Zucchi s (also published on MIMOA) Public access unknown! Floor area/size 2002 3012 m² Cino Zucchi Judeca Nova SpA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 6
D - Residential building in La Giudecca Calle delle Scuole 30133 Venice The new residential construction stands in the place of an existing building at the junction between two canals, preserving its smokestack as a document of the industrial past Its cubical mass is excavated on the South side by a trapeze white-stuccoed court, an intimate space which leads to the only vertical distribution If the materials and techniques used are very traditional, subtle alterations in their detailing reveal the impossibility of an historicist replica The traditional white Istria stone corniche which borders the windows of the minor Venetian historical architecture is transfigured into a graphic motif, working on the different depths of the windows given by the different obscuring devices This project is part of a larger urban plan on the island La Giudecca by Cino Zucchi s (also published on MIMOA) Public access unknown! Floor area/size 2002 4105 m² Cino Zucchi Judeca Nova SpA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 7
Torre Massimiliana Cultural Centre Via dei Forti on Sant'Erasmo Island Venice This project is located on the biggest island of the Venice lagoon, Saint Erasmus The design of the museum and the cultural centre into the Torre Massimiliana complex is part of a bigger plan for restoring the entire island facilities The tower used to be a military structure for controlling the entrance to the lagoon and had been abandoned for decades The project aims to reconstruct the complex system defined by the Massimiliano Tower, its embankments, the docks, the beach and the farmlands insinuated between these elements, with the following objectives: preservation of the monument as a testimonial of a unique military defence construction; and the construction of a system of infrastructures that today guarantees the functionality of these spaces assigning specific but complementary roles to all new constructions (text from Lma and website C+S Associati) Floor area/size 2004 5580 m² C S Associati Community of Venice lmattozz The complex is located on the southern end of the island It is possible to reach the island from Fondamenta Nuove in Venice by taking the vaporetto n13 and getting off at the station called 'Capannone' http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 8
photo: Gareth Hoskins s photo: Gareth Hoskins s A Gathering Space Piazzale della Stazione Santa Lucia 30121 Venice http://wwwthelighthousecouk/content/scotlandandvenice0 8/100,238/AGatheringSpacehtml In May 2008, Gareth Hoskins s won an anonymous competition to design 'A Gathering Space', Scotland's first ever stand-alone pavilion at the Venice ure Biennale 2008 The practice saw off competition from over 50 Scottish practices to win the project which was backed by the Scottish Government and the Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for ure, Design and the City The 7m high structure consists of a partially cantilevered set of steps that is constructed entirely from locally sourced Scottish larch The form of the structure creates an enclosed area underneath that can hold up to 100 people, and the steps become a gathering space for up to 200 people During the Biennale 'A Gathering Space' was situated in a major piazza outside the train station overlooking the Grand Canal, and was used for seminars, organised events and informal gatherings photo: Gareth Hoskins s 9-2008 Contractor General consultant General consultant Lighting designer Gareth Hoskins s Avonhill Timber Frame Ltd David Narro Associates Maxfordham Partnership Speirs & Majors Lighting The Lighthouse Gareth_Hoskins_s http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 9
Palazzo Fondazione Masieri Dorsoduro 3900 30123 Venice In 1968 Carlo Scarpa was asked to make a project for the Masieri Foundation It was not until 1973 that the project was approved by the City Council and it forced him to keep the original façade and exterior of the palace facing the Grand Canal The façade is in fact detached from the floors, through spacial cuts The interior was completely renovated and new materials as concrete and steel were introduced After Scarpa's death, which occurred in 1979, the work was completed by some collaborators The Palace was finally inaugurated in 1983 Project is not public! 1-1983 Interior architect Carlo Scarpa lmattozz Get off at STomà Vaporetto Station After Calle del Vaporetto turn left, cross a bridge and walk for 20 metres http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 10
Palazzo Grassi Renovation Campo San Samuele 3231 30124 Venice http://wwwpalazzograssiit Palazzo Grassi was restored in 1983 by Gae Aulenti in order to hold art and historical exhibitions for the Agnelli family In 2005, the building was bought by François Pinault who called upon Tadao Ando to renovate the setting in order to display his modern and contemporary art collection Ando's intervention is delicate and done mostly with light, white marble stucco and grey linoleum The whole is conceived to set a soft tone around the rich original decoration of the building elements 9-2005, Interior architect Tadao Ando lmattozz François Pinault Wednesday to Monday: 1000-1900 / Closed on Tuesdays Get off at San Samuele boat station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 11
Ca' Pesaro - Galleria d'arte Moderna Renovation Santa Croce 2076 30135 Venice In 2005, Boris Podrecca completed the redesign of the interior of the Museum of Modern Art of Venice, situated within the Ca' Pesaro palace, a building from the seventeenth century The intervention is visible especially at ground floor: a new bar and a nice courtyard with a peculiar well are the most interesting features The rest of the intervention uses iron, stainless steel and glass as the main materials for presenting the artworks A new staircase, made of steel and glass, is placed to allow extra access to the building offices 7-2005 Interior architect Boris Podrecca Comune di Venezia lmattozz Tuesdays - Sundays: 1000-1800 / Closed on Mondays Get off at S Stae boat station and walk towards Rialto http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 12
photo: Paulo Simoes photo: Paulo Simoes Base for the 'Partigiana' by Augusto Murer Viale dei Giardini Pubblici Venice In 1968, Scarpa designed the base for a sculpture by Augusto Murer, representing the 'partigiana' The sculpture represents a woman, lying with her hands tied, and was placed on a platform floating on the water The base is made from concrete with copper plates, and is surrounded by an irregular 'field' of concrete and stone prisms with varying heights photo: Paulo Simoes 1968 Carlo Scarpa Comune di Venezia void http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 13
photo: Paulo Simoes Spazio Vedova Sestiere Dorsoduro 46 30123 Venice http://wwwfondazionevedovaorg/ Renzo Piano designed the conversion of the former studio of Venetian painter Emilio Vedova (1919-2006), located in the former 'Magazzini del Sale', into a space to exhibit his works The proposal is an insert entirely made from brushed larch slats, carefully placed inside the existing space, whose brick walls and roof trusses were left exposed The insert is composed by two walls that mark the entrance and house the service spaces, and an inclined floor raising from the entrance to the back of the warehouse, where a metallic structure stores Vedova's paintings At predetermined hours of the day, ten robotic arms hanging from a rail running along the ceiling make a kind of mechanical choreography, taking the works from the storage structure and placing them on display throughout the space photo: Paulo Simoes Floor area/size 6-2009 485 m² Renzo Piano Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova void Wednesday - Sunday: 1130-1830 The three series of works by Emilio Vedova will alternate at 1140 / 1310 / 1440 / 1610 & 1740 Vaporetto: Line 1: Accademia or Salute stops Line 2: Accademia stop Lines 51 or 52: Zattere stop http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 14
photo: OB3 Architetti photo: OB3 Architetti MQ-10 Canereggio 1020 3010 Venice The project consists in the realization of a new bar located in fondamenta Canareggio; MQ-10 was conceived as a bar whose white counter (made in CORIAN), tables and chairs, are meant to leave to Venice's colors the role of the protagonist photo: OB3 Architetti Floor area/size 2-2011 50 m² OB3 Architetti MIDEarchitetti http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 15
Palazzo Rio Novo Dorsoduro 3488/U 30123 Venice http://wwwfondazionediveneziaorg/ The office building was built in 1957 as the office building for Enel (the Italian public electric company at that time) The entire structure is in concrete with a glass and steel façade The whole building has a surface of almost 8000sqm distributed in 8 storeys It is noticeable for its modern features in contrast with the surrounding and for its floor beam structure: a rigid triangular net that rests on a few columns Floor area/size 6-1957 7985 m² Angelo Scattolin lmattozz Mondays - Saturdays: 10:00-17:00 Closed on sundays The building faces the canal of Rio Novo, a 7 minutes walk from Piazzale Roma http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bazsa/guides/venice/ 16