ok back to scarpa. i looked to him in the initial stages of my project, but i did not explore him enough, nor did i take away what have now. he is a great precedent architect to study for me as he understands the effects of weathering enough to incorporate details that control surfaces that are to stain. Details foretell the specific locations that staining will occur over time. Not only does he intrinsically understand the effects of the environment, but his handling of materials, old and new, existing and current, are amazing, and to say the least, beautiful. Here are 3 examples: above, the Brion-vega cemetery in San Vito di Altivole, Italy; left, the Banco Populare di Verona; below, Museo Castelvecchio in Verona. Each project utilizes/controls weathering in a particular manner to a cultivated, expected and beneficial result. In addition, all appear old from the completion of the project, is this just a result of an adaptive reuse project? or does scarpa intentionally create this aesthetic? i know for sure he designs for the purpose of getting better with age.
yeah! scarpa!
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