Carlo Scarpa layers Anne-Catrin Schultz

Includes bibliography and index

The principle of layering : precedents. Layering and stratification in architecture ; Carlo Scarpa : stratified architecture ; Theoretical fundamentals of the principle of stratification in the architectural discussion at the turn of the 20th century -- Stratification in Scarpa's work : influences. Cladding in Viennese architecture ; Frank Lloyd Wright the model ; Japanese aesthetics : mobile layers ; The De Stijl movement : an architecture of surfaces and planes -- A detailed analysis of layering in three examples. Castelvecchio, Verona ; Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice ; Banca Popolare, Verona.

Review: "In recent decades, Carlo Scarpa's relevance has been steadily on the rise. At a time when architects have to use existing city and building structures as a point of departure for their work, his ceuvre remains a source of inspiration. Buildings such as the Castelvecchio in Verona show us that architecture is capable of communicating its own history, has meaning, and develops a contemporary dynamic of its own. Scarpa's layered architecture makes visible the time-related sedimentation of material and meanings. It is especially at points of transition and interface that layering becomes a narrative element that elucidates the tectonic qualities of the building. Overlaying Includes leaving a record of how an object came into being - by means of the sediments of its history or through the intervention of the architect." "In this book Anne-Catrin Schultz presents her research about the phenomenon of layering in Carlo Scarpa's architecture.^

Review: Layering describes the physical composition of layers defining space as well as the parallel presence of cultural referrals and formal associations imbedded in the physical layers." "Scarpa's work is an embodiment of multidimensional layering and a focal point for architectural movements of his time that have stratification as their theme. In most buildings, the principle of layering may be regarded as something that is part of the nature of building. Functional conditions call for planes, elements, or *layers* to provide the supporting structure, and others to protect from rain, cold or the heat of the sun. However, architectonic layering goes beyond merely fulfilling technical requirements - the principle of layering may be used as a formative method that allows elements of different origins to be combined into a nonhierarchical whole.^

Review: Layering exists in a realm of complexity and creates references to the world at large." "The first part of the book examines Scarpa's intellectual roots and puts them in perspective with former theories and their interpretation of architecture as layered, for example Gottfried Semper's theory of clothing. The second part displays an analysis of three projects, the Castelvecchio and the Banca Popolare in Verona and the Querini Foundation in Venice."--BOOK JACKET.