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Competition Fortezza da Basso, National Centre for Arts and Crafts, Florence, Italy (1967)
1967-1968
Project
This project series documents Poli's contribution to the competition entry for the restoration of a 16th century fort in Florence, the Fortezza da Bassa and its transformation into a National Centre for Arts and Crafts. This competition design was a Superstudio project led by Adolfo Natalini, reflecting the group's interest at the time in architecture on a "monumental' scale" (Lang and Menking, 2003, 100).
Project material consists of study sketches in coloured pencil and graphite, many with annotations, and a page of typed notes, also with smaller sketches. Poli's sketches and notes seem to focus on designs for the entrance to the fort -- "ingresso alla Fortezza" -- and the movement of spectators into the fort. The typed notes and some sketches suggest the idea of a pinball machine with flippers and multi coloured lights lighting up a path.
Florence Italy
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sheet (smallest): 26 × 21 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.) sheet (largest): 31,5 × 22 cm (12 3/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
Alessandro Poli fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Alessandro Poli/
Gift of Alessandro Poli
148-004-004
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1 file(s)
sheets: 93 × 76 cm (36 5/8 × 29 15/16 in.)
Alessandro Poli fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Alessandro Poli/
Gift of Alessandro Poli
148-001-008
Objects that have been catalogued:
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