Cave di Cusa, Selinunte, Castelvetrano, Italy (1980)

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• Fonds: Álvaro Siza fonds, 1958-2002
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1948-2012
•      Project: Cave di Cusa, Selinunte, Castelvetrano, Italy (1980), circa 1980

People

• Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
• Alvaro Siza (architect)

Title

Cave di Cusa, Selinunte, Castelvetrano, Italy (1980)

Dates of creation

circa 1980

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 4 slides

Scope and Content

The project series documents the Cave di Cusa in Selinunte, Castelvetrano, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number [8]/80. The office assigned the date 1980 for this project.

The Cave di Cusa is an ancient quarry and popular tourist site in Sicily. The project series is solely recorded through slides of sketches. The sketches show a cylindrical volume and two cube-shaped volumes.

Reference Number

AP178.S1.1980.PR07

Arrangement

Materials in this project series were arranged by Álvaro Siza's office and have been kept in this order.

Location

Castelvetrano Italy

Related units of description

• Some drawings of the Cave di Cusa are also included in Siza's sketchbooks. Of note is Sketchbook 64: Sicilia (AP178.S2.1980.007 in this fonds).

Inventory

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  • Reference Number: AP178.S1.1980.PR07.001
  • Title: Slides of sketches, Cave di Cusa, Selinunte, Castelvetrano, Italy
  • Dates of creation: circa 1980
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Alvaro Siza (archive creator)

  Description:

  Original file title: "Cave di Cusa"

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 4 slides

  Credit line:

  Álvaro Siza fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Don d’Álvaro Siza/
  Gift of Álvaro Siza
  

  Folder Number:

  178-647-004