Perspective sketches for the Italian Biennale pavilion and sketches for the Palazzo dei Congressi, Venice, Italy

People:

Louis I. Kahn (architect)
Louis I. Kahn (draughtsman)
August E. Komendant (role unspecified)

Title:

Perspective sketches for the Italian Biennale pavilion and sketches for the Palazzo dei Congressi, Venice, Italy

Date:

1968 or 1969

Description:

- While the main drawings on this sheet show the Venice Bienalle Pavilion, the drawings below these and the lowest annotation relate to the Palazzi dei Congressi.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

conceptual drawings
design development drawings

Technique and media:

Crayon (black and coloured) on translucent paper

Dimensions:

sheet (irr.): 57 × 64 cm (22 7/16 × 25 3/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1982:0010

Drawing Type:

line drawing
sketches

Method of Projection:

perspective drawings

Point of View:

interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has irregular edges, especially at l., and pinholes at corners. Repairs have been made to the t. corners. Smudging across sheet has been stabilized with an unknown fixative.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in black conté crayon, c.: "court / canal / The Happening in the court of the Bienalle [sic] / opening on the building tiers and the raised / Terraces of the stage overlook the activity / in the court. The great doors are closed. The roof is / shown half closed. Every day a new event"; l.l.: "The FIVE major divisions of the / court facade are 30' on center. Flanking / them are the stair entrances and service passages / at the extreme ends. / The wide divisions are chosen to offer [illeg.] the non directional / slabs of the floors 30' x 30. and [illeg.] ideas for the enclosures / It would be possible to vary the facade of the 3 levels."; l.c.: "The Auditorium of Congress Hall / is like a long plaza with gentle / slope"; and l.c. to l.r.: "The reception-like a street with niches-At night / it becomes the Ball Room. At times the street exhibits / the spirit of the Congress / at times it is of procession / or of happening-then the niches are the places of the onlookers."

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

skylights
canal
exhibition building

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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