THE CARLO SCARPA PROJECT
In consideration of the central role of Carlo Scarpa (Venice 1906-Sendai 1978) in the panorama of contemporary architecture,
the
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali and
the Regione del Veneto formed, in 2002, a
Comitato paritetico Carlo Scarpa (Joint Committee),
with the goal of increasing the awareness, conservation, and valorisation of the work of the Veneto architect,
as well as of the archive of his drawings recently acquired by the Italian state.
In particular, with article 41 of the regional finance bill of 2002
and ensuing, the Regione del Veneto has assigned important resources
to an integrated group of initiatives promoted and supported by the
Comitato paritetico. Above all are
the cognitive study,
survey and restoration of a group of buildings by
Scarpa, among these the
Museo di Castelvecchio in
Verona, the
Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice,
the
Gipsoteca Canoviana in Possagno and the
Gallo
house in Vicenza.
At the same time, the Regione del Veneto has undertaken a systematic campaign to acquire
drawings by Carlo Scarpa from private collections and has deposited these at the Museo di Castelvecchio.
With the digitalisation of the Museo di Castelvecchio drawings, which
can be consulted on the Internet, the first nucleus of the computer
system
CARLO SCARPA ARCHIVE has been launched.
In addition, at the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura
Andrea Palladio, a photo library of the architect’s works has been
started, with the collection of historical photos, the realisation
of a new photographic campaign, and the project for a video library
of interviews with patrons, collaborators, interlocutors, and executors.
Since 2000 the CISA and the Museo di Castelvecchio organise a high-level
course every year on the work of Scarpa aimed toward young European
scholars and architects; this complements the day of studies organised
by the Fondazione Querini Stampalia. Finally, a series of publications
gathers the various scientific and research contributions.