The project proposes the construction of a new building for the Academy of Fine Arts, which lies opposite the site across the Giudecca canal. The new building will house an archive of architectural works held by the school, as well as providing extra gallery, teaching and support spaces. The project aims to enhance Venice’s cultural and entrepreneurial standing in line with the recommendations of numerous UNESCO reports highlighting the need for Venice to develop and foster it’s creative economies. Using Rossi’s ‘Analogous City’ as a guide the project aims to create a propelling monument that acts as a beacon or focal point along the Giudecca Canal, much in the spirit of Palladio’s water orientated scenography. By the way of a subtractive architectural process, the existing buildings are converted to their new uses, new public spaces created and a new focal building given a prominent position along the Fondementa overlooking the Giudecca Canal in Venice Continue reading Benjamin Hale
