Carlo Scarpa and Carlo Maschietto: Expressive Forms and Structural Forces is a study of one of the quiet partnerships behind Carlo Scarpa's architecture—his long collaboration with the engineer Carlo Maschietto.
About This Book
Scarpa is celebrated for his handling of material, joint and detail, but the structural thinking that made those details stand up is rarely examined. Written by an architect and an engineer, this book reads four of his signature works—Castelvecchio in Verona, the Ottolenghi residence, the Venezuela Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the Brion memorial—as negotiations between poetic intention and structural force.
Across five chapters, the authors pair architectural and structural analysis with photography and rarely published drawings, showing how Maschietto's technical precision allowed Scarpa's ideas about space and craft to be built.
Key Features
- Architectural and structural analysis of four major Scarpa projects
- Rarely published drawings alongside new photography
- A rare focus on the engineer's role in Scarpa's work
- Co-written from both architectural and engineering perspectives
What You'll Discover
- How structural decisions shaped Scarpa's celebrated details
- The working relationship between Scarpa and Maschietto
- New readings of Castelvecchio and the Brion memorial
- How poetic form and technical rigour can reinforce each other
About the Author
Anne-Catrin Schultz is based at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, and Christina McCoy at Oklahoma State University. Together they bring architectural and engineering expertise to the analysis of Scarpa's buildings.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Dimensions: 220 × 280 mm
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783035629323
- Publisher: Birkhäuser
Perfect For: Architects, engineers, students and anyone drawn to Scarpa's detailing who wants to understand how it was made to work.