References
Domus, May 2003 ,859,p.95
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Ca' Pesaro Museum of Modern Art
Boris Podrecca and Marco Zordan
Collaborators
Manuel Cattani
Technical Consultancy
Structural Project: Gianfranco Brusati
Client
Museum of Modern Art
Calle del Tentor
30135 Venice,
Italy
The project involves the reorganization of the museum structure, the construction of the facilities and the static upgrading of the palace with the formation of new escape routes.
The vertical connections inside the building are one of the main aspects addressed by the project, providing two different interventions that, through the design of a new staircase and the renovation of the existing one, are not limited to meet safety requirements but are an opportunity to reconstruct situations compromised by previous interventions that had little attention to the building.
The new staircase builds on the traces of a small pre-existing staircase referred to on historical plans as the “secret staircase” that was probably demolished in 1936. The existing staircase between the hallway and the book-shop, made after the completion of the factory, not respecting its openings, is with the project rebuilt by reversing its turn.
With the design of the exhibition system, the oil-lifting equipped walls were built, integrating the set of facilities to the exhibition system, making the facilities accessible for maintenance and optimizing the path of the facilities to avoid injuries on the existing building.
Original Use Residential
New Use Cultural, Commercial and Services
Project Date [1991 — 1997]
Build Date [1997 — 2000]
Preexistance
Baroque Palazzo
[1659-1710]
[1659-1710]
References
Domus, May 2003 ,859,p.95