The second stop was the Carlo Scarpa cemetery addition in Brion. I loved Scarpa's work here, the detailing and overall spatial considerations were fantastic. The whole place had a very unique and reverent feel to it, all while still retaining a level of playfulness. Scarpa's fusion of brass, concrete, steel, wood, bronze and water created some very dynamic and interesting spaces. The photos I have hardly come close to capturing the essence of the place. I was very impressed.
We then traveled on to Vicenza where we went to Teatro Olimpico and a couple other sites. These were much less impressive than the Scarpa cemetery, which became my frame of reference for the remainder of the north trip, but it was still nice. The Teatro Olimpico was only ever officially used for the performance of one play. It is entirely constructed out of wood and plaster, and it is amazing it has survived as long as it has (mentioned by our instructor Mikesh many times). I am not entirely sure what the other sites we visited in Vicenza were, I apparently wasn't paying quite enough attention. I'm going to go ahead and blame that on the fact that I was wearing and t-shirt and was freezing cold.
I'm going to end part one here. Part two will cover Verona and Venezia (Venice)
On a side note, its raining in Rome today, my family was supposed to have arrived by now, but their first flight was delayed due to ice and they missed their connection. They will arrive tomorrow morning. Today has been quite the lazy day for me, I have just sorted photos, and lounged around the house listening to mash-ups. Of course the one time I do venture out into the rain I find the Chinese restaurant I wanted to eat at closed... I'll try again later I guess.
Lots of new photos up on my photobucket account
http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g198/b82ta/Roma/
is the link for those who dont know.
Adam
