The article provides critical insight into the renovation of Fondaco dei Tedeschi, a palace on Venice’s Canal Grande, recently undertaken by Rem Koolhaas – OMA. It reconstructs the vicissitudes that brought the Dutch architectural office to this prestigious commission. The assumptions speak of a potentially extremely interesting endeavour which, within a context as delicate and complex as Venice, transformed a historic building into an architectural attraction devoted to consumerism. In reality, the end result is far from successful. The project left no one a winner, apart from the tourism industry, which has now finally got a representative shopping area in the city where it can peddle its sparkly airport merchandise.
The Myth of a Palace’s Renovation / Mit o obnovi palače
Skansi, Luka
2017-01-01
Abstract
The article provides critical insight into the renovation of Fondaco dei Tedeschi, a palace on Venice’s Canal Grande, recently undertaken by Rem Koolhaas – OMA. It reconstructs the vicissitudes that brought the Dutch architectural office to this prestigious commission. The assumptions speak of a potentially extremely interesting endeavour which, within a context as delicate and complex as Venice, transformed a historic building into an architectural attraction devoted to consumerism. In reality, the end result is far from successful. The project left no one a winner, apart from the tourism industry, which has now finally got a representative shopping area in the city where it can peddle its sparkly airport merchandise.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
