Carlo Scarpa the Inhibiting Space: Selected Drawings 1930 – 1960.

LAU’s School of Architecture and Design, department of Architecture and Interior Design, in collaboration with the Italian Culture Institute (Beirut), Italian Embassy (Beirut), Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and MAXXI Museum (Rome) are hosting this exhibition.

Artist Bio:
Carlo Scarpa was born in 1906 in Venezia, Italy. In 1922-24 he began his first projects as a collaborator in the office of Architect V. Rinaldo and in 1926 obtained his diploma of Professor in Architectural Drawing at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Venice. He then began his career at the Royal Superior Institute of Architecture of Venice (successively Architectural Institute of Venice University) as assistant to Prof. G. Cirilli.

Scarpa possessed an exceptional understanding of raw materials, and from 1933 to 1947, was artistic director of Venini – one of the most prominent producers of Venetian glass before he began the pursuit of his career as an architect. During the years 1954-64 he gave annual lessons to Fulbright scholarship holders in Rome. In 1956 he won the National Olivetti Award for Architecture and in 1962 the IN-ARCH National Award for Architecture for the Castelvecchio Museum of Verona. In 1972 Scarpa became the Director of the Architectural Institute of Venice University.

Special Formula:The exhibition will open on March 3 at 6:30 p.m at Sheikh Zayed Hall, Safadi Fine Arts building, Beirut campus.

The lecture will be held on March 3 at 5:30 p.m at Gulbenkian Theatre, Safadi Fine Arts building, Beirut campus

The opening of the exhibition will include a lecture by Francesco Dal Co entitled, Carlo Scarpa: A Master Behind the Time.