Brion Cemetery Brion Cemetery
Brion CemeteryBrion Cemetery
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• the monument wascommissioned by Onorina commissioned by Onorina Brion Tomasin as reminder of Giuseppe Brion
• The monument was planned by Carlo Scarpa
Who’s Carlo Scarpa?Who’s Carlo Scarpa?
• Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 –28 November 1978) was an28 November 1978) was anItalian architect influenced by the Venetian culture.
• he was interested in Japanese art and culture as well as American architecture.
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• large flowerbeds
• big tanks
• walls made of reinforced concrete
• high wall
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• Many parts of the building remind the Japanese Zen philosophy such as the cement cube surrounded by water and the dome-pagoda that is located inside a chapel.
• Zen spaces are characterized by the presence of pools and little canals filled by water.
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• the use of fluting
“Edaburi” “Edaburi”