House D

It took just a few hours by train, and the image, values, and temperament of the people are different.
Rusty trains and dusty train stations can stand alongside ancient monuments. Everything is poetic. Italians seem to build used (gebraucht, benutzt). Everything new immediately ages and fits into antiquity upside down. Even this year-old house.

If you are interested in the realizations of the last few years during your visit to Venice, you must take a vaporetto to the island of Giudecca. It is sad that in a city with the highest number of architects per thousand inhabitants in Italy, practically no interesting new realizations are being born. Even local architects acknowledge: If you want to see something contemporary in Venice, only Cino Zucchi [chee-no zoo-kee] remains, who isn't even local. In the future, many interesting buildings will be born here, but again from outsiders.
House D is part of a large urban renewal of the former industrial zone on the island of Giudecca. House D is a new building that replaced a utility building at the corner of two canals. The neighboring brick chimney was preserved and restored as a showcase of integrated history. The outer shell consists of a façade with only three types of windows. Their irregular placement led to different floor plans for a total of 16 apartments. The arrangement, however, is not incidental, but aimed at maximizing views of the apse of the nearby church, the canals, and the lagoon. It is unfortunate to compose apartment layouts based on the façade. The image of the city will change just as much until nothing remains of the views. The inner courtyard is Sizaesque. White plaster, white stone, and somewhat formal shapes.