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Archive and site: The ghost of Peter Eisenman's 1978 Cannaregio Ovest project in Venice

Lanuza, Felipe

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Felipe Lanuza
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Abstract

In this paper, I discuss Peter Eisenman’s unbuilt proposal for the Cannaregio Ovest district in Venice, and develop a speculative reading linking the project’s archive and the site. I account for different absences involved to visually represent the archive and site in a multi-layered and open-ended relation. Through a critical and creative reading of the archival material of the project and its underpinning discourse, in the light of the present of both its intended location and the debates around Venice’s built heritage, I reveal the potential of the archive as a tool to reimagine the experience of the city and to inform a critique of its conservation.



Dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Hill.

Citation

Lanuza, F. (2024). Archive and site: The ghost of Peter Eisenman's 1978 Cannaregio Ovest project in Venice. ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, 9(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.55588/ajar.389

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 10, 2024
Online Publication Date Jun 24, 2024
Publication Date Jun 24, 2024
Deposit Date Jun 26, 2024
Publicly Available Date Jun 28, 2024
Journal ARENA Journal of Architectural Research
Electronic ISSN 2397-0820
Publisher Ubiquity Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 1
Article Number 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.55588/ajar.389
Keywords absence, Venice, Cannaregio, Peter Eisenman, layering, discourse, photography, site, nostalgia, housing
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/36568548
Publisher URL https://ajar.arena-architecture.eu/articles/10.55588/ajar.389

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