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

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