IUAV's main gate - Tolentini
The Tolentini premises are located near Piazzale Roma and was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi in the sixteenth century and restored by Daniele Calabi in the early 1960’s. The convent is recognised for its particular architectural components: cloister with columned porch, a first floor with cells on three sides, and a meeting hall at the margin of the cloister. The second floor contains larger open spaces and a rare example of a 15th century walkway perhaps designed by Scamozzi. The convent was closed by Napoleon in 1810 and has since been used for various purposes. In 1958 the State Property Office made the building complex available to the IUAV and initiated certain works which were led by civil engineers. The restoration work on the complex’s interior took place between 1960 and 1965 under the direction of architects Daniele Calabi and Guido Bacci. In 1985 the entrance way, acquired by gratuitous transfer in 1979, was transformed according to the project by Carlo Scarpa.
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