Architect Dario Curatolo designed the exhibition space for some of the works displayed in the exhibition “Imagining the future. Leonardo da Vinci: in the mind of an Italian genius” organized within the Washington Public Library, one of Mies van der Rohe‘s last projects.
The basic ingredients of the exhibition project are therefore the magnificent drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci – the Renaissance artist, architect and scientist who is the very icon of Italian genius – and the building designed by the German architect, a master of modern architecture.
The space inside the Library has been separated into two distinct zones, essentially of the same size as the relationship between full and empty, an approach zone that projects into the fullness of a room, a room within a room that is a ‘casket’ housing the precious drawings.
The casket is presented to the space in front through a partition depicting Leonardo’s portrait that partially covers the view inside, which is only revealed upon entering the confined space where the drawings are set against the walls of the casket, illuminated with a system that uniformly envelops the sheets in light.
The space is partially covered with a plane suspended on the septa of the casket that lightly closes the casket and envelops Leonardo’s drawings and the visitor in a secluded environment where they can contemplate the beauty, charm and richness of Leonardo’s drawings.
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