Scarpa | Castelvecchio Museum Entrance: Inserting a New Threshold in a Historic Monument

Carlo Scarpa | Castelvecchio Museum Entrance: Inserting a New Threshold into an Ancient Monument
Into an existing doorway of a medieval castle, a brand new entrance is inserted: the door leaf, composed of steel frame, glass, and brass, does not fill the entire opening but is deliberately set back within the opening, leaving a clear gap between it and the old stone wall, allowing one to see that the new and old are not glued together. The ground here is replaced with newly laid stone slabs, similarly separated from the old paving by a recessed joint. The mottled, repaired, and layered textures of the old stone wall from different eras are all preserved and exposed, while the new components are precise, slender, and clean in material. Soft natural light enters diagonally from the old opening, illuminating the edge of the new frame. Avoid: new door filling the old opening, seamless alignment between new and old, trimming the old stone wall, new components using antique styles.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

在一座中世紀城堡既有的門洞中,插入一道全新的入口:鋼框、玻璃與黃銅構成的門扇不填滿整個洞口,而是刻意退在洞口之內、與舊石牆之間留出一道清楚的縫,讓人看見新舊之間沒有黏在一起。地面在此處換成新鋪的石板,與舊地坪之間同樣以一道凹縫脫開。舊石牆的斑駁、修補與不同年代的層次全部保留裸露,新構件則精確、纖細、材質乾淨。柔和的自然光從舊洞口斜入,照亮新框的邊緣。避免:新門填滿舊洞口、新舊之間對齊無縫、修整舊石牆、新構件使用仿古樣式。