Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Subway station and shops, ticket-taker tower, perspective and plan
Steven Holl
American, born 1947
1986
An architectural presentation drawing in graphite, ink, and ink wash proposing Steven Holl’s design for the Porta Vittoria subway station, shops, and ticket-taker tower in Milan, intended to communicate both the project's spatial experience and its plan.
A cinematic perspective rendered in soft gray washes and crisp ink shows a colonnaded forecourt and a tall, monolithic tower beneath a moody sky, paired with a spare, measured plan below that ties atmosphere to geometry.
The drawing illustrates Holl’s late‑20th‑century method of combining poetic, light‑oriented representation with precise technical drawing, helping shift architectural representation toward conveying experiential ideas as well as constructional logic.
Medium
Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper
Dimensions
29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Pritzker Foundation Fund and Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Accession
93.1989
Palette
Art Terms
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