Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, East elevation
Mario Botta
Swiss, born 1943
Unknown
An elevation study rendered in colored pencil on print, showing Mario Botta’s proposal for a cultural center in Chambéry that stages a monumental, theater-like façade and a terraced public approach.
You’d first notice the stacked rectilinear masses and horizontal banding— a deep recessed central portal set into a tall striped tower and a broad stepped amphitheater to the right—drawn with spare, measured lines and warm, sand-colored washes.
The drawing crystallizes Botta’s vocabulary of bold geometry and masonry-like striping, translating modernist abstraction into a sculptural, civic architecture that helped shape late‑20th‑century cultural buildings.
Medium
Colored pencil on print
Dimensions
18 x 43 1/4" (45.7 x 109.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
212.1987
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