Uffizi Gallery Bay Elevation and Section
Architect: Aston, Louis · b. 1999
The work was conceived in relation to Aston's time in Italy on an RSA John Kinross Scholarship in October 2024 where he focussed on the impact of tourism on community, echoing the interests of the 18th Century Italian architect Giambattista Nolli's interest in the delineation between public and private spaces within a major city.
In 1748 Nolli drew a map showing the urban fabric of central Rome. Nolli's map was published following Pope Benedict XIV's commission for a major survey of the city and continued to inform government planning of the city of Rome until 1970.
Nolli's map explained the relationship between the public and private spaces in the city.
Aston, taking Nolli's map as his inspiration, attempted to apply Nolli's approach to Florence, and here focusses on part of the Uffizi Gallery an important building designed by Giorgio Vasari for the ruling Medici family.
In 1565 Vasari was also commissioned to add a corridor to the top of the mediaeval Ponte Vecchio to connect the Uffizi with the Pitti Palace where the Medici family resided. This structure, known as the Vasari Corridor, took just five months to construct and allowed the Medici to travel unseen and securely between their two major seats of power. The corridor reopened to visitors in December 2024 after an eight year restoration programme.
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Date 2025 Accession 2025.0105.3 Type Print Digital print and text Materials Support paper
Medium InkDimensions Support
21cm x 29.7cmAcquisition Deposit, John Kinross Travel Scholarship Aston, Louis (August 5th, 2025) -
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