As a part of a study trip to Venice and the 2014 Architecture Biennale my class where invited to measure and draw up plans for Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista. More precisely the school's most distinctive architectural feature, the outdoor atrium and gateway which separates the complex from the campo to which it adjoins. This part was drawn by architect Pietro Lombardo and completed in 1485.

Important to clarify is that this where a group project which my whole class of twenty where participating in. We received a guided tour of the buildings and atrium's and where then separated into groups of two. All groups where assigned different parts or details which they then where responsible for. Myself and another classmate where responsible or drawing up the plan for instance.

The plan where done as a section 1.5 meters above the ground and it included the two atrium´s and one of the connecting streets. All measuring where done using simple tools that

can be found in any hardware store. Measuring every segment of the street and managing to make the plan add up where difficult, but through the finished drawing its possible to see the irregularity's of such an old complex. The leaning of the walls, the withering of the facade or the otherwise distorted geometry's. All these imperfections helped the drawing come alive.

All groups finally joined their individual drawings through computer aided design softwares to make the plan, elevation and sections that can be seen in the images above.

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