Summary
"The Tree Architecture" is an out-of-standard book, the result of a legendary botanical and architectural study that will be presented in the exhibition "Nous les Arbres", from July 9 to November 10, 2019 at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art. Originally designed in 1982 by architects Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi, this book of imposing dimensions brings together more than 550 drawings of 212 species of trees drawn at the scale 1/100 with and without foliage, as well as diagrams of shadow projections, and boards of seasonal chromatic variations. It also contains 393 records on each family, genus and species of tree illustrated by drawings of leaves, flowers and fruits, completing this study that will last more than 20 years.
