PlaceParis, France
FieldExhibitions
Chateau d'Ecouen
The French Minister of Culture, together with Professor Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, Director of the Musée National de la Renaissance in Écouen (Paris), invited architect Alberto Faliva—then a member of the staff at Gregotti Associati International, Milan—to curate an exhibition on new research concerning the Italian and French Renaissance.
The exhibition explored the relationships between Sebastiano Serlio, Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, and the Lombard architects Francesco and Giuseppe Dattaro. These findings were published in a 400-page monograph titled Francesco e Giuseppe Dattaro, La Palazzina del Bosco e altre opere, printed in Cremona. The volume received critical acclaim from leading scholars such as Jean Guillaume, Howard Burns, Yves Pauwels, James S. Ackerman, and Monique Chatenet (Chief of National Patrimoine, France).
The exhibition was first hosted in the Grande Salle of the Château d’Écouen, the magnificent Renaissance residence of Anne de Montmorency. It was later presented at Casa del Mantegna in Mantua and at the San Vitale Arts Centre in Cremona.
The accompanying catalogue featured major contributions from distinguished scholars including David Ekserdjian, Richard Ingersoll, Aurora Scotti Tosini, and Robert J. Knecht.
Wooden architectural models were handcrafted by Ivan Simonato, from the Centro Studi Andrea Palladio in Vicenza.
A white chocolate model of the villa was created in collaboration with Sabrina Signaroldi.
The exhibition was conceived in partnership with architect A. Treu. 
