Models

Architectural models are inextricably linked to the
architectural production of Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti. These eight models are part of the archive and can be further viewed by requesting them through the collection’s finding aid. Like the drawings, as architectural representations, the models are essential to their architectural production. The exquisite craftsmanship of these models results from a focused attention invested in the conception, critique, and research for and through the primary subject of their life-long architectural production – buildings.

FOUNTAIN HOUSE

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fountain house model birds eye view
fountain house model front elevation
fountain house model back perspective
fountain house model front detail.

house on the island of djerba

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house on the island of djerba model birds eye view
house on the island of djerba model back and side view.
house on the island of djerba model front and side view
House on the island of djerba model detail shot of stairs.

taberna ancipitis formae machadus siletusque mirabile inventio: a garden folly

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taberna ancipitis model birds eyes view of interior.
taberna ancipitis model perspective birds eyes view of interior.
taberna ancipitis model interior perspective detail of stairs.
taberna ancipitis model exterior perspective of brick detail.

four plazas for leonforte

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four plazas for leonforte model birds eye view
four plazas for leonforte model front and side view.
four plazas for leonforte model detail of top of the tower.
four plazas for leonforte model detail of brick work.

aprodo dello sperone

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aprodo dello sperone model back elevation
aprodo dello sperone model birds eye perspective
aprodo dello sperone model detail of the inner port.
aprodo dello sperone model detail of structure on the water.

Princeton garage

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Princeton garage model front elevation
Princeton garage model front and side view
Princeton garage model front detail of facade.
Princeton garage model back detail of facade structure.

una porta per venezia

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Una Porta per Venezia model front elevation
Una Porta per Venezia model side view
Una Porta per Venezia model detail of facade.
Una Porta per Venezia model detail of facade strcuture.

wagner park

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Wagner Park model front elevation
Wagner Park model back and side view.
Wagner Park model front detail of vegetation and steps.
Wagner Park model detail of strcuture.

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The Rodolfo Machado & Jorge Silvetti Collection

This site was made possible thanks to the support of Jorge Silvetti, Nelson Robinson Jr. Professor of Architecture, Emeritus and Ann Whiteside, Librarian/Assistant Dean for Information Services at the Frances Loeb Library.

Developed in collaboration with Ines Zalduendo, Special Collections Curator at the Frances Loeb Library, M.Arch ’95 and Ashleigh Brady, Archival Collections Website Editor, M.Arch ’26.

Digital scans in collaboration with by Harvard Library Imaging Services, Alix Reiskind, Associate Librarian, Research and Teaching at the Frances Loeb Library.