Carlo Scarpa in Venice

While in Venice this past Wednesday, we visted several churches and a couple of Carlo Scarpa's designs. The fist image shows the entrance to the IUAV (University of Venice). The folowwing images are of the Querini Stampalia Museum. The building was previously existing and Scarpa redesigned the interior. It is very interesting. Venice is prone to flooding, and the water level changes during certain times of the year. So, Scarpa created the design for this museum with the knowledge of this flooding. The interior has raised walking corridors, that leaves a lower channel to the side. During the times of the year that the water level is high, these lower areas lining the walking corriders fill with water. Unfortunately, while I was there, the water level was low, so there isn't any water in the interior. Also, the building is a museum with some art, but I think most people vist it entirely for the architecture. Behind the building, there is a private garden/ courtyard area, also design by Scarp with 2 small water features. Anyway, vistiting this building was most definitely the most interesting part of my visit to Venice. Oh, also the image of the bridge leading to the Querini Stampalia was also designed by Scarpa and there is an image of a detail of the handrail below.