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The places of Carlo Scarpa in Venice 20% OFF
Venice, Veneto, Italy
$387.32
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Overview
The Carlo Scarpa Architecture Tour in Venice highlights the innovative designs of one of the 20th century's most influential architects. This itinerary seamlessly blends ancient and modern architecture, providing a unique perspective on Scarpa's work.
- 🏛️ Visit the Olivetti Showroom in St. Mark’s Square, a modern architectural marvel that captures the essence of water through design elements like a decorative fountain and reflective colored glass tiles.
- 💧 Explore how Scarpa's use of local materials such as glass, marble, and wood creates a stylish ambiance, showcasing Olivetti typewriters as if they were museum jewels.
- 🌿 Discover the Querini Stampalia Foundation, where Scarpa harmonized natural elements with architectural space through significant renovations and a clever water management system.
- 🚶♂️ Experience a carefully designed walkway that transforms a previously flooded area into a beautiful passage for visitors, emphasizing Scarpa’s innovative approach to architecture.
- 📚 Learn about the mission of the Querini Stampalia Foundation, aimed at fostering dialogue and cultural exchange among the people of Venice.
- 🗣️ Benefit from a qualified English-speaking guide who will provide insights and context throughout the tour.
- 🚐 Enjoy convenient transportation to and from attractions, including hotel pickup and drop-off for added comfort.
- 🐾 Service animals are welcome, ensuring inclusivity for all participants.
- 🚌 Public transportation options are available nearby for easy access to the tour starting point.
- 👥 The tour accommodates a maximum of 10 people per booking, creating an intimate experience while requiring a minimum of 2 participants.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
English
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Qualified guide
- Entrance to the Olivetti showroom and the Querini Stampalia Foundation
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting point
Meet your guide in St. Mark's Square, in front of the blue Clock Tower
Return details
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FAI - Negozio OlivettiThe first destination of the tour is the Olivetti Showroom in St. Mark’s Square. This is a modern example of interaction between inner and outer space in architecture. The showroom recreates the theme of water by using a few decoration ‘devices’: a trickle of water flowing down in an ornamental fountain on the ground floor; tiny colored glass tiles covering the floor, so that it reflects the light by producing the flickering water effect that characterizes the surface of St Mark’s Square in times of high tide. Large windows flood the showroom with light that reverberates on the fountain’s water and the gray-purplish wall stucco. Floor colours gradually fade off, as the distance from the windows increases. The showroom is decorated using local materials, such as glass, marble, stone, and wood, which are beautifully juxtapposed to create a stylish ambience for the display of Olivetti typewriters. These machines from the 1950s and 1960s are therefore exhibited as if they were ‘jewels in a museum’.
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Fondazione Querini StampaliaCarlo Scarpa’s search for harmony between natural elements and architectural space is best illustrated at Venice’s Querini Stampalia Foundation, which is the next destination of the tour. Carlo Scarpa reinforced the building and renovated both the entrance hall of the museum and the palace’s garden. He regained control over an open portion of the building, which had been left in disuse because of being regularly flooded. Carlo Scarpa raised the area from the ground floor and transformed it into a walkway for the palace’s visitors. Water entering the ground floor was contained by a parapet wall and channelled into the rear garden. Thanks to this solution, water acquires an aesthetic value, while harmoniously coexisting with the other architectural elements of the building. This modern revisitation of an ancient building makes the former Querini Stampalia residence a masterpiece of twentieth-century architecture. The idea behind Carlo Scarpa’s project still inspires the mission of Querini Stampalia Foundation: opening to dialogue with society by creating a space for interaction and cultural exchange between the peoples of Venice.
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The places of Carlo Scarpa in Venice 20% OFF
Venice, Veneto, Italy
$387.32
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!