Aula Mario Baratto
Ca’ Foscari University in Venice main seat was restored in the 1930s and 1960s by the Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa. Born in Venice in 1906 and died in Japan, in Sendai, in 1978, Carlo Scarpa is one of the most interesting figure of the XX century Italian architecture. In Venice he did lots of works such as the interventions of Querini Stampalia and Negozio Olivetti in St. Mark's square, the projects for the institute of architecture IUAV and he collaborated several times with the Biennale of Venice.
Scarpa designed his first important intervention at Ca' Foscari: the Aula Baratto, symbol of the University. This work dates back to 1935 when the rector Agostino Lanzillo called the architect in order to create the first Great Hall of the University. On this occasion Scarpa designed the window frame of the gothic window, visible nowadays, and the students' tribune.This one was removeb by Scarpa during the second intervention at Ca' Foscari when Scarpa trasform the room into a lecture hall between 1955 and 1956. Instead of it he introduced the boiserie made of wood which seperates the room from the corridor. Looking at this two interventions it is possible to admire the evolution of scarpa style and the transformation oif nternational architecture.
