Metamorphosis: Carlo Scarpa and the water of Venice. The architectural intervention on the pre-existences

Carlo Scarpa’s Venetian project perfectly succeded solving the delicate dialectic relation between the project and the site, instead of banaly recalling the architectural structures of Venice, relays on a more latent, almost subliminal reference. This allusion appeals to the historic backgroud, thus it is not directly pointed towards one’s individual cognitive capacities, but to the individual’s subconscious perceptions that can evoque the essential implied connection between the sea wold and the Water City, a connection well carved in the collective memory and universally shared. The bridge of the library Querini Stampalia is recognized as a modern structure, thus cut off from the typical historic venetian architecture, but in virtue of the statements above, it can certainly be perceived as a timeless and vague object as well as deeply familiar to the specific location.