The surprising modernity of the Scarpa Area has not been obfuscated by its more than fifty-year lifespan. Carlo Scarpa (Venice, 1906 - Sendai, Japan, 1978) is one of the greatest architects of the twentieth century. Between 1959 and 1963 he redesigned the ground floor of the Fondazione, creating a space for exhibitions and meetings, as well as designing a garden in the courtyard. It was a design that broke with the tradition of those times, a work of constant research and experimentation. There are two main elements: water, which reflects the palace outside, enters the building and is also found in the garden; light, reverberating on the water, vibrates and is refracted on the ceilings, dematerialising the contours and creating colour.