Venetian Abacus

Abstract

The Venetian Abacus

extends along the central axis of the Tesa and is curated by Università Iuav di Venezia. It is dedicated to Ingenuities and showcases the objects, tools, mechanisms, and technologies through which the Venetians transformed an apparently uninhabitable place into one of the most significant examples of global urban history.

Visitors can consult

archival documents and photographs detailing the urban development of Venice over the centuries. Through specific architectural constraints— seemingly rigid but in fact enabling—it becomes clear how such limits have fostered exceptional creativity.

Venice presents itself as an organism designed to endure, despite unfavorable conditions, and each of its parts small or monumental, permanent or temporary contributes to a dynamic balance between nature and the built environment