Creating a Global Laboratory

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For 50 years, the University of Virginia School of Architecture has cultivated a deep and enduring relationship with Italy’s Veneto region through its study abroad programs in Vicenza and Venice, founded by Professor Mario di Valmarana (1929–2010). This milestone year marks both the anniversary of those programs and the opening of the Mario di Valmarana Center for Studies in Venice and Vicenza, UVA’s first academic outpost abroad.

Creating a Global Library: The Mario di Valmarana Center for Studies in Venice and Vicenza convenes scholars, students, and alumni for two days of reflection, conversation, and celebration—looking back on five decades of exchange while imagining new futures for research and education between the School of Architecture and the Veneto.

All events are free; registration is required. 

SCHEDULE—FRI, MAR 13

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DRAWINGS, ECOLOGY AND MIGRATION: A NEW LANDSCAPE FOR PALLADIO STUDIES
JAMES A.D. COX KEYNOTE LECTURE  
5:30 PM
ROTUNDA DOME ROOM

Guido Beltramini is an Italian architectural historian and exhibition curator specializing in Renaissance architecture. Since 1991, he has served as Director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio in Vicenza, a world-renowned institute devoted to the history of architecture from the ancient world to the 20th century, with a special focus on the Renaissance. In 2012, he founded the Palladio Museum as a public-facing platform for the Centro's scholarly activities. 

Beltramini has curated major exhibitions internationally and published widely on Palladio and Renaissance architecture, with a particular emphasis on the Veneto. He has held visiting appointments at institutions including Harvard Graduate School of Design, Columbia University, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Victoria and Albert Museum Research Institute. He is currently preparing the first complete catalogue of Palladio drawings in British collections.

^{Guido Beltramini}

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RECEPTION
6:45–8 PM
CAMPBELL HALL, VAN LENGEN LOBBY

Enjoy light refreshments and visit the exhibition Virginia and the Veneto: Past, Present, and Future in the Campbell Hall Elmaleh Gallery.  

SCHEDULE—SAT, MAR 14

ALL EVENTS HELD IN THE ROTUNDA DOME ROOM 

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LIGHT BREAKFAST 
9–9:30 AM

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PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION IN THE VENETO — VILLA LA ROTONDA AND BEYOND
9:30–10:15 AM

Andrew Johnston, Associate Professor of Architecture and Architectural History
Alexandra Valmarana, Architect 
Francesco Valmarana, Partner, Pantheon Ventures

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VENICE AS A SITE OF RESEARCH — URBAN QUESTIONS
10:30–11:15 AM

Ali Fard, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Ludovico Centis, Architect and founder of The Empire

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LIVING WITH WATER — THE LAGOON AND THE LANDSCAPE
11:30 AM –12:15 PM

Erin Putalik, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Nicholas de Monchaux, Weber-Shaughness Professor and Head of Architecture, MIT

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VENETO REFLECTIONS — ALUMNI MEMORIES AND THE IMPACT OF STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS
12:30–1:15 PM

Presented by School of Architecture alumni.