It houses interior spaces designed by internationally renowned artists such as Massimo Bartolini (Educational Area 'Sala F'), Rirkrit Tiravanija (Bookstore) and Tobias Rehberger (Cafeteria). In 1977 was inaugurated the Auditorium by Valeriano Pastor, destined for the Municipality, now transformed into a Library.Īs part of the exhibition reorganization of La Biennale venues, in 2009 the historic Central Pavillion at Giardini became a multifunctional and versatile structure of 3,500 square meters, the center of permanent activity and landmark for the other Gardens Pavilions. Scarpa also signed the project of the Garden of Sculptures realized in 1952. In 1968 Carlo Scarpa projects a loft in the central hall of the Pavilion, doubling the exhibition surface. In 1948 (and until 1972) bagan Carlo Scarpa's direct collaboration with La Biennale, which generated over the years a long series of remarkable projects and achievements. Over the course of decades, the Central Palace underwent numerous additions and transformations, hosting works by Ernesto Basile (entrance 1905), Galileo Chini (decorations 1907-1909), Guido Cirilli (facade 1914), Gio Ponti (Rotonda 1928), Becoming in 1932 the Italian Pavilion, with the design of the (still current) façade of Duilio Torres. In the wake of the success achieved in the first editions, La Biennale encourages foreign countries to build their own Pavilion at Giardini to expose their artists (the first is Belgium in 1907). Until 1905 La Biennale is all concentrated in this palace, where artists from each country exhibit together, without any division. The building - then called 'Pro Arte' - was built on a project by Enrico Trevisanato and with a liberty facade designed by Marius De Maria and Bartolomeo Bezzi. It was in 1894 that the first Palace of Exhibitions at Giardini was commissioned by the Venetian Municipal Council, to host the first Biennale the following year.

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