Copyright Manfredi BellatiVenice: 11th International Architectural Biennale – Collateral Event. Andrea Palladio and Contemporary Architects: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. To mark the 500th anniversary of Andrea Palladio’s birth Zaha Hadid and Patrick Schumacher have created Aura, which is installed at Villa Foscari, La Malcontenta, as part of the Venice Architecture Biennale. The installation is made of two sculptures Aura-S and Aura L, each are shown in separate frescoed rooms. Aura is an experiment in translating Villa Foscari’s Palladian design, which relies on a definite set of harmonic proportions, into a contemporary space whose elegance and dynamism is generated through a process defined by a non-linear set of rules elicited from Palladio’s theories.
