EDRA JOINS THE VISIONARY RENEWAL OF FONDAZIONE QUERINI STAMPALIA
Coinciding with Venice‘s 19th International Architecture Biennale, Edra furnishes the Fondazione Querini Stampalia with its contemporary collection, marking a significant new chapter that elevates the museum‘s historic and evolving cultural landscape. This renewal, inaugurated on May 5th, 2025, under director Cristiana Collu and commencing on the symbolic birth date of its philanthropic founder Count Giovanni Querini Stampalia (1868), aims to elevate the Foundation as a key reference point for the Italian and international art scene. Within this historically rich context, elements from the Edra Collection establish a harmony with the Foundation’s architecture and cultural orientations.
Absolu sofa by Francesco Binfaré inside the Riva Botta area | all images by Pietro Savorelli, courtesy of Edra
FURNITURE WITH TUSCAN ROOTS
Since 1987, Edra has maintained a precise philosophy centered on producing comfort, elegance, and performance with superlative quality. Rooted in Tuscany, the company deeply integrates the region’s timeless aesthetic and traditions into its very essence. Its design language stems from profound and long-term experimentations led by its diverse authors, leading to products conceived for lasting relevance.
This core principle finds a natural resonance with the Fondazione Querini Stampalia‘s own historical and forward-looking ethos, an alignment that allows Edra’s furnishings, positioned in reception areas and exhibition rooms, to reinforce the sense of hospitality and enrich the visitor’s experience.
Standard sofa by Francesco Binfaré and Cicladi table by Jacopo Foggini, inside the Corte Mazzariol
HARMONIZING HERITAGE WITH CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE
Edra’s furniture selection thoughtfully interacts with the palazzo’s unique interplay of light, materials, water, and the garden, demonstrating how contemporary design can be integrated respectfully within historic contexts. At the entrance, the Corte Mazzariol welcomes visitors with three compositions of the Standard sofa in light grey, dark brown, and an outdoor version in Every Place brown. This space serves as the fulcrum of the entire complex, featuring a suspended curtain that intercepts the light and makes it vibrate as if on the surface of the water of a canal.
Standard sofa by Francesco Binfaré and Cicladi table by Jacopo Foggini, inside the Corte Mazzariol
Further inside, the Scarpa Area, a meticulously designed space on the Querini’s ground floor, features the Absolu sofa in blue velvet. This area is a testament to Carlo Scarpa’s architectural genius. Between 1959 and 1963, he redesigned this section to create an exhibition and meeting space along with a courtyard garden. This space also offers a preview of ‘No Stone Unturned. Conceptual Photography,’ an exhibition dedicated to Californian artist John Baldessari.
The Baldessari exhibition continues on the Palazzo’s third floor, in the Portego, which is furnished with the On the Rocks sofa and Sherazade in light shades, complemented by the Grinza armchair in smoky grey. Through these considered placements, Edra’s pieces not only offer comfort and style but also deepen the dialogue between the Foundation’s rich historical layers and its contemporary vision.
Grinza armchair by Estudio Campana and Cicladi table by Jacopo Foggini inside the Scarpa Area
project info:
company: Edra | @edra.official
location: Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice | @fondazionequerinistampalia
products: Absolu sofa, Sherazade sofa, Cicladi table, Standard sofa, Grinza armchair
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