Lina Bo Bardi
Lina Bo Bardi , born Achillina Bo , (* 1914 in Rome , Italy , † 1992 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian architect and designer of Italian origin.
Life
Achillina Bo studied architecture in Rome from 1934. After graduating, she moved to Milan in 1940 , where she worked as an illustrator for fashion magazines and - initially free of charge - in Gio Ponti's architectural office and for the Domus and Lo Stile magazines published by Ponti .
In 1946 she married the gallery owner, art critic and journalist Pietro Maria Bardi. In the same year, the young couple emigrated to Brazil . In Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo they met Lúcio Costa , Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx . Pietro Maria Bardi and his wife were successful with exhibitions of European art, so they were able to buy a large piece of land in the Morumbi district of São Paulo and build a house in 1950–1952. This Casa de Vidro (Glass House), designed by Lina Bo Bardi, caused a sensation and admiration; Numerous commissions for public and private buildings followed, including - to name just a few works in São Paulo - the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (1957), known as the "floating museum", the Espirito Santo do Cerrado church (1977–1982) or the Fábrica da Pompéia cultural and sports center (1977–1986). A design (1990–1992) for the new city hall of São Paulo, the Prefeitura Municipal, remained unfinished. The second main place of her work was Salvador da Bahia , where Lina Bo Bardi a. a. the Museum of Modern and Popular Art (1959–1963) and the Villa Chame-Chame (1964) built.
Lina Bò Bardi also worked as a designer . For some of their buildings, e.g. B. the Fábrica da Pompeia, she designed parts of the interior. From her come u. a. a well-known foldable wooden chair, the "Frei Egidio" chair, named after a Franciscan model of the 15th century.
Exhibitions
- 2014/2015: Lina Bo Bardi 100th Brazil's alternative path to modernity . Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich
- 2019: Lina Bo Bardi Drawing . Fundació Joan Miró , Barcelona
literature
- Sonia Ricon Baldessani: How women build. Architects. From Julia Morgan to Zaha Hadid . AvivA Verlag, Berlin 2001. ISBN 3-932338-12-X ; Pp. 120-136.
- Florian Heilmeyer: Lina Bo Bardi . In: Baunetzwoche. The landscape format for architects , No. 229 of July 8, 2011, pp. 4–25 (with numerous illustrations).
- Renato Luiz Sobral Anelli / Andres Lepik (Eds.): Lina Bo Bardi 100 . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2014, de .: ISBN 978-3-7757-3852-1 ; en: ISBN 978-3-7757-3853-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Florian Heilmeyer: Lina Bo Bardi (see literature)
- ↑ a b Roman Hollenstein: She built for people . The Munich Architecture Museum celebrates the Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi, who was born 100 years ago. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of December 5, 2014, international edition, p. 45.
- ^ Announcement on the exhibition , accessed on November 17, 2014
- ↑ Current exhibitions , accessed on May 3, 2019
Web links
- Literature by and about Lina Bo Bardi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page about Lina Bo Bardi (in English)
- 'This Exhibition Is an Accusation': The Grammar of Display According to Lina Bo Bardi ; Article about Lina Bo Bardi by Roger Buergel in: Afterall Online Journal, spring 2011
- Exhibition page of the Zurich Museum of Design ( Memento from September 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) - Website of the Zurich Museum of Design about an exhibition in 2000/01
- Page of the 'Instituto Lina Bo e PM Bardi' with photo of the Casa de Vidro , 1951 (in English and Portuguese)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bo Bardi, Lina |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bo, Achillina (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian architect and designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | 1992 |
Place of death | São Paulo |