Paolo Piva

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Renovation of Palazzo Remer (Venice)

Paolo Piva (born March 13, 1950 in Adria ; † July 7, 2017 in Vienna ) was an Austrian - Italian architect , designer and artist .

Life

Piva studied architecture in Venice from 1968 to 1973 , especially with Carlo Scarpa and Carlo Aymonino . In 1973 he completed his studies with a doctorate and state examination. His interest in architecture and building culture in socialist Vienna was followed in 1975 by the exhibition Vienna rossa (Red Vienna) in collaboration with the Institute for History and Architecture in Venice and the Academy for Applied Arts in Vienna .

In addition to some projects and works as an architect, he designed seating furniture, cupboards and kitchens in particular. Since the 1970s, Piva has worked with several manufacturers, including B&B Italia, Burelli Cucine, Dada, de Sede, Fama, Giovannetti, Lumenform, Mobel Italia, Poliform, Team 7, Thonet and B&B Italia, the Italian kitchen manufacturer Varenna and the Austrian manufacturer Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten .

Since 1988 Piva was professor for industrial design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna . Piva lived and worked in Vienna, Biella ( Piedmont ) and Venice.

Work

  • Competition for the Vienna International Garden Show "WIG 74"
  • Kuwaiti Embassy in Qatar (1980)
  • Corporate designs for an Italian department store chain (1981)
  • Renovation of the Palazzo Remer in Venice (1986)
  • Ideas competition of the listed Fiat factory Lingotto in Turin
  • Renovation of the first floor and the historical Loos salons by Kniže & Comp. in the Looshauses in Vienna (1992/93)
  • Stage design for the operetta The Beautiful Helena in the Zurich Opera House (1994)
  • Redevelopment of the basement of the Looshaus in Vienna (2002)

Fonts

  • I secoli di Polirone. Committenza e produione artistica di un monastero benedettino , Senza editore 1981 (it)
  • Paolo Piva. Design and Architecture , Residence 1997, ISBN 978-3701707003 (en)
  • Architecture & Design , Residence 1999, ISBN 978-3701711376 (en)
  • ID 1 - Industrial Design , Jung und Jung 2011, ISBN 978-3902497956 (de)
  • Houses & Homes , Jung und Jung 2013, ISBN 978-3990270370 (en)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wojciech Czaja: "Architect and designer Paolo Piva died." , In: Der Standard from 7 July 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c In memoriam Paolo Piva. In: HOME The design magazine for feeling good , September 2017, p. 16.
  3. ↑ Pamono Paolo Piva , accessed January 2, 2020.
  4. ↑ "scompare Paolo Piva. Il ricordo di Giorgio Busnelli " , La Repubblica , 7 July 2017 (it)
  5. ↑ Gerald Bast : “Dismay and grief over the surprising death of Paolo Piva” , University of Applied Arts Vienna , obituary of July 8, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Piva, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Italian architect, designer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Adriatic Sea , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 7th July 2017
Place of death Vienna , Austria