Timeline
5th December: Achillina Bo is born in Rome, the daughter of a Genoese couple, Enrico and Giovanna. She is followed by a sister, Graziella, the youngest in the family. ...
Modern Art Week in São Paulo....
Gregori Warchavchik builds Brazil’s first ‘Modernist House’ in Rua Santa Cruz, São Paulo....
The first Italian Exhibition of Rational Architecture in Rome....
Swiss architect Le Corbusier visits São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro....
The Revolution led by Getúlio Vargas marks the beginning of a nationalist government in Brazil....
In the Second Italian Exhibition of Rational Architecture, held in Rome, Pietro Maria Bardi presents his Rapporto sull’architettura manifesto to Mussolini, advocating the adoption of rationalism as the official style of the Fascist State. Despite the Duce’s negative reaction, a space opens up for mo...
Pietro Maria Bardi and Le Corbusier attend the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM) on a cruise ship between Marseille and Athens, which results in the Athens Charter....
Italian architect Marcello Piacentini visits Brazil at the invitation of the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio, submitting a design for the University....
Le Corbusier and Lucio Costa (among others) design the building for the Ministry of Education and Health. Architect Giuseppe Pagano organizes the exhibition Rural Italian Architecture at the VI Milan Triennial, looking for the ethical roots of Italy’s cultural and political recovery in its popula...
The Estado Novo (New State) is proclaimed in Brazil....
Lina graduates from the Rome School of Architecture: The Maternity and Infancy Care Centre is her final piece. Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer develop the Brazil Pavilion for the Universal Exhibition, New York....
Lina moves to Milan and begins to work with architect Carlo Pagani in the Studio Bo e Pagani, No 12, Via Gesù. Lina collaborates (until 1943) with architect and designer Gio Ponti on the magazine Lo Stile – nella casa e nell’arredamento. She also works for Grazia, Bellezza, Vetrina and ...
Opening of Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, MG), designed by Oscar Niemeyer....
Lina stops working with Gio Ponti and becomes deputy director of Domus and Quaderni di Domus with Carlo Pagani, until the magazine’s suspension in January 1945. The Allied bombing of Milan destroys the city, including the studio on Via Gesù. Lina works closely with several architects and intellectua...
Domus commissions Lina to travel around Italy with Carlo Pagani and photographer Federico Patellani to document and evaluate the situation of the destroyed country. Lina, Pagani and Bruno Zevi establish the weekly magazine A – Attualità, Architettura, Abitazione, Arte in Milan. She also colla...
Lina moves to Rome and marries Pietro Maria Bardi. In October the couple travel to South America. In Rio, they are received by the IAB (Institute of Brazilian Architects). Mario Ridolfi publishes Manual Do Arquiteto in Italy: an extensive survey of Italian handcrafted construction techniques, pro...
Assis Chateaubriand invites Pietro Maria Bardi to establish and run a Museum of Art. São Paulo is chosen despite Lina’s preference for Rio de Janeiro. MASP (The Museum of Art of São Paulo) is established on 2nd October, with temporary offices on the second floor of the headquarters of the Diá...
The Studio d’Arte Palma is established on the 18th floor of a building by Polish architect Lucjan Korngold (N˚ 66 Praça Bráulio Gomes, São Paulo), bringing Pietro Maria Bardi, Lina, Giancarlo Palanti (until 1951) and Valeria Piacentini Cirell (responsible for the antiquarian section) together. T...
Lina founds Habitat – Revista das Artes no Brasil, editing Issue nos 1 to 9 and 14-15 (nos 10 to 13 are edited by Flávio Motta). Collaborates with Giancarlo Palantito to design alterations to the Diários Associados building on Rua Sete de Abril to better suit the needs of MASP, now occupying ...
Lina becomes a Brazilian citizen: ‘When one is born, one chooses nothing, one just happens to be born. I was not born here, but I chose this country to live in. For this reason, Brazil is my country twice times over; it is my “country by choice”, and I feel like a citizen of all its cities, ...
Lina stages the First Brazilian Fashion Show, incorporating fabrics specially developed for the Brazilian climate, with patterns by Sambonet, Burle Marx and Caribé....
Ibirapuera Park is opened, designed by Oscar Niemeyer with Carlos Lemos, Eduardo Corona and Zenon Lotufo, for the IV Centenary of the City of São Paulo. In the midst of a political crisis, Vargas commits suicide....
Lina becomes a lecturer for two years in the Architecture and Urbanism Faculty, São Paulo University (FAU USP)....
The First National Exhibition of Concrete Art is held at São Paulo’s MAM. Elected by direct vote, Juscelino Kubitschek assumes the Presidency of Brazil and initiates a policy of accelerating industrial development. ...
Lina writes a dissertation entitled ‘Propedeutic Contribution to the Teaching of the Theory of Architecture’ for the public examination for the post of Chair in Theory of Architecture at FAU USP. Following the demolition of the Trianon, Lina begins work on the second MASP (Museu de Arte de Sã...
Lina designs Valeria Piacentini Cirell’s house in São Paulo. She travels to Salvador in April to give lectures at Bahia University’s School of Fine Arts, returning in August to set up the Course in Architecture and Urban Planning with architect Diogenes Rebouças. There, she designs the Casa do Ch...
Lina works with theatre director Martim Gonçalves Eros from Bahia University’s Theatre Faculty, designing the exhibition Bahia no Ibirapuera for the 5th Biennial of São Paulo. The governor of Bahia invites her to direct the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (MAM BA) in Salvador. She designs the rest...
In January, the provisional installations of MAM BA are opened in the foyer of the Teatro Castro Alves. Assisted by Mario Cravo, Lina curates exhibitions in this space until 1963, transforming the museum into a cultural centre. Composer and musicologist Koellreutter runs Free Music Seminars and ...
Lina designs the architectural scenography and costumes for Albert Camus’ play Caligula, also directed by Gonçalves. Architects Vilanova Artigas and Carlos Cascaldi develop the FAU USP design of the São Paulo University Campus....
Lina continues to put on exhibitions at MAM BA, also developing the National Arts Biennial (which does not come to fruition). She proposes the Conjunto das Artes (Arts Group) in São Paulo, intended to house a theatre and artists’ studios....
On completion of the restoration, Lina moves the MAM BA to the Solar do Unhão. She establishes the Museum of Popular Art at Unhão with the exhibition Northeast, and develops plans to create the Centre for the Study and Practise of Artisan Crafts and the School of Industrial Design alongside thes...
MAM BA is invaded by the military and used for the Mostra da Subversão (Subversion Exhibition). Lina resigns, returning to São Paulo where she develops a guest residence of Casa Cirell, La Torracia. A military coup overthrows President João Goulart, marking the beginning of the military regime in...
Lina designs plans for three projects (not built): a museum for the Butantã Institute, an exhibitions pavilion at the Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro, and one of her rare urbanization plans, a proposal for Itamambuca beach in Ubatuba....
Lina takes over the construction of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) at Avenida Paulista, developing the adaptations and working on the design details. Italian architect Aldo Rossi publishes The Architecture of the City....
The new MASP is inaugurated, with a visit by Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Brazil. Lina designs the scenic architecture for the film A Compadecida(Our Lady of Compassion), directed by George Jonas....
Lina begins her collaboration with theatre director José Celso Martinez Corrêa, designing scenic architecture and costumes for the play In the Jungle of Cities. She curates The Hand of the Brazilian People exhibition at MASP....
Lina is the art director and scenic architect for the film Prata Palomares, directed by Andrew Farias and Jose Celso Martinez Corrêa....
Lina is the scenic architect for the play Gracias, Señor by the Oficina group at the Teatro Tereza Rachel, Rio de Janeiro....
Lina works with painter José Edmar de Almeida to produce the exhibition Repassos at MASP, about the work of the women weavers of the Triângulo Mineiro (Miner’s Triangle). Visual communication and Super 8 film for the exhibition is by Flávio Império. She also produces plans for the Camurupim design, ...
Lina designs the Church of the Holy Spirit of Cerrado (Igreja Espírito Santo do Cerrado) in Uberlândia (completed in 1982), marking the start of her collaboration with André Vainer and Marcelo Ferraz....
Lina designs the Rastro Perfume Factory in Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo (not built). She begins the SESC Leisure Centre – Pompéia Factory project with Vainer and Ferraz....
Lina, Vainer and Ferraz design the St Mary of the Angels Chapel (Capela Santa Maria dos Anjos) in Vargem Grande Paulista. The Amnesty Law is passed in Brazil, allowing the return of all exiles....
Lina begins sketches for the Teatro Oficina, initially with Marcelo Suzuki (until 1984) and then with Edson Elito. With the growth of the movement for democracy in Brazil, a constitutional amendment is passed, restoring direct elections for state governors....
Lina enters the Anhangabaú Valley competition with the Anhangabaú Tobogã project. She collaborates with Vainer and Ferraz to design the new buildings for MAM SP in Ibirapuera. The Church of the Holy Spirit of Cerrado (Igreja Espírito Santo do Cerrado) is opened and the first phase of the SESC Le...
Lina curates A Thousand Toys for Brazilian Children at SESC Pompéia (Dec. 1982 – July 1983)....
Lina curates Caipiras, capiaus: Pau-a-Pique at SESC Pompéia....
Lina curates Interlude for Children at SESC Pompéia. She designs the scenic architecture and costumes for the play Ubú – Pholias Physicas, Pataphysicas e Musicaes by Alfred Jarry, directed by Cacá Rosset and performed by the Ornitorrinco theatre group. On 5thJanuary, Brazilian architect Vilan...
The second stage of SESC Pompéia, the Sports Centre, is opened. Lina, Vainer, Ferraz and Suzuki start work on the restoration designs of the Teatro Politheama Jundiaí (completed in 1995), and for the theatre and bar in the Morro da Urca, Rio de Janeiro. She also designs and builds the cottage and h...
The work on Salvador continues with the Casa do Benin in Bahia project and the Ladeira da Misericórdia, comprising the Restaurante do Coati, the Bar dos Três Arcos, and House numbers One, Three and Seven (completed in 1990). Joao Filgueiras Lima (Lele) also collaborates on these projects with Fe...
Again with Ferraz and Suzuki, Lina designs the Casa de Olodum in Salvador (completed in 1991) and the Community Centre of the LBA in Cananéia. She collaborates with photographer Pierre Verger, curating África Negra at MASP, and enters the competition to design the Centro Cultural de Belem in Lisbon....
She produces her last project for Salvador, the Pierre Verger Foundation, the Casa do Brasil in Benin and the Teatro das Ruínas (Theatre of Ruins) on a farm in Campinas; all developed in partnership with Ferraz and Suzuki (though none built)....
Lina designs the Centro de Convivência (Centre for Living Together) for Unicamp in the old Guanabara station in Campinas, São Paulo (also with Ferraz and Suzuki, not built). She starts work on the designs of the Nova Prefeitura de São Paulo (City Council Buildings) with Vainer, Ferraz and Suzuki...
Lina designs her last projects: a competition proposal for the Brazil Pavilion at the Universal Exposition of Seville (with Vainer, Ferraz, Suzuki and Fanucchi), and the Cultural Centre Vera Cruz, a conversion of the disused pavilions of the old film company in San Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo (with...
20th March: Lina Bo Bardi dies in the Glass House....
