1951

Vista externa. Casa de Vidro, 1951. Picture by Henrique Luz 2010 © ILBPMB

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, from Cariri to the Minas Gerais Triangle, the cities in the countryside and on its borders.’

Lina and Pietro Maria Bardi create and run the Industrial Design Course at the Institute of Contemporary Art (IAC).

Lina designs and builds her home, known as the Casa de Vidro (Glass House), in Morumbi, a new neighbourhood in São Paulo.

Perspectiva interna (colagem). Museu à Beira do Oceano, 1951. Picture by Hans Gunter Flieg

Lina designs a number of projects (all not constructed): the Taba Guaianases building (with Pier Luigi Nervi), sketches for Casas Econômicas and a design for the Museu à Beira do Oceano in São Vicente, where Lina uses the idea of transparency, later employed in the MASP project.

Lina develops the design for the Bardi’s Bowl Chair.

The 1st International Biennial of São Paulo.

Getúlio Vargas returns to the Presidency of Brazil, now elected by popular vote.

Esboço, planta e elevação. Bardi´s Bowl, 1951. Picture by Hernique Luz © ILBPMB