Lina Bo Bardi’s contribution to theatre architecture and stage design in Brazil
Il Teatro Oficina di São Paolo, progettato da Lina Bo Bardi e Edson Elito. Fondo del Laboratorio de Estudos do Espaço Teatral e Memória Urbana, 2011
As part of a cooperation project involving the Università di Padova and the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) – VI Missione Lavoro, the Theatre Study Centre is hosting a lecture on the architect Lina Bo Bardi by Professor Evelyn Furquim Werneck Lima from the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Laboratório de Estudos do Espaço Teatral e Memória Urbana.
Entitled Lina Bo Bardi’s contribution to theatre architecture and stage design in Brazil, the lecture will consider examples of Bardi’s projects for redesigned or refurbished theatre interiors as well as stage designs. Prof. Lima will also discuss the architect’s Marxist outlook and her work for theatre and the cultural heritage in general.
Born in Rome in 1914, Lina Bo Bardi moved to Brazil with her husband Pietro Maria Bardi after the war. In São Paulo and Salvador she practiced as a professional architect and was also a university lecturer. From the 1970s to the 1980s she regularly worked on stage designs for theatre and cinema.
Lina Bo Bardi’s contribution to theatre architecture and stage design in Brazil, Sala Barbantini, 10.30 am.
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