Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection,
Dates
- 1987 - 2003
Creator
- Aulenti, Gae, 1929-2012 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Biographical Information
Gae Aulenti was born in Italy in 1929. She graduated from Facola di Architecttua-Politencico in Milan in 1954. Her career, spanning 1955 to 2012, includes work on architecture, furniture, and interior design projects. She is known for her transformation of historic public buildings into museum spaces including Musee d' Orsay (Paris, France), Musee d'Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), Palazzo Grassi (Venice, Italy), Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) and the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, USA). Aulenti was given first prize at the 1964 Milan Triennial with her piece 'Arrivo al Mare' in the Italian Pavilion. She served on the Executive Board for the Milan Triennial (1977-1980) and received its career prize in mid-October a few weeks before her death on October 31, 2012.
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition Information
The Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection materials were donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture at the Special Collections by architects Milka Bliznakov and Lois Gottlieb, and by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 2000, 2003, and 2005.
General Physical Description note
4 folders; 0.6 cu. ft.
Abstract
Italian architect Gae Aulenti's ability to transform historic public buildings into museum spaces is documented by newspaper and magazine articles, biographical information, and her conceptual computer-drawn designs for the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California.
Abstract
This collection contains biographical materials and documentation of Aulenti's work converting a 1917 former public library building in San Francisco, California into the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Biographical materials include: a 1989 curriculum vitae and some articles about her work. The documentation of the Asian Art museum of San Francisco include: articles about the construction of the museum, materials relating to the museum's 2003 opening, and forty print-outs of design drawings (some in color) showing proposed before-and-after views of the building's exterior and floor plans.
Processing Information
The collection was arranged in 2000, and was processed and encoded in 2003. In 2006, the collection was reprocessed and the finding aid was updated to accommodate the addition of new items.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu