Starting February 11, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand is offering a course on the life and work of architect Lina Bo Bardi. Lina Bo Bardi from Ideas to Construction: Architecture as Cultural Action will be coordinated by Marina Grinover, founding partner of the firm Base Urbana and author of two books on the Italian-Brazilian architect.
Divided into three thematic modules and five classes, the course is structured around the chronology of Lina's work, addressing the themes of architecture, industrial design, and art practice as a foundation for examining the architect's history, projects, and works in dialogue with the cultural environment. Throughout the course, Lina Bo Bardi's role as a key figure in Brazilian culture takes shape, supported by her broad education which enabled her to work across multiple professional fields.
About Marina Grinover
An architect and urban planner with a degree from FAU-USP, where she also earned her master's and doctoral degrees. A researcher at the Bardi Institute in 2008, she is the author of the books Uma ideia de arquitetura, escritos de Lina Bo Bardi (Annablume, 2018) and Lina por escrito (Cosac Naify, with Silvana Rubino, 2009). She has taught at Escola da Cidade since 2006 and currently also teaches at FAAP. She was a professor at FAU-USP in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, she was a visiting professor at the MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism. She is a founding partner of the firm Base Urbana, where she has practiced since 2007. The course will cover the life and work of architect Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992). Born in Italy, Lina made Brazil her home in 1946. It was in Brazil that she built her projects, including MAM Bahia, Teatro Oficina, Sesc Pompeia, and the current MASP headquarters. The sessions will cover the historical and cultural context of Lina's main works in the fields of architecture and industrial design.
For more information about the course and to register, visit the MASP Escola page.
This article was written by Romullo Baratto. The translation is powered by AI.
