Gae Aulenti

Gae Aulenti
Aulenti in 1986
Born
Gaetana Aulenti

(1927-12-04)December 4, 1927
DiedOctober 31, 2012(2012-10-31) (aged 84)
Milan, Italy
Known fortransforming historic public buildings into world-renowned museum spaces
Notable work
Gaetana Aulenti (uncropped photo)
The main gallery of Musée d'Orsay
Pipistrello lamp designed for Martinelli Luce (1965)

Gaetana "Gae" Aulenti (pronounced [ˈɡaːe auˈlɛnti]; 4 December 1927 – 31 October 2012) was an Italian architect and designer who was active in furniture design, graphic design, stage design, lighting design, exhibition and interior design.[1] She was known for her contributions to the design of important museums such as the Musée d'Orsay[2] in Paris (in collaboration with ACT Architecture),[3] the Contemporary Art Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris,[4] the restoration of Palazzo Grassi in Venice,[5] and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (in collaboration with HOK Architects).[6] Aulenti was one of only a few women architects and designers who gained notoriety in their own right during the post-war period in Italy,[7] where Italian designers sought to make meaningful connections to production principles, and influenced culture far beyond Italy.[8] This avant-garde design movement blossomed into an entirely new type of architecture and design, one full of imaginary utopias leaving standardization to the past.

Aulenti's involvement in the Milan design scene of the 1950s and 1960s formed her into an architect respected for her analytical abilities to navigate metropolitan complexity no matter the medium. Her conceptual development can be followed in the design magazine Casabella, to which she contributed regularly.[8]

Her contemporaries were Cini Boeri, Vittorio Gregotti, Franca Helg, Giancarlo de Carlo, Aldo Rossi, and Lella Vignelli.

  1. ^ "architect Gae Aulenti passes away". AGI.it. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ Martin, Douglas (2012-11-02). "Gae Aulenti, Musée d'Orsay Architect, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  3. ^ "Musee d'Orsay by Gae Aulenti at GreatBuildings". GreatBuildings. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  4. ^ "Réaménagement des espaces du Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  5. ^ Grassi, Palazzo. "Palazzo Grassi, contemporary art exhibitions, Venice". Palazzo Grassi. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  6. ^ "Opening of the Asian Art Museum by Gae Aulenti". www.domusweb.it. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  7. ^ "Designing Modern Women 1890–1990 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  8. ^ a b Petranzan, Margherita (1996). Gae Aulenti. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-2059-9.

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