Instituto Bardi launches a new website, bringing the institution—founded in 1990 by Lina Bo Bardi and Pietro Maria Bardi—into the contemporary digital reality. The platform is a window connecting the Bardis’ life and work with the world and, above all, updating the possibilities of interpretation and interaction with new generations.
The website is the result of an internal research project of over two years of work and for the first time compiles a retrospective of Instituto Bardi’s cultural activities, praising the work of all those who have collaborated with the Institute in its 30 years of life.
In addition to the retrospective of all cultural activities within the Casa de Vidro—Instituto's headquarters and former house of the Bardi couple—the website lists all the participations of its archive around the world. The archive is a fundamental pillar of the Institute and in this way consolidates its importance, showing the active life of the legacy that the Institute now cares for and manages. The archive interacts with curators, editors, and researchers from all corners of the globe, and since its inauguration has participated in over 200 exhibitions.
The Archive also gains its own page as a research tool, facilitating the search of more than 8000 drawings by Lina Bo Bardi. The archive page includes a direct way to request images, certifications, and loans directly on the website, which will help organize requests, streamlining service and thus maintaining the Bardi Institute’s pioneering private architecture archive.
The new website updates Instituto Bardi’s graphic language—launching its logo and mixing the rich collection of historical images with new videos and images created specifically for the platform and giving it a solid and contemporary look.
For the first time, the website becomes a source of direct information on the life and work of Lina Bo Bardi and P.M. Bardi, compiling the bibliography, mapping the work, providing information on frequently asked questions, and compiling all the publications developed by the Institute.
Furthermore, the website includes all the design reeditions developed by Instituto Bardi with commercial partners. Direct links to the pages of the partners who produce Lina Bo Bardi’s furniture, lamps, and pieces are available.
The Institute’s first online store, with books, and one more big surprise at the store: It is possible to buy Lina’s chairs in 3D for architects and designers to place in drawings and illustrations.
Within the website, it will be possible to see the work of mediators/educators, the visit of architects, curators, researchers, and well-known figures of international contemporary culture who visit the Casa de Vidro. For the first time, the house floor plans are published, along with the possibility of renting some of its spaces for financial support. The website project is a resulting effort of the executive director Waldick Jatobá and Instituto's vice-president Alberto Mayer, with the support of the Board. The project was developed, designed, and coordinated by the architect and cultural director Sol Camacho as part of the last stage of the Management and Conservation Plan project sponsored by the Keeping It Modern project of the Getty Foundation.
Visit the site here.
Credits:
Coordination of the board of directors: Alberto Mayer, Vice President
Executive Director: Waldick Jatobá, Executive Director
Concept and coordination: Sol Camacho, Diretora Cultural
Web design: Julia UK + Sol Camacho + Luiza Nadalutti
Logo design: Camila Bossolan + Sol Camacho
Executive team: Sol Camacho, Luiza Nadalutti, Sofia Venetucci, Luiza Souza (intern)
Images: Instituto Bardi Archive or as indicated in the image
Audio-visual essay on the covers: Yghor Boy
Support team, Instituto Bardi: Carolina Tatani, Daniel Espirula, Sofia Marchetti, Adriel Visoto
Voluntários Acervo: Diogo Horvath, Daisy Almeida, Nivea Abrantes
Programming: Hous 360
