Lauretta Vinciarelli
| Lauretta Vinciarelli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943 Arbe, Italy |
| Died | August 3, 2011 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | La Sapienza University, Rome |
| Occupation | architect, artist, educator |
Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011) was an artist, architect, and professor of architecture at the collegiate level.
Born in Arbe, Italy, Ms. Vinciarelli was the daughter of Alberto and Annunsiata Cencioni Vinciarelli. The family moved to Rome where she grew up, and her father was an organist in the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican, and other churches, and her mother was a teacher. She studied architecture at Sapienza University of Rome, and was accepted to the Ordine degli Architetti di Roma e del Lazio (the Italian Board of Architects). Ms. Vinciarelli practiced architecture in Rome before emigrating to the U.S. in 1968. In 1993, she married Peter Rowe, a distinguished professor of architecture at Harvard University.
After moving to the U.S., Ms. Vinciarelli taught architecture design studio for many years at various schools, including Rice University in Houston, Texas, University of Illinois, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Columbia University, City College, and The Open Atelier of Design and Architecture (OADA), a non-accredited design school founded by Giuseppe Zambonini in New York City.
During the 1980s, Vinciarelli worked with Minimalist artist Donald Judd in New York City and the American Southwest.Marfa, Texas became a research site for theoretical postmodern architectural proposals such as Marfa II Project, Marfa, l978 and untitled drawings 1981. Vinciarelli used a rigorously inductive methodology to define and integrate fundamental architecture and design components. On the topic of the Marfa "hangar and courthouse" study, Vinciarelli stated her aim was "to form a fabric." In 1984, Vinciarelli and Judd entered the winning entry for the Kennedy Square Providence, Rhode Island, competition. Their project drew upon Vinciarelli's earlier work, including her landscape architecture proposal of 1977 for a system of urban gardens, commissioned by the Regional Administration of Apulia, in southern Italy. In 1986, Vinciarelli was awarded an Artists Fellowship in Architecture by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
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