Scope and Contents
Correspondence, writings, photographs, artwork, printed material and other papers by, to, or relating to Italian artist Ugo La Pietra. The collection documents La Pietra’s creative process from the 1960s through the 1980s, exhibitions of his works, and his collaborations with other architects and artists such as Riccardo Dalisi, Gianni Pettena, and Franco Vaccari.
Dates
- circa 1964-2013
Creator
Language of Materials
In Italian.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from L'Arengario Studio Bibliografico on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2014.
Arrangement
Organized into seventeen series: I. Strutturazioni Tissurali, 1964-1971. II. Nodi Urbani, 1965-1975. III. Emergenze Urbane, 1966-1967. IV. Sistema Disequilibrante, 1966-1973. V.Casa Telematica MOMA New York, 1971-1972. VI. Il Commutatore, 1970-1971. VII. Gradi di Libertà: Recupero e Reinvenzione - Riappropriazione dell'Ambiente, 1969-1977. VIII. Gradi di Libertà: Itinerari Preferenziali, 1969-1974. IX. Informazione Alternativa - Tubi di Parigi, 1973. X. Global Tools, 1974-2013. XI. Riconversione Progettuale, 1918-2013. XII. Interno / Esterno: Abitare è Essere Ovunque a Casa Propria, 1979-1983. XIII. Interno / Esterno: Berlino Case Aperte, 1982-1984. XIV. Interno / Esterno: Casette, 1977-1978. XV. Film, 1972-1977. XVI. Letters and Documents, 1969-1984. XVII. Unidentified, undated.
Extent
1.75 Linear Feet ((5 boxes) + 18 broadsides)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Biographical / Historical
Ugo La Pietra is an Italian artist, architect, filmmaker, and designer, born in Bussi sul Tirino, Italy, in 1938. He has taught at the Politecnico di Milano and the Istituto Statale d'Arte di Monza. Pairing a sharp critique of modernist city planning with a playful and inventive impulse to experiment across multiple genres and formats, La Pietra’s projects in the 1960s and 1970s often involved direct interventions in the urban landscape. His push for transgressive gestures of liberation, immersion, and reappropriation had much in common with radical groups such as Archizoom and Superstudio, with whom he collaborated in projects such as Global Tools, an experimental workshop and alternative school for rebellious young architects, artists, and designers in the early 1970s.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. The arrangement and titles of works are based on a list received with the collection. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
- Title
- Guide to the Ugo La Pietra Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- March 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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