II GABBIANO, GALLERY OF MODERN ART

II GABBIANO, GALLERY OF MODERN ART
Rome, Italy

A complete architectural renovation of a celebrated, 40-year old gallery of contemporary art housed in an eighteenth century building in the center of Rome, near the Ara Pacis. The project included three new presentation rooms with new lighting and mechanical systems as well as art storage, gallery offices and archives.  Museoplan also designed the furniture for the renovation. The gallery reopened with an anniversary exhibition in December 2007 including works of Rauschenberg, Motherwell, Lichtenstein, Sam Francis, Bochner and Ruscha.

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  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.