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Table of Contents

Collection Overview .................................................................................................................................. 2

Selected Curriculum Vitae ......................................................................................................................... 3

Biographical note ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Scope and Contents note ........................................................................................................................... 8

Arrangement note ....................................................................................................................................... 9

Administrative Information ..................................................................................................................... 10

Related Materials ..................................................................................................................................... 10

Keywords for Searching Related Subjects .............................................................................................. 10

Other Finding Aids note .......................................................................................................................... 11

Collection Inventory ................................................................................................................................ 11

Series I. Biographical and teaching ................................................................................................... 11

Series II. New York School of Interior Design ................................................................................ 17

Series III. Open Atelier of Design .................................................................................................... 18

Series IV. Projects ............................................................................................................................. 19

Series V. Projects by others .............................................................................................................. 24

Series VI. Theater .............................................................................................................................. 24

Series VII. Writings ........................................................................................................................... 25

Collection Overview

Repository Kellen Design Archives

Creator - Designer Giuseppe Zambonini, 1942-1990

Title Giuseppe Zambonini papers


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Date [inclusive] 1949-2013

Extent 56 linear ft: 3 record cartons; 8 oversized boxes; 5 map case drawers; 12

rolled items

Summary Giuseppe Zambonini (1942-1990) was an Italian-born and, for much of

his life, New York-based, architect, interior designer, theater director,

and teacher. This collection contains project material in a variety of

mediums pertaining to Zambonini’s architectural and design career,

as well as items related to his tenure as dean of the New York School

of Interior Design (NYSID), founder and head of the Open Atelier of

Design (OAD), and director of the architecture program at the Georgia

Institute of Technology. Dating primarily from the 1960s through the

late-1980s, materials in the collection include sketches, drawings,

plans, and blueprints of Zambonini’s architecture and interior design

projects, as well as photographs of the building sites and finished work.

Also included are correspondence, photographs, and printed material

related to the institutional functioning and teaching at NYSID and OAD.

Zambonini’s work as a theater producer and director in Italy is represented

by photographs, scripts, audio, and a variety of posters and programs.

Finally, the collection contains a small selection of Zambonini’s writings

and lectures.

Preferred Citation note

[Identification of item], [date (if known)], Giuseppe Zambonini papers, KA.0130.01, box __, folder __,New School Archives and Special Collections, The New School, New York, New York.

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Selected Curriculum Vitae


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Built Projects

1976-1981 Residential loft in Tribeca (Worth St.), New York

City

1982 Residential loft in Chelsea (Rob Mounsey loft), New

York City

1981 Residential Loft in Greenwich Village (Briggs loft,

686 Broadway), New York City

1980-1983 Residential loft and Open Atelier of Design studios

and offices, West 29th St., New York City

1982-1983 Media Room, Hirsch Apartment on Riverside Drive,

New York City

1986-1987 Traces of Lattimore (aka Dingman's Ferry and

House on a Ridge) in Delaware Township,

Pennsylvania, (Zambonini’s only free-standing

structure)

Exhibitions (Curated/Designed by Zambonini)

1982-1983 Open Atelier of Design, Carlo Scarpa, Drawing and

Photographs, co-curated with Livio Dimitriu and

Hiroyuki Toyoda; co-sponsored by The New York

Institute of Technology. This was the first exhibition

devoted to Carlo Scarpa in the United States.

The materials were also exhibited at the Italian

Cultural Institute (NYC 1985) and the University of

Cincinnati (1985).

1982 Open Atelier of Design, The Isometrics of Alberto

Sartoris, co-curated with Livio Dimitriu.

Open Atelier of Design, Substitute Places: Douglas

Cooper

Public Lectures (partial list)


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1977 May 11 “Space as Proof of Existence,” Institute For

Architecture and Urban Studies, New York.

1978 Feb 16 “The Image Notebook, Analysis and Methods,”

Open Atelier of Design

1978 May 18 “The Make-up of the Image: Summary and

Discussion,” Open Atelier of Design

1979 Apr 11 “Philosophies of Furniture,” Institute For

Architecture and urban Studies, New York “Public

Spaces in Medieval Italy”, March 25, 1982, OAD

1982 Mar 25 “Public Spaces in Medieval Italy," Open Atelier of

Design

Articles by Zambonini

1983 "Process and Theme in the Work of Carlo Scarpa,"

Perspecta 20, Yale University.

1987 “Notes for a Theory of Making In A Time of

Necessity,” Perspecta 24, Yale University.

Exhibitions (about Zambonini and his work)

1980 Faculty Exhibition, Graduate School of Architecture,

Yale University

Fall 1985 Three New York Firms: OAD, Steven Holl,

UKZ, Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia

University

1986 Mar 9-Apr 20 Emerging Voices: Young Architects and Their

Work, The Architectural League

1987 Faculty Exhibition, Graduate School of Architecture,

Yale University

IDC NY, New York Architects (travelling, Europe

and U.S.)

Gullans International, Original Drawings


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Fall 2013 Every Thought Flies: Launching the Zambonini

Archive, School of Constructed Environments,

Parsons The New School for Design (Robert

Kirkbride, curator)

Films and Theatrical productions that include Zambonini projects

2001 XX/XY: film, written and directed by Austin Chick,

produced by Natural Nylon. Starring Mark Ruffalo,

Kathleen Robertson, Maya Stange. Nominated

for Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.

Features apartment designed by Zambonini at

12 West 29th St., NY NY, with furniture by

Zambonini’s last student, Robert Kirkbride.

2011 The Upside Down House: play by Edward Henwood,

inspired by Zambonini’s taped lecture, “On Form.”

Directed by Robert Perillo, produced by Brooke

Alexander Productions. Play read at The Player’s

Club (Gramercy Park, NY, March 2012); full dress

rehearsal (September 2011)

2012 A Picture of You: film, directed by J.P. Chan,

produced by Robert Chang and Yasmine

Gomez. Features the House at Dingman’s Ferry,

Pennsylvania.

Publications (about or including Zambonini)

1976 Living in One Room, Jon Naar and Molly Siple,

Random House, 1976 (featuring Zambonini’s Coca

Cola Apartment on West 12th Street)

1978 Sep Interiors

1979 Jun 14 “A Design Rebel Gathers Disciples,” Suzanne

Slesin, New York Times, Home Section

1981 Sep Progressive Architecture


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1982 Oct Skyline

1982 Nov 18 “Partial Walls: New Ways to Shape Space,” Carol

Vogel, New York Times, Home Section

1983 GA 13 (Global Architecture)

SD 22 (Space Design), Tokyo, Japan

<emph render="italic">New York Times Book of

Details</emph>

1985 <emph render="italic">Drawing Interior

Architecture</emph>, Whitney Library of Design,

N.Y.

1984 Apr 5 “Two Manhattan Apartments Turn Architecture

Outside In,” Joseph Giovannini, New York Times,

Home Section

1985 Apr 18 “New Built-In Designs Do More Than Add Space,”

Joseph Giovannini, New York Times, Home Section

New York Times, Arts Section, February 22, 1985,

“Architecture: 3 Bright Spots,” Paul Goldberger

New York Times, Home Section, February 19,

1987, “The Glow of Wood Paneling: Designers

Explore Its Varied Uses,” Joseph Giovannini The

Making of Architecture, The Harvard Architecture

Review, 1989, published by Rizzoli International

Publications, Inc.

1985 Feb 22 “Architecture: 3 Bright Spots,” Paul Goldberger,

New York Times, Arts Section

1987 Feb 19 “The Glow of Wood Paneling: Designers Explore Its

Varied Uses,” Joseph Giovannini, New York Times,

Home Section

1989 "The Making of Architecture," The Harvard

Architecture Review, published by Rizzoli

International Publications, Inc.


Biographical note


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Giuseppe Zambonini (1942-1990), was born in Viterbo, Italy. As an adolescent, he moved to Verona withhis family. After secondary school, Zambonini studied architecture at the University of Florence, workingwith Leonardo Benevolo and Leonardo Ricci. After graduation, he attended the Istituto Universitario diArchitettura in Venice, where he studied with Carlo Scarpa, who directed his thesis on the architecturalhistory of Verona. Other influential professors included Carlo Aymonino, Ignazio Gardella, and AldoRossi. Zambonini received his diploma in 1971. While at the university, Zambonini collaborated with theexperimental theater company at Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice, directing plays that were performedwidely in northeastern Italy, and that won awards at several European festivals. In 1970, Zamboninibecame artistic and technical director of the Teatro Romanao in Verona, where he was responsible forsome sixty performances each summer.

Theater brought Zambonini to the United States in late 1971, to take up an appointment at the KennedyCenter. After budget cuts eliminated the position, Zambonini accepted a teaching position at the NewYork School of Interior Design (NYSID) in New York City. In 1973, Zambonini became NYSID’sacademic dean, in which position he revised the curriculum and secured state accreditation for anundergraduate degree program. He left NYSID in 1977 to found the Open Atelier of Design (initiallythe Open Atelier of Design and Architecture). The OAD's philosophy combined a design school with anapprentice program and working design studio, seeking to balance practice and application with theoryand history. Through the Open Atelier, Zambonini merged interior design, architecture, industrial designand theater, emphasizing process exploration through drawing and full-scale making. In his widelypublished redesign of industrial loft spaces, Zambonini employed partial walls and “skirts” reminiscentof stage sets, using natural light and flexible spatial arrangements that enabled the coherent coexistenceof new and old. Instructors and lecturers at the Open Atelier included Marco Frascari, Michael Kalil,George Ranalli, Lauretta Vinciarelli, Peter Eisenman, Richard Serra, Steven Holl, Jean Gardner, andAllan Wexler, among others.

In 1982, Zambonini was included in the first group of the New York Architecture League’s EmergingVoices. Also in 1982, Zambonini paid tribute to his mentor, Carlos Scarpa, by organizing the first U.S.exhibition devoted to the architect's work, and, in 1985, he led an AIA-sponsored study tour of Scarpa’sbuildings in Italy. While leading the OAD, Zambonini also taught at the Yale Graduate School ofArchitecture, from 1981 through 1988; at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, from1985 through 1988; and frequently served as guest critic at universities across the U.S. In the summerof 1988, Zambonini accepted an appointment as director of the architecture program at the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology in Atlanta. On July 7, 1990, Zambonini accidentally choked to death at his homein Atlanta. Survivors include his wife, Claudia Zambonini, their daughter, Donata, a brother, and twosisters.

Source for biography: Kenneth Henwood, Robert Kirkbride, Claudia Zambonini


Scope and Contents note

Through a range of materials primarily from the 1960s through the 1980s, this collection illuminates thework, philosophy, and aesthetic development of Giuseppe Zambonini, covering his work at universityand early collaborations as director and producer of experimental and politcal theater in Venice, Italy, to


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his career as a designer and teacher after moving to the United States. Items of note include Zambonini'sthesis work with architect Carlo Scarpa; blueprints of Scarpa's work; photographs, posters, and filmdocumenting Zambonini's participation in the intersecting experimental theater and political scenes innorthern Italy and France; papers from his position as academic dean at the New York School of InteriorDesign; and a wealth of materials from the Open Atelier of Design, the school he founded and led.Especially noteworthy among Open Atelier materials are audio recordings of visiting lecturers, as wellas interviews, lectures, and classes led by Zambonini. Zambonini's residential design work is representedby original plans and drawings, photographs, and blueprints. The collection is comprised of an array offormats, ranging from posters, drawings, plans, blueprints, slides, photographs, manuscripts, publications,16mm film, audio recordings, and printed materials.

Organized into seven series, the collection contains material related to Zambonini’s architectural andinterior design projects, as well as his work as a teacher and administrator at architecture schools anddesign institutes.

The first series is composed primarily of biographical material. This includes items related toZambonini’s teaching, such as a teaching portfolio and photographs and slides that accompanied hislectures. This series also contains a large amount of audio and visual material, including slides andphotographs of buildings, cities, and landscapes, film, and audio reels. Also included in the series areitems related to Zambonini’s study of the work of his teacher and mentor, the architect and designer CarloScarpa.

The second series consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed material related to Zambonini’stenure as a teacher and academic dean of the New York School of Interior Design from the early 1970suntil 1977. Also included are typescript drafts of Zambonini’s graduation speeches.

In 1977 Zambonini helped to found the Open Atelier of Architecture and Design (later changed to theOpen Atelier of Design). The third series contains correspondence, photographs of classes and studentwork, and printed material (brochures and flyers) related to this institution. There are also a large numberof audio recordings of the OAD Lecture Series.

Material relating to Zambonini’s design and architecture projects can be found in the fourth series,including drawings, sketches, plans, and blueprints, as well as photographs of models, site plans, andcompleted projects. An additional series contains similar materials relating to design projects by others,including Zambonini’s wife, interior designer Claudia Zambonini.

The sixth series contains items from Zambonini’s work as a theater producer and director. Along withscripts, production notes, and photographs, the series includes audio recordings and films of individualproductions and rehearsals, as well as posters and flyers.

Finally, the collection contains a small series of some of Zambonini’s writings, including drafts and notesfor lectures and presentations, articles in Perspecta and Interiors, interviews about NYSID and OAD, andhis thesis on the architecture of Verona, Italy.


Arrangement note


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This collection is organized into 7 series, arranged alphabetically by subject, project title, andcontent.

I Biographical, 1949-1991II New York School of Interior Design, 1972-1997III Open Atelier of Design, 1977-1988IV Projects, 1976-1990V Projects by others, 1974-2013VI Theater, 1965-1976VII Writings, 1979-1990


Administrative Information

Aaron W. Winslow

Publication Information

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use. Please contact [email protected] for appointment.

Use Restrictions

To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the NewSchool Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: [email protected].

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated in 2013 by Claudia Zambonini, Melissa Grey, and Robert Kirkbride.


Related Materials

The papers of Michael Kalil (KA.0119.01), one of the co-founders of the Open Atelier of Design, are heldby the New School Archives.

Other collections containing material created by Zambonini include: Zambonini, Giuseppe, "Processand theme in the work of Carlo Scarpa" in the Ball State University Special Collections and GiuseppeZambonini: vertical file, at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.


Keywords for Searching Related Subjects

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Corporate Name(s)

• New York School of Interior Design.• Open Atelier of Design.

Genre(s)

• Correspondence.• Drawings.• Home movies.• Negatives (photographic).• Photographs.• Sketches.

Occupation(s)

• Architects.• Designers.• Educators.• Interior designers.• Professors.

Personal Name(s)

• Scarpa, Carlo, 1906-1978

Subject(s)

• Theater


Other Finding Aids note

For selected item-level description and images from the Giuseppe Zambonini papers, see The New SchoolArchives Digital Collections at http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/KA0130.

Collection Inventory

Series I. Biographical and teaching 1949-1991 This series contains a wide variety of materials relating to Zambonini’s personal and professional history. Itemspertaining to his work as a teacher can be found here, including his teaching portfolio and slides and photographs thataccompanied lectures and presentations. Additional teaching material can be found in the New York School of InteriorDesign and Open Atelier of Design series. Throughout his life, Zambonini won many awards and recognitions, such as

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his selection as a part of the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices in 1982. Materials relating to theseaccomplishments are found here.

Architect and designer Carlo Scarpa was Zambonini’s thesis advisor and mentor. Throughout his life, Zamboninimaintained an active engagement with Scarpa’s work, and is responsible for organizing the first exhibition of Scarpa’sarchitecture and design projects in the United States. This series contains photographs, printed material, and drawingsrelated to his studies of Scarpa’s work from the 1960s through the 1980s. Materials relating to the OAD-sponsoredScarpa show in 1983 are, however, found in the OAD series. Finally, this series also contains a large amount of audio-visual material, including slide and photographic studies of buildings, cities, and landscapes, as well as film and audioreels.

Selected to selected digital material from this series., 1949-1991

[http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/329]

Box Folder

American Institute of Architects practice exam, 1985 OSxxx-1 1

Architectural League of New York Emerging Voices, 1986 1 1

Audio recordings, 1970-1981

"Conferenzia di Asurias all’europa," 1970 7 Material on audio reel.

Alberto Moravia: L'Intervista colpo di stato, 1970s 7

Guevara part 1, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 7

Guevara part 2, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 7

"Marchori," 1970s 7 Material on audio reel.

"Musica sacra e profana," circa 1960s-circa 1980s 7 Material on audio reel.

Black and white design book, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 1 2

Business cards, 1980s 1 3

Carlo Scarpa, 1963-1984 Materials relating to Zambonini's research, study, and curatorial efforts surrounding the work of architect anddesigner Carlo Scarpa. Items pertaining to the OAD exhibition of Scarpa's work can be found in the OAD series.

Audio, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 7 Materials on a microcassette labeled 'Magagnato/Pietropoli.'

Drawings, plans, sculptures, and sketches, 1963-1974 OSxxx-1 2Includes drawings and sketches of a number of Scarpa's architectural projects, including Villa Ottolenghiand Castelvecchio.

Photographs and slides, circa 1970s-circa 1980s

General, 1979-1985 1 4

Brion Cemetery, 1970s 3 1-2

Buildings, 1982 3 3-17

Castelvecchio, 1973 3 18-22

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Drawings, undated 3 23

Gipsoteca, 1975 3 24

New York Institute of Technology, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 3 25-26

Villa Ottolenghi, 1984 3 27

Yale School of Architecture exhibition--Carlo Scarpa: Drawings

from the Brion Cemetary, 1984

1 5

Focusing on Scarpa's Brion Cemetary design, Zambonini was a consultant on this exhibition, which useddrawings previously featured in OAD's Scarpa show.

Printed material, 1949-1991

Books and periodicals, 1964-1978

General architecture, 1976-1990 1 18

American Architectural Alternatives, 1960s 1 19

Cat People, 1978 1 20Features a photograph of Zambonini. The original photograph can be found in Photographs andslides section of the Biographical series under the title Portrait of Zambonini with cat.

Firenza, 11 Agosto, 1944-1964, 1964 1 21

The Designer, 1975 OSx-1 3

Frank Lloyd Wright blueprint book, undated HA 4

Russian Revolution posters, circa 1950s-circa 1980s OSxxx-2

Team 10 Primer, 1968 OSx-1 4

Flyers for lectures by Zambonini, 1976-1989 1 22

Inscribed or sent, 1949-1991

Einstein Tomb by Lebbeus Woods, 1980 1 23

Pamphlet Architectureby Livio Dimitiu, 1979 1 24

Strutture naturali e modelli bionici, 1982 1 25

The Dot and the Line, sent by Alexander B., 1963 1 26

Il gato con gli stivali, 1949 1 27Inscribed by GZ.

Gerald Hahn exhibition catalogue, sent by Lenora Hahn,

1989

1 28

Acker, sent by Brad Brooks, 1991 1 29

Mississippi State School of Architecture brochure, sent

by Karen Bluhm, 1990

1 30

Le Corbusier exhibition catalogue, inscribed by

Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente, 1975

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Pamphlet Architecture 5, inscribed by Stephen Hall,

1980-1981

1 32

Posters, 1963-1990

General, 1969 MC E 1 1

Architecture lectures, conferences, and exhibitions, 1978-1990

MC E 1 2

OSx-1 5

OSxx-1 1

General, 1978-1990

OSxxx-1 3

Featuring Zambonini, 1978-1985 OSxxx-1 4

Design, 1975 OSxx-1 2

MC E 1 3Film screenings and art exhibitions, 1963-1989

OSxxx-1 5

International Union of Students, 1964-1967 OSx-1 6

MC E 1 4

OSx-1 7

OSxx-1 3

Political, 1966-1969

OSxxx-1 6

Press on Zambonini, 1979-1987 OSxxx-1 7

Correspondence, 1987 1 6Additional corespondence can be found in the New York School of Interior Design, Open Atelier of Design, andTheater series.

Curriculum vitae, circa 1985 1 7

Film, 1970s Filmed on Super-8, Zambonini's home movies document his travels around New York and the US.

Coney Island, 1976 7 Documentation of Zambonini's trip to Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, including footage of the beach,amusement park and rides, and carnival games, as well as street scenes of the neighborhood.

Coney Island, 1976

[ASC/working_files/Dig_Moving_Images_Access/Zambonini_films_from_DVD]

"DC Folk Festival," 1970s 7

New York scenes (Unidentified 1), circa 1971 7 This film consists of footage of coastal areas around New York City, New Jersey, and Long Island. TheVerrazano Bridge is easily identified in the first few minutes. Zambonini and others are seen fishing and,later, playing with a cat on the lawn.

"Partenza Michelangelo," circa 1971 7

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This film consists of footage of the transatlantic ocean liner Michelangelo immediately prior to its departurefrom lower Manhattan. There are scenes featuring Zambonini, an unidentified friend, and possibly his firstwife.

Partenza Michelangelo, circa 1971

[not online yet -- see dig_moving_images_access directory]

Ponte di Veia, circa 1971 7 Documents Zambonini and friend's trip to Ponte di Veia and the surrounding towns, including a picniclunch.

"San Genaro," 1970s 7

"Shannon Nixon," 1970s 7

Villa d'Este (Unidentified 3), circa 1971 7 Footage of a trip to Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Italy.

Viterbo (Unidentified 4), circa 1971 7 Footage of a trip to Viterbo, Italy. Zambonini and friends and family fly model planes, shop, look at pottery,and eat food.

Zambonini family camping trip (Unidentified 2), circa 1971 7 Documentation of a Zambonini family camping trip near Fellowsville, West Virginia. The family is seenfishing, cooking meals over a camp fire, and shopping in the country stores in town.

Georgia Tech appointment announcement, 1988 1 8

Interiors award, 1980 1 9

Memorial service card, 1990 1 10Includes design mock-up, order form, and final version of card for Zambonini's funeral and memorial service.

Personale, circa 1960s-circa 1980s OSx-1 1A folder created by Zambonini, it contains writings, letterhead, photographs, and sketches by and of Zambonini.

Photographs and slides, circa 1960s-1990

General, circa 1960s-circa 1980s 1 11

Abatews, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 3 28

American Institue of Architects trip to London, 1989 3 29

Architectural models, Modern Movement, NYID, 1973-1978 3 30

Bepi Fiori, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 3 31

Biennale sites, 1984 3 32

Bimbi Grenoble, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 4 1

Binders, 1985 Negatives and photographs organized by Zambonini, including handwritten technical specifications forphoto development.

'Models and Reproductions: for poster, shows, portfolios, to be

printed,' 1985

1 13

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Includes photos and negatives of the Reliquary, the Worth St. loft, OAD Studio, Navarro, and the OADexhibition at Columbia.

Reproduction and darkroom, 1985 1 14Negatives and test prints as well as technical instructions and specs on darkroom and developingprocedures.

Bread and Puppet Theater, circa 1970s 1 15

Graham Avenue Brooklyn property, 1970s 1 16

Italy, 1978 1 17

Michael Kalil, 1970s 3 33

Montgomery, AL, 1980s 3 34

New York City, 1973-1977 3 35

NJAE Paris Prize/Yale Students/Via Vitrunio/OADA Classes,

1974-1977

3 36

Of Zambonini

General, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 4 2

Beppe and Nadir, 1989 1 12

Portrait of Zambonini with cat, 1978 OSx-1 2Photo used in the book Cat People, a copy of which can be found in the Printed material section of theBiographical series.

Puzzle, circa 1960s-circa 1980s 3 37

SHJC Show, 1982 3 38

Teaching, 1974-1990

Architecture 072, 1974-1989 3 39Lecture slides used in a course at Georgia State.

Architecture 074, 1974-1989 3 40Lecture slides used in a course at Georgia State.

Barragan and Pompidou, 1970s 3 41

Black and white plants and flowers, 1970s 3 42

Introduction to technology, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 3 43

On drawing, representation, and painting, circa 1970s-circa

1980s

3 44

Philosophy of Furniture, circa 1979 3 45

Primitive buildings and culture, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 3 46

"Second year bridge problem: bridges around Atlanta," 1989 3 47Teaching material from Georgia State.

"Second year gate problem: gates around Atlanta," 1989 3 48


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Teaching material from Georgia State.

Student bridge design, 1989 3 49

Student work, 1989 3 50

"Stockton Construction/Anna Braioni/Fred Ellman Party," 1981 3 51

Verona and Erba, 1982 3 52

Vietnam memorial, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 3 53

Sketches, circa 1970s-circa 1980s

By Zambonini, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 1 33

Of Zambonini, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 1 34

Table centerpiece, circa 1988-1990 1 35Sculpture made by Zambonini while living in Atlanta.

Teaching portfolio--Liceo Artistico Statal, circa 1960s-circa 1971 OSxxx-2

Yale School of Architecture, 1977-1983 This material relates to Zambonini's work as a visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture in the early1980s.

Retrospecta and department bulletins, 1977-1983 1 36

Paper mill trip photographs, 1983 1 37

Young Architects exhibition material, 1980 1 38

Series II. New York School of Interior Design 1972-1978, 1997 In 1972, Zambonini began teaching at the New York School of Interior Design, and in 1973 he was appointedacademic dean. This series contains material relating to his work as a teacher and administrator at this institution fromthe time of his appointment until he left in 1977, including correspondence, drafts of graduation speeches, photographsof classes and student work, flyers and posters, and press clippings about the NYSID.

Linke to selected digital material from this series., 1972-1978, 1997


Box Folder

Annual exhibitions, 1975-1977 1 39-40Includes posters, flyers, and photographs related to the NYSID annual exhibitions.

Clippings 1 41

Commencement speeches, 1974-1976 1 42Typescript, with handwritten corrections, of commencement speeches given by Zambonini in his capacity as deanof the NYSID.

Correspondence, 1977 1 43

Inside magazine, 1972-1977 1 44

Newsletter, 1997 1 45

Posters, 1977 OSxx-1 4

Photographs and slides, 1973-1978



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General, 1970s 3 54

Design and education slide portfolio, 1976-1977 1 46

"Good Drawings," 1975 3 55

Phoenix House remodeling, 1970s 3 56

Series III. Open Atelier of Design 1977-1988 This series contains material pertaining to the instruction and design work of the Open Atelier of Design, whichZambonini helped found in 1977. Herein can be found correspondence, course descriptions, photographs and slidesof student work and class sessions, as well as press clippings, flyers, posters, and brochures. Additionally, this seriesholds a large cache of audio recordings of the OAD Lecture Series, which featured talks by many prominent architects,designers, and artists of the 1970s and 1980s. The physical recordings are included in the collection, but the audio hasalso been digitized and is available on the New School Archives website.

Also included in this series are drawings, sketches, plans, photographs, and slides relating to the design andconstruction of the second OAD studio and offices, and Zambonini's upstairs apartment, located on West 29th St. inManhattan.

Link to selected digital material from this series., 1977-1988

[http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/331]Link to audio recordings of the Open Atelier of Design lecture series., 1977-1988


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Carlo Scarpa: Drawings and Photographs exhibition, 1973-1985 The first major retrospective exhibition of Carlo Scarpa's art, architecture, and design, Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978):Drawings and Photographs was organized by Zambonini and the OAD and opened in 1983 at the OAD studioon West 29th St. The exhibition traveled to several other locations in 1985, including the NYC Italian CulturalInstitute, Miami University of Ohio, and the University of Quebec at Montreal.

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Crate 1 1A-8 (15

boards)

Exhibition boards, circa 1982

Crate 2 9A-15C (13

boards)

3 57Photographs and printed material, 1983 Contains flyers, posters, and photos of the exhibition. OSxxx-1 8

1 48Columbia University exhibition materials, 1985-1989 Contains drawings, plans, and slides relating to the exhibition showcasingOAD's design work at Columbia University in 1985.

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Correspondence, 1979-1986 1 49

Logo design, circa 1977-circa 1988 1 50

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Lecture Series, 1977-1988 Contains printed schedule of speakers and audio recordings of individuallectures. Many of the 86 cassette tapes containing the audio of the lecture havebeen digitized and hosted on the New School Archives website. 6

Photographs and slides, circa 1977-circa 1988



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General, circa 1977-circa 1988 1 52

'Beppe and Fabio in studio' , 1985 1 53

Carmelo di Bartolo class at OAD Tribeca, circa 1977-circa 1988 1 54

Classes, classrooms, and studio spaces, 1977 1 55

Lecture with Ward Bennett, 1977 2 1

Spacemaking class with Michael Kalil, 1977 2 2

Tekne' poster, circa 1980s 2 3

Printed material, 1977-1985 Contains brochure and exhibition flyers, press clippings, and a promotional card featuring a design by UgoPizzarello.

Brochures, 1977-1985 2 4

OSxx-1 5Posters, 1981-1982

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Press, 1975-1987 2 5

Promotional card, circa 1980s 2 6

Studio and Zambonini apartment project design, 1980-1987 This grouping contains materials related to the design and buliding of the OAD studio and Zambonini's apartmenton the second floor. Located on West 29th St and opening in 1984-1985, this was the second location of the OADoffices, the first being in Zambonini's Worth St. loft.

2 7Conference table design, circa 1980-circa 1987

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Display boards, circa 1980-circa 1987 MC H 1 3

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HA 8

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Drawings, sketches, and plans, 1981-1985

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Theater courses, 1982 2 10Contains syllabi and course descriptions for theater-related offerings at OAD.

Series IV. Projects 1976-1990 This series holds items documenting Zambonini’s architecture and interior design projects from the late 1970s until theend of his life, in both a personal capacity and while at the OAD. Organized by individual projects, this series consists


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primarily of drawings, sketches, plans and blueprints of the projects, as well as photographs and slides of building sitesand completed buildings and interior design work. Materials pertaining to Zambonini's design of the OAD offices andupstairs apartment on West 29th St. in NYC are found in the OAD series.

Link to digital materials from this series., 1976-1990


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General photographs, 1980s

Elitzer and Open Atelier of Design studio, 1980s 2 11

Leffel and Elitzer, 1980s 2 12

72nd Street (Leboff Apartment) photographs, 1976 2 13Envelope containing negatives removed. Labeled "PROVINI FOR 330 West 72nd (LEBOFF)"

Atlanta house drawings, 1989-1990 OSxxx-3 2Contains drawings relating to Zambonini's design of his residence in Atlanta at 627 Old Ivy Road.

CocaCola apartment, circa 1970s-circa 1980s Located at 77 East 12th St, this apartment takes its name from the prominent incorporation of the CocaCola logoon the living room wall.

Drawings, sketches, and plans, circa 1970s-circa 1980s OSxxx-3 3

Slides, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 3 60

DiCamillo kitchen, 1984

Drawings, plans, and sketches, circa 1984 OSx-1 10

Photographs and slides, 1984 2 14

Elitzer loft, 1983-1984

3 61Photographs and slides, 1983-1984

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Drawings, sketches, and plans, circa 1983-1984 OSxxx-3 4

F.L.W. Robie House blueprints, circa 1970s-circa 1980s 1

2 15Frank Best front driveway photographs, circa 1970s-circa 1980s

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Furniture, circa 1970s-circa 1980s MC E 4 1

Gary Young loft, circa 1970s-circa 1980s MC E 4 2

Hirsch media room, 1982-1985 Materials relate to Zambonini's design and renovation of a media room in an apartment on Riverside Drive inManhattan.

Display board, circa 1982-circa 1985 MC E 4 3

HA 1Drawings, sketches, and plans, 1982-1983

MC E 4 4

Photographs and slides, 1982-1985 2 16



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Manchester project drawing, circa 1970s-circa 1980s MC E 4 5

2 17Medieval-style study space drawings and plans, circa 1970s-circa

1980s MC H 1 4

Navarro House, 1984-1985 Materials pertaining to a planned house in Cadaques, Spain.


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MC H 1 5

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General, 1984-1985

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Sketches by Arnold Lee, 1985 OSxxx-3 6In 1985, Arnold Lee worked as Zambonini's OAD student assistant, and contributed drawings andsketches to projects including Navarro House and Traces of Lattimore. Lee is now an architect andsenior project director with HOK, based in New York, LA, and San Francisco.

Design drawings, 1984-1985

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Early, 1984-1985

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Final, 1985 MC E 5 2

Site plans, circa 1984-circa 1985

General, circa 1984-circa 1985 OSx-2 4

From engineer in Barcelona, circa 1984-circa 1985 MC E 5 3

From trip to site, circa 1984-circa 1985 1

Original, circa 1984-circa 1985 HA 10

Photographs and slides, 1984

2 18General, circa 1984

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Photographs of landscapes and buildings in Cadaques, 1984 3 63

New Dramatist, 1982 2 19

The Reliquary, 1979 These materials relate to Zambonini's speculative design project The Reliquary. Zambonini discusses thedreamscape origins and utopian concept behind the design in his lecture "Process, Representation, and Form,"found in the Writings series. Alongside the drawings and photraphs related to this project design there is also athree dimensional model of the building.

Drawings, sketches, and plans, 1979 2 20


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MC E 5 4-5

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Model, circa 1979 model

3 64Photographs and slides, 1979-1982

MC E 5 6

Richard Artschwager renovation, Brooklyn, circa 1970s-circa 1980s MC F 1 1

Scuola Media, circa 1970s-circa 1980s A speculative building design for a school.

2Drawings, sketches, and plans, circa 1970s-circa 1980s

MC F 1 2

2 21Photographs and slides, circa 1970s-circa 1980s

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Three lofts, 1976-1985 While Zambonini designed lofts throughout his architectural career, the Briggs, Worth St., and Mounsey lofts arecommonly grouped together, and they exemplify Zambonini's early development of open design techniques. Thelofts were the subject of several feature articles in architecture and interior design magazines.

General drawings, sketches, and plans, 1977 MC F 1 3Contains drawings, sketches, and plans of all three loft projects.

Articles and publicity for lofts, 1981-1985

Interiors award, 1985 2 22

Loft Scene, 1982 2 23

Progressive Design, 1981 OSx-2 7

Briggs, circa 1981 Built for Jack and Debbie Briggs, this loft is located at 684 Broadway, 8th floor.

2 24Drawings, sketches, and plans, circa 1981

MC F 1 4

3 65Photographs, circa 1981 Includes photographs of finished loft, during construction, andexisting conditions prior to renovations.

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Rob Mounsey, circa 1982

2 25Drawings, sketches, and plans, circa 1982

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Photographs and slides, circa 1982 3 66

Worth St., 1976-1981 One of Zambonini's loft projects from the late 70s/early 80s, the Worth St. loft in Tribeca is also referredto as "Loft 1" in the Progressive Architecture feature on Zambonini's lofts. The Worth St. loft was also the


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residence of Zambonini and first home of the Open Atelier of Design, prior to the construction of their 29thstreet offices, studios, and Zambonini apartment.

2 26

HA 3

MC F 1 5

Drawings, sketches, and plans, 1977

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Traces of Lattimore, 1985-1999 Also referred to as Dingman's Ferry, House on a Ridge, and the Zambonini House, Traces of Lattimore was ahouse built in Delaware Township, Pennsylvania. It was Zambonini’s only completed free-standing structure.


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MC F 5 1

General, 1986

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Drawings and cardboard models, 1985-1999 OSxxx-4 3

Concept drawings and preliminary sketches, 1985-1986 OSx-2 11One sketch contains a caricature of Beppe and Arnold Lee, drawn by Arnold Lee. In 1985, ArnoldLee worked as Zambonini's OAD student assistant, and contributed drawings and sketches to projectsincluding Navarro House and Traces of Lattimore. Lee is now an architect and senior project directorwith HOK, based in New York, LA, and San Francisco.

Kirkbride plans for tower, circa 1980s OSx-2 12

MC F 5 2

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Lot 97, 1985

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Lot 98, 1985-1987

Early sketches, circa 1985 OSx-2 14

"Ozalid Prints," 1987 OSxxx-4 5

1Spec House, 1985-1987

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General, 1985 2 29

Construction

Best pics after completion, 1988-1989 3 68

Best pics before final work, 1988-1989 3 69


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Framing, 1986 3 70

Foundations, 1986 3 71

Landscape, 1985-1986 3 72

Roof carpentry, 1986 3 73

Siding, 1986 3 74

Students working, 1986-1989 3 75

Unidentified sketches, drawings and plans, circa 1970s-circa 1980s MC F 5 4

Valli Fahri, circa 1970s-1980s 2 30

Zuckermann kitchen, circa 1980s 2 31

Series V. Projects by others 1974-2013 Included here are drawings, sketches, plans, and blueprints of architectural and design projects by designers other thanZambonini. Of particular note are speculative building designs by Zambonini’s wife, Claudia Zambonini, and buildingand chair designs by his cousin, Bepi Fiori.

3 77Claudia Zambonini, 1975-1985

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S. Sebastiano, Universita' Agli Studi di Venezia plans, undated MC F 5 7

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MC F 5 5

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Bepi Fiori, 1974

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Robert Kirkbride: Archive launch exhibition for "Every Thought Flies (October-November 2013),

2013

Series VI. Theater 1965-1976 This series documents Zambonini’s work as a theater producer and director in the 1960s and early 1970s in Venice.His experimental theatre and dance company, the Teatro Romano, was influenced by Brechtian modernist theatre aswell as the Happenings and Fluxus movements of the Sixties. Materials in this series include scripts, performance andproduction notes, and photographs as well as posters, flyers, and other promotional material for individual productions.Also of note are audio recordings of plays and performances in Italian.

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Audio, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 7

Kathakali, 1972 7

Il Gatto con gli stivali, circa 1960s-circa 1970s [2 reels] 7

Teatro ambiente con Paul Klee, circa 1960s-circa 1970s [2 reels] 7

Torotumbo, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 7

Clippings, 1968-1971 2 31

Correspondence, 1971-1972 2 33

Kathakali book, circa 1960s 2 34


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Book used as reference for the Teatro Romano production, Kathakali.

Koralle, Gas 1, Gas 2, 1960s 2 35

Ma-Ma-Ma, 1960s

Script and program, circa 1960s 2 35

Slides, circa 1960s 2 37These images were projected during the performance.

Photographs, slides, and negatives, circa 1960s-circa 1970s

Arena di Verona, 1968 4 4

"Happening on the Adige River," 1970 2 39

Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 1980s 2 40Includes photo of Zambonini.

Spetacoli di Renato Padoan, 1960s 4 5

Storia del teatro, 1960s 4 6

Teatro romano, circa 1960s-circa 1970s 4 7

2 38General, circa 1968-1972 Contains visual material relating to many of the plays and performancesproduced and directed by Zambonini, including Ma-Ma-Ma, Klee inCastelvechio, Kathakali, Torotumbo, among others.

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Torotombo and Kathkali, 1960s 4 9

2 41

HA 15

HA 2

MC E 1 5

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Posters, 1965-1976

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Teatro Romano film, 1970s The first reel documents several meals with Zambonini and friends--the first, a birthday dinner at table, and thesecond, an outdoor picnic lunch at an Italian villa.The second reel shows the company preparing sets and costumesand, later, performing or rehearsing a dance sequence outdoors.

Part 1, 1970s 7

Part 2, 1970s 7

Teatro Universitario di Ca' Foscari - Un Legno a Vapore and writings,

1970

2 42

Verona Shakespeare Festival catalogue, 1970 2 43

Series VII. Writings 1979-1990 This series contains a small selection of Zambonini’s writings from 1979 through 1990. The writings consist of draftsand notes for lectures and presentations, an article in Perspecta, a letter to the editor featured in Interiors, and interviewsabout NYSID and OAD. Also featured are photographs and other research material used while writing his thesis on


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urban planning in Verona, Italy, written under the direction of Carlo Scarpa. Graduation speeches written and given byZambonini as head of the New York School of Interior Design can be found in the NYSID series.

Link to digital materials from this series., 1979-1990


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"Cara Mamma" , circa 1989-1990 2 44

"Con Ed + Shakers" , circa 1960s-circa 1970s 4 10

Interviews, circa 1973-circa 1989 Interviews with Zambonini about the New York School of Interior Design and the Open Atelier of Design,respectively. In both cases, the interviewers and sponsoring organizations or publications are unknown.

New York School of Interior Design, circa 1973-1977 2 45

Open Atelier of Design, circa 1977-1989 2 46Interview with Zambonini about the Open Atelier of Design. The interviewer and/or sponsoringorganization or publication are unknown.

Letter to Interiors, 1979 2 47

2 48"Notes for a Theory of Making in a Time of Necessity," 1988 Photographs used in Zambonini's article "Notes for a Theory of Making ina Time of Necessity," Perspecta 24 (1988): 2-24. Also includes an audiorecording of an interview for the article, in which Zambonini defines the OpenAtelier of Design design-build practice.

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"Process, Representation, and Form," 1990

Slides, 1973-1990 4 11-12

Typescript, 1990 2 49

Relazione: Contruzione di un modello di conoscenza della ciita' e

ipotesi progettuali-Applic.: la citta' di Verona, circa 1960s-circa 1970s

2 50

"Representation and/or the Making of Form" , 1979-1988 Lecture presented at the Georgia Tech Symposium on Representation.

Slides, 1979-1988 2 51

Typescript draft, 1988 2 52Lecture given while Zambonini was at Georgia Tech, as part of a joint symposium with ClemsonUniversity.

2 53-57Thesis materials, 1960s Written while attending the Istituto Universitario di Architettura inVenice,Zambonini's graduate thesis was directed by the architect and designerCarlo Scarpa. The thesis takes as its subject urban planning in, and thearchitectural history of, Verona. Included here are notes, photographs, maps,and other materials used by Zambonini in researching his thesis. There are not,however, any drafts of the thesis.

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