Rudy Ricciotti

Rudy Ricciotti
Born 1952
Kouba, Algeria
Residence Cassis
Nationality French
Education École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille
Occupation Architect, book publisher

Rudy Ricciotti (born 1952) is a French architect and publisher.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Early life

He was born in Kouba, Algeria of Italian origin on 22 August 1952 and moved to France at the age of three.[1][3][4] He studied engineering in Switzerland and he graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille in 1980.[1]

Career

He has designed the Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée in Marseilles, Pavillon Noir in Aix-en-Provence, Villa Navarra in Le Muy, the Jean Cocteau Museum in Menton, Les Arts Gstaad in Gstaad the International Center of Art and Culture in Liège, Belgium.[1][2][3][4] He worked on an exhibition in The Louvre with Mario Bellini in 2012.[1][2] In 2015, he designed the 'Man and the Sea' museum on the Antoine 1er dock in Monaco.[5]

He abhors minimalism.[1] He supports the "demuseumification of museums."[1]

He runs a small publishing house, Al Dante, which publishes photography, essays on architecture, and poetry, including a French translation of John Ashbery.[1]

He is a recipient of the Legion of Honor, the Order of Arts and Letters and the National Order of Merit.[1]

Personal life

He lives in Cassis and has an office in Bandol.[1][3] He collects rare books.[1]

Bibliography

  • Blitzkrieg : De la culture comme arme fatale (with Salvatore Lombardo, Transbordeurs, 2005).
  • HQE (Le Gac Press, 2013).
  • L'architecture est un sport de combat (with David d'Equainville, Editions Textuel, 2013, 112 pages).[6]
  • Point ultime - Rudy RICCIOTTI les interviews al vitriol dun sudiste

Documentaries

  • Le projet Navarra (dir. Joël Yvon, 2007, 26 minutes).
  • L'Orchidoclaste (dir. Laetitia Masson, 2013, 52 minutes).[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lanie Goodman, Ground Breaker, The New York Times, September 17, 2012
  2. 1 2 3 Rudy Ricciotti démolit le banal, Arte, September 30, 2012
  3. 1 2 3 4 Luc Le Chatelier, Rudy Ricciotti, architecte brut de décoffrage, Télérama, 05/12/2011
  4. 1 2 3 Aix-en-Provence Tourist Office
  5. ↑ Madeleine Adey, Principality to welcome two new museums Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine., The Monaco Times, 20 May 2015
  6. ↑ Editions Textuel: L'architecture est un sport de combat
  7. ↑ AlloCine
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