KATHERINE WENTWORTH RINNE
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/waters

Project Director, Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome
A cartographic history of water infrastructure and urbanism in Rome

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

Architecture Department: Spring 2007 - present

Advanced Site Design and Regional Planning Design Studios
Urban Design Seminars/Civic Infrastructures

UC BERKELEY
LECTURER

Architecture Department: Summer 2006

Architecture 100A (Third year students, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Program)

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR

Architectural History Department: 2006-2007:

Design & build web-based prototype of “Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome”, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
LECTURER

Architecture Department: Fall 2001, and Spring 2003

4th year Rome Urban Design Studio; and Infrastructural Urbanism Seminar, Spring 2003

3rd year Site Planning Studio; and 1st year Introduction to Architectural Design Studio, Fall 2001

Landscape Architecture Department: Spring and Summer 2001 and Summer 2003

Urban Theory Lectures, Summer 2003 and Summer 2007

Program Director for Rome Summer Urban Design Studio; and Infrastructural Urbanism Seminar, Summer 2001

4th year Urban Land Planning Studio; and 3rd year Design Details Studio, Spring 2001

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
LECTURER

Architecture Department: June 2003

Urban Design Studio with upper-level and graduate students, Co-teach with Prof. Theodouropoulos

MIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
VISITING SCHOLAR

Office of the Dean: Sept 1999 – Dec 2001, and Jan - Sept 1995

To develop "Aquae Urbis Romae" web site with funding from the Graham Foundation (1994-95)

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
LECTURER

Landscape Architecture Department: Spring 2000

Graduate Seminar: “Water Infrastructure and the City"

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Architecture Department: 1990-92

Fifth Year Boston Urban Design Studio; Summer 1991

Third Year Studio: Fall 1991

Second Year Studio: Fall1990, Spring 1991, Spring 1992

History of Architecture - Ancient to Medieval (majors); Fall, 1991

Architectural History Survey Course (non majors): Fall 1990, spring 1991, Spring 1992.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LECTURER

Architecture Department: June 1987

Architecture Discovery Studio for high school students. Co-teach with Prof. Chusid

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
FIELD ARCHITECT/INSTRUCTOR

Archaeological Survey of Nuraghic Architecture: May - August 1983

Train and supervise three assistants and 16 students in archaeological surveying, Sardinia, Italy.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
TEACHING ASSOCIATE/TEACHING ASSISTANT

Architecture Department: 1979-81

First year graduate design studio: Fall 1980 and Spring 1981 (quarter system)

Architectural History Survey (Environmental Design 170/171): Fall 1979, Winter 1980

Introduction to Environmental Design: Spring 1980

College of Environmental Design Distinguished Teaching Award, 1981

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WALKING ON WATER IN ROME , 1996 - present

Director and Leader for in-depth scholarly and artistic tours of the aqueducts and fountains of Rome and the history of Roman urbanism (through academic institutions).

ARCADE MAGAZINE, Seattle, Washington
"The Journal for Architecture and Design in the Pacific Northwest"

Contributing Editor: 1997-2000; Associate Editor: 1996

Develop editorial directive and oversee production; Contribute articles on urban design and architecture.

PEREIRA ASSOCIATES, Los Angeles
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

Urban Design and Architecture: January l986 - August l990

Direct research for all Urban Design and Planning projects; environmental analysis; historical, cultural research; schematic design; programming; reports & design guidelines. Major projects include: A Greenway Plan for Metropolitan Los Angeles; Urban Design Plan for Rockefeller Center; Superconducting Super Collider Campus Facilities Program, Waxahatchie, Texas; Ewa Town Center, Hawaii; Highway 111, Indian Wells, CA; Paramount Studios Master Plan, Hollywood.

SCHINDLER-CHACE HOUSE, Hollywood, CA
PRESERVATION ASSISTANT

Volunteer: 1987

Assist in restoration and renovation of Schindler-Chace House. Conduct research related to the reconstruction of interior furnishings and fixtures. Reconstruction of lost elements including lighting. Completed for 1987 Rudolph Schindler Centennial.

LOS ANGELES OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, 1984 OLYMPICS
DESIGN PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR

Architecture Department: January - September 1984

Design & expedite production of "LOOK" decorative elements for l984 Los Angeles Olympics: design, working drawings, specifications and Architecture/Construction Department installation and teardown supervision.

RINNE ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND RESEARCH CONSULTANT

Sole Practitioner: 1982-86

Residential clients and museum installations.

PUBLICATIONS, COMPETITIONS, EXHIBITIONS & MEDIA INTERVIEW

PUBLICATIONS

“Between Precedent and Experiment: the Restoration of the Acqua Vergine (1560-1570)”, in L. Roberts, S. Schaffer and P. Dear (eds.), The mindful hand: inquiry and invention from the late Renaissance to early industrialisation (Edita/University of Chicago Press: 2007), 95-115.
" Hydraulic Infrastructure and Urbanism in Early Modern Rome", in Papers of the British School at Rome 73 (2005), 199-232.
"Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome", The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia @ http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/waters. Prototype launched Jan. 1999, official release date May 2001; last update 6 January 2006.
“The Landscape of Laundry in Late Cinquecento Rome”, Studies in the Decorative Arts 9:1 (2001-2002): 34-60.
“ Hydroscape/Cityscape,” Arcade, editor for a special issue on Water, Architecture and Urbanism, 2000, 19:1, 48 pages, and feature essay, p. 23-25.
“ Fluid Precision: Giacomo Della Porta and the Acqua Vergine Fountains of Rome” in Landscapes of Memory and Experience, Jan Birksted, ed., London, Dec. 2000.
“Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome – a new computer archive of the hydrological history of Rome” in La Città Nuova: Proceedings of the Associated Collegiate Schools of Architecture, International Conference, Rome, June 1999, ACSA Press, Washington, D.C., 1999.
“ Paradise Promised: houses, gardens and communities for post World War II Los Angeles” with Katherine Spitz, Vision and Reality: Social Aspects of Architecture and Urban Planning in the Modern Movement, Proceedings from the DOCOMOMO Fifth International Conference, 1998, Stockholm, Swedish Museum of Architecture, 1999.
“Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome,” in News from the Burndy Library, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, MIT, vol. 5:2, May 1999, p. 20-25.
“ Almost Aphrodite: the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles,” Arcade, 1999, 16:3, p. 28-31.
“The Secret Life of Roman Fountains” Places, vol. 12:1, Design History Foundation, New York, Winter 1999, p. 72-77.
“ The Fall and Rise of the Waters of Rome”, in Fountains: Splash and Spectacle, Marilyn Symmes, ed., Thames & Hudson, 1998, p. 54-55 (British), Rizzoli, 1998, (American) Dedalo, 1999, (Italian).
“ Camminare sull’ acqua a Roma,” Arcade, 1997, 15:3, p. 21-23.
“ Inhabitation,” Arcade, editor for a special issue on houses and housing, 1996, 15:2, Seattle, 48 pages.
“Aquae Urbis Romae: an historical overview of water in the public life of Rome” in Cura Aquarum in Campania, N. de Haan & G. Jansen, Editors, Leiden, Frontinus Gesellschaft, Babesch, 1996, p. 145-151.
“ Gravity, Topography and Water Display in Baroque Rome”, in Column 5, School of Architecture and Planning, U. of Washington, 1996, p. 23-31.
“ A Greenway Plan for Metropolitan Los Angeles” in Urban Revisions: Current Projects for the Public Realm, exhibition catalogue, Elizabeth Smith, ed., Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and MIT Press, Cambridge, 1994, p. 98-103 [text used without acknowledgement].
“ Designing Disneyland: Give them more than they can see and they’ll keep coming back” Proceedings of the Associated Schools of Architecture, Annual Conference, Orlando, March, 1992, ACSA, Washington, D.C. 1992.
A. Quincy Jones; the Oneness of Architecture, Process Architecture #41, l983, l64 pages, Elaine K. Sewell, Ken Tanaka and Katherine Rinne.

COMPETITIONS

Oklahoma City Memorial Competition, March 1997, with Dawn DeDeaux, installation artist, and Simon Verity, sculptor.
Evanston Public Library Competition, April 1991, with Karen Cordes, AIA

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

“Building Big” WGBH Boston, a five-part television special aired nationally, Sept. and Oct. 2000. Interviewed July 1999 about Roman aqueducts and hydraulics for Part 5 – Tunnels (Oct 31, 2000).
“ Invisible Places - Subtropolis” Discovery Channel special on the hidden dimensions of cities. Interviewed Dec. 1996 about Roman aqueducts and fountains. Program has aired frequently since April 1997.

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
Collaborative Research Award, 2006-2007
Awarded through IATH, University of Virginia, to add GIS data to Aquae Urbis Romae maps, improve the search engine, and to add new maps and images to include data from the Late Antique through the Early Medieval periods.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Science and Technology Studies, 2004-2006
“The Waters of Rome: Hydraulic Infrastructure and Urbanism in a Baroque City, 1562-1762”.
CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Samuel H. Kress, Senior Fellow, National Gallery of Art, 2003-2004
Funding to research and write “Written in Water: a Topographic History of Baroque Rome”.
GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP, 2001-2002
Funding for continued work on Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome.
PRINCE CHARITABLE TRUSTS, 1999-2000
Funding for research travel to Rome and for a professional photographer for a forthcoming book on the hydraulic infrastructure of baroque Rome.
JOHN ANSON KITTREDGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST, 1999-2000
To hire a part-time student assistant for computer editing of “Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome”
DIBNER INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MIT, Resident Fellow, 1998-1999
To conduct research on 16th & 17th century hydraulic technology for an article on Acqua Vergine water distribution in baroque Rome.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
Fellowship for Independent Scholars, 1997 - 1998
To design and launch an interactive computer prototype for “Aquae Urbis Romae: the Waters of the City of Rome”
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN THE HUMANITIES, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Associate Fellow, 1997 - 1998
Computer and technical support to complete NEH project.
FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
Senior Research Fellow, Rome, Italy, 1996 - 1997
To conduct research and photography for “Aquae Urbis Romae”
GETTY CENTER FOR THE ARTS & HUMANITIES
Research Support Grant, August 1996 “Aquae Urbis Romae”
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, October l994, April 2000
Visiting Scholar; “Aquae Urbis Romae”
GRAHAM FOUNDATION, 1994 (used at MIT, 1995)
Grant recipient; “Aquae Urbis Romae”
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, 1981
College of Environmental Design, Distinguished Teaching Award
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, l980
Fellowship: Field Research in Malaysian Architecture
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1975
Shinner Scholar, Department of Anthropology

LECTURES AND PAPERS

Over thirty lectures on water infrastructure and the civic urbanism of Rome have been delivered to public and private audiences in the United States and Europe.
LECTURES and WORKSHOPS (invited)

"Water Currents and Social Currency in Early Modern Rome", La Civilta` delle Acque tra Medioevo e Rinascimento", Fondazione Centro Studi Leon Battista Alberti, Mantova, October 1-4, 2008.
"Cleansing Counter Reformation Rome", Pollution and Propriety: Dirt, Disease and Hygiene in Rome from Antiquity to Modernity, The British School at Rome, June 21-22, 2007.
“Water Infrastructure and the Formation of Baroque Rome” Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC, November 2006.
“ L’Acqua per le Fontane di Roma”, Roma Città d’Acqua, Associazione Culturale Sala Uno, Sovrintendenza ai Beni Culturali del Comune di Roma, April, 2005
“Experimenting with Water in Design”, Pennsylvania State University Rome Program, March 2005, and Iowa State University Rome Program, February 2005.
“ Restoring the Acqua Vergine in Rome, 1560-1570”, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, September, 2004.
“ Hydraulic Technology and Urban Development in Rome”, Water Science and Technology Board, The National Academies, Washington D.C., June 2004.
“ Mapping Rome's Water Infrastructure”, Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, April 2004.
“ Hydraulic Technology and Urban Development in Rome”, University of Maryland, College of Engineering, April 2004.
“ Water for Rome”, School of Architecture, University of Miami, March 2004.
“ Water Infrastructure and Urbanism in Baroque Rome”, CASVA, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, November 2003.
“ Mapping the Urban Development of Rome through its Water Infrastructure”, Peter Wall Institute, University of British Columbia, ‘Maps: Here, Then and Now’, Vancouver, May 2003.
“ Rivelando e tracciando il sistema delle Acque di Roma” Istituto Nazionale dell’Architettura, ‘Idee Intorno al Tevere’, Rome, June 2002
“Il sistema idraulico di Roma: antico, baròcco, e moderno”, University of Perugia, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Perugia, May 2002
“ Waters of Rome”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche: Gruppo Nazionale per la Difesa dalle Catastrofi Idrogeologiche, June 2001.
“ Water Shaped Cities, Rome and Boston” Boston Society of Architects, Exploring Design Public Lecture Series, April 2001“ Revealing the Hydrological History of Rome” (on-site lectures in Rome) for: University of Oregon in Rome, July 2002; Bard College in Rome, May 2002; American Academy in Rome, April 2000; Cornell University in Rome, April 2000; Iowa State University in Rome, April 2000, June 2002
“The Fall and Rise of the Waters of Rome” L’Acqua in L’Architettura conference, American Academy in Rome, May 1999.
“Go With the Flow: Topography, Gravity and Water Distribution in Baroque Rome,” Cal Tech, Humanities & Social Sciences, April 1999; and The Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, MIT, October 1998
“Walking on Water in Rome” at: North Carolina State, College of Design, October 1999; U of Texas, Austin, School of Architecture, April 1999; U of Nevada, Las Vegas, Architecture Dept., March 1999; Philadelphia College of Textiles and Design, December 1998; U of Virginia, School of Architecture, January 1998
“ Water in Rome from Egeria to Anita Ekberg: infrastructure, myth and metaphor” at: Temple University, School of Architecture, March 1997; U of Colorado, School of Architecture, Sept 1996; USC, School of Architecture, Sept 1996; U of Washington, College of Architecture/Planning, Jan. 1996; Catholic University of America, Architecture Dept., July 1995
“ Water Delivery and Distribution in Rome,” The Fountain Society, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, September 1995
“Mapping Roman Water: a new computer map of Rome,” Microsoft World Headquarters, August 1995
“If you're not sleeping or eating you must be shopping,” City of West Hollywood and American Institute of Architects, AIA Urban Design Committee, March l994
“ The Landscapes of Case Study Houses,” Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Exhibition Lecture Series, November l989
“ Behind the Mask: the Architecture of Hollywood Motion Picture Studios,” Hollywood Heritage Commission, November 1988
“ Architecture in the Age of Optimism: Los Angeles in the 1950’s” Orange County Chapter, American Institute of Architects, Oct. 1988

CONFERENCE SESSION CHAIR

“Infrastructure into Urbanism,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, March 2007
“ H2O: Topography, Policy and Urban Form,” Society of Architectural Historians, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, April 1998

PAPERS (invited)

"Cleansing Counter-Reformation Rome", British School at Rome, June 2007, Polution and Propriety Conference.
"The Fall and Rise of the Waters of Rome", American Academy in Rome, May 1999, L'Acqua in L'Architecttura Conference.
“Aquae Urbis Romae: a history of delivery, distribution and uses of water in the City of Rome,” 9. Inter. Symposium zur Geschicte der Wasserwirtschaft und des Wasserbaus im Mediterranean Raum, Oct. l994, Pompeii, Italy
“New Values & New Communities for Post War Southern California,” with Katherine Spitz, U of Texas, Austin, April 1992
“Saving the Fifties” California Preservation Conference, Annual Meeting, April l989
“ Housing Post-War Los Angeles” Los Angeles Conservancy Symposium, "Fifties Architecture: Issues & Answers," March l986
Welcoming Address and Master of Ceremonies, College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley, Commencement, June 1981
“ You Are What You Drive” California Folklore Society, April 1976 and UCLA Dept. of Art, May 1976

PAPERS (accepted)

“ Water, the Currency of Cardinals", Society of Architectural Historians, Annual Meeting, Savannah, April 2006.
" The Source of the Soul: Water for Villa Waterworks in Renaissance Rome”, Renaissance Society, Cambridge, England, April 2005.
“ Hydraulic Infrastructure and Urbanism: Restoring Aqueducts and Restoring Rome, 1570-1630”, Society for the History of Technology, Amsterdam, October 2004.
“ Dynamic Fluids: Mapping the Water Infrastructure of Baroque Rome”, Studium Urbis Conference on Giambattista Nolli, Imago Urbis and Rome, Rome, June 2003.
“ Hydraulic Infrastructure and Urbanism in Baroque Rome”, Society of Architectural Historians, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April 2003.
“ Mapping the Waters of Rome”, Virtual System Multi-Media Conference, Virtual Heritage, UC Berkeley, October 2001.
“ Notes from Underground: Creating a Hydraulic Infrastructure for Baroque Rome,” ACSA Western Regional Meeting, October 1999
“Giacomo Della Porta and the Fountains of the Acqua Vergine,” Society of Architectural Historians, Annual Meeting, Houston, April 1999
“Paradise Promised: houses, gardens and communities for post WW II, Los Angeles,” with Katherine Spitz, DOCOMO Fifth International Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, September 1998
“ Designing Disneyland: Give them more than they can see and they'll keep coming back,” ACSA Annual Meeting, Orlando, March l992
“ Building the Dream Factory: an Architectural History of Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California” Society of Architectural Historians, Annual Meeting, April l988

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, Master of Architecture, June 1981