The Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli is an art gallery in Turin, on the top floor of the Lingotto complex, the former headquarters of Fiat. Renzo Piano designed its glass-like structure, called Lo scrigno, which sits on the roof. It opened in 2002. The article names no client and no start date. High-tech is an assumption based on Piano's steel and glass work.
The article calls the structure a crystal spaceship, recalling the futuristic style of the original building. It rests on a steel structure and covers about 450 square meters (4,800 square feet). It is raised 34 meters above the plant's test track.
The permanent collection comes from the private collection of Gianni and Marella Agnelli. It includes works by Renoir, Manet, Matisse, Canaletto, Tiepolo, Canova, Picasso and Modigliani. After Gianni Agnelli died on January 24, 2003, he lay in state here. More than 100,000 people paid their respects.
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