Mario Botta
by Philip Jodidio
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Born in Switzerland in 1943, Mario Botta is a leading member of the Swiss-Italian Ticino school of Architecture. Equally comfortable working on a large scale or with smaller, more intimate projects, he is a maestro when it comes to fusing the strengths of Modernism with the tried and tested forms of tradition. Free and wide-ranging in his use of modern construction techniques, he made his mark with such high-stakes commissions as Evry Cathedral, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the show more Tinguely Museum in Basel. But he is respected particularly for his sensitivity to regional vernacular and to the building's relationship with the land (see his Casa Biachi in Riva San Vitale). Whether designing an office block in Lugano, a home for the elderly in Ticino, or even a celebratory tent for the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation, Botta negotiates sensitively between space and light, the line and the curve, internal symmetry and the benefits of vistas to realise his essentially spiritual vision of an architectural practice for the millennium and beyond. show lessTags
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Read this way back, around 2006-07! My first impressions were comparing him to Laurie Baker and as i studied his design ideologies and his works, i knew where the difference became prominent in both Botta's and Baker's architecture! Writing about a book read a long time ago is difficult, mainly because my understanding of design and the onus has broadened and changed a lot- it has become 'practical'. I can no longer describe how dreamy i felt and envisioned brick and un-plastered facades in each design studio! Mario Botta is such an inspiration amidst the glassy & glossy architecture prevalent around the globe today!
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Philip Jodidio was the Editor in Chief of the leading French art monthly Connaissance des Arts from 1979 to 2002.
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