Mario Botta就是以紅磚聞名
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April 1, 1943
Swiss architect.
Studied at Liceo Artistico in Milan and the IUAV in Venice
Influenced by Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn
Opened his own practice in 1970 in Lugano
這又是一位瑞士建築師
雖然沒有顯赫的學歷
但是師承多位大師
從其作品之中
都可以窺伺幾位大師遺留在他身上的痕跡
作品主要的特色就是古典主義的新詮釋
利用紅磚建立起連接現代與古典建築的橋樑
讀他的建築總是很難忽略
幾何、對稱、比例、排列等等的傳統規範
別有一番韻味
參考作品有
1965, the single-family houses in Switzerland at Stabio
1979, Riva San Vitale
1987, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1990, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, at Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
1990, Chapel of St. Mary of the Angels, Monte Tamaro, Ticino
1993, Museum Jean Tinguely, Basel
1994, Church in Seriate, Italy
1996, Heritage Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
1999, Wooden Model of Borromini Church o f San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome , on the lakeshore Lugano, Switzerland
2000, Central Bus Terminal, Lugano, Switzerland
