Valerio olgiati architecture projects on architonic. Books by valerio olgiati author of valerio olgiati 19962011. For many years, my wife tamara and i had been searching for a place for which we could leave our current home in the swiss mountains on social, cultural and climatic grounds. In 2009 has been kenzo tange visiting professor in harvard.
Follow their account to see all their photos and videos. Valerio olgiati architecture videos onarchitecture. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. For students of architecture, they are textbook examples of the ways in. Its his latest building, the swiss national park visitors centre in zernez, deep in the alps. A large space is created in which a forest of columns and wind towers hold a horizontal plate 10 meters above ground. Nonreferential architecture is a manifesto on a new kind of architecture. Two weeks before i was due to interview valerio olgiati in sydney, i received an email from his studio.
Valerio olgiati has a collection of images, which he calls iconographic autobiography. Graduated in architecture in 1986 from the federal polytechnic of zurich eth. Valerio olgiati has 14 books on goodreads with 301 ratings. Download pdf valerio olgiati conversation with students. This collection provides nonverbal hints to what interests valerio olgiati and to what he thinks could have an importance for his architecture. About valerio olgiati valerio olgiati, born in 1958, ranks amongst the most successful representatives of switzerlands younger generation of architects.
Has been visiting professor in zurich eth, stuttgart hft, london aa and new york cornell. The atelierhouse bardill replaces an old barn in the protected centre of the village scharans. A roof, understood as an archaic gesture, donates vital shadows for the people of muharraq in this very hot climate and produces a new and unique situation through its different scale. In the form of a wellillustrated essay, the architect explains how he develops his projects, the parameters that influence his design process, and the. A private collection of pictures and photos from all around the world regulary edited by valerio olgiati via olgiati one idea video. Like a greek temple there is just enough room to move around in the voids. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Projects 20092017, english edition valerio olgiati description. Valerio olgiati inserts a loose cluster of white columns into the space of the corderie. S01073nonreferential architecture is a manifesto on a new kind of architecture. This project is located in alentejo about 10 km inland from the atlantic ocean. A text is an edited version of a conversation by valerio olgiati with students of architecture. Valerio olgiati born 18 july 1958 in chur is an internationally active swiss architect, and son of the swiss architect rudolf olgiati biography. See more ideas about modern architects, architecture and architecture plan.
The first time he received attention outside the architectural scene was in 1999 with the museum the yellow house in flims. He is interested in a noncontextual architecture that emerges from itself. We have left behind the values of multicultural postmoderni. Swiss architect valerio olgiati added concrete fins to the walls of this house in rural portugal, which splay outwards and inwards like the flaps of an open box to provide shade for a garden. The stoic mass of the corderie columns contrast with the more ephemeral new columns. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Since founding his practice in 1996, olgiatis projects and competition entries have been widely acknowledged in architectural circles both at home and abroad. Valerio olgiati and the cult of architecture architectureau.
His monolithic work and his detail sense give to his work a minimalist and emotional shape. I have interviewed a number of architects, none of whom issued preconditions. Built by valerio olgiati in, portugal with date 2014. Text by jacques lucan description of the projects by valerio olgiati. Behind the sheer concrete walls of this agricultural school building in eastern switzerland is an auditorium with an exposed timber frame. It embodies a purity of form, of material, of light and of aesthetic experience.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Among his major buildings are the schoolhouse in paspels, the yellow house in flims, a house for a musician in. The significance of the idea in the architecture of valerio olgiati by valerio olgiati 20090701 by valerio olgiati. Rehabilitation of a house made by swiss architect rudolf olgiati, into a museum by his son valerio olgiati in flims, switzerland. Nonreferential architecture presents a new framework for architecture in a world that is increasingly free of ideologies. This is not minimalism, declares valerio olgiati with a defiant stare, describing two white concrete cubes punctured with symmetrical windows. Valerio olgiati has 408 posts on their instagram profile. Cantina il carnasciale, valdarno, italy residential building, zug, switzerland auditorium schlossgut beilstein, hohenbeilstein, germany plantahof auditorium, landquart. Click download or read online button to valerio olgiati conversation with students book pdf for free now.
Villa alem by valerio olgiati villa alem by valerio olgiati pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad hardcover, bound in dark blue irish linen cloth made in japan for many years, my wife tamara and i had been searching for a place for which we could leave our current home in the swiss mountains on social, cultural and climatic grounds. Projects 20092017, english edition valerio olgiati. Architecture projects from valerio olgiati, an architecture office firm centered around residential architecture. The recent talk february 20 in sydney by valerio olgiati, part of the australian institute of architects international speaker series, presented an opportunity to consider the possibility of architecture to hold meaning, and the nature of that hold i have not visited any of olgiatis projects, but am familiar with the various texts on the architect and enjoyed his recent lecture, given. The structures that he and his atelier design are striking. Ideated by valerio olgiati written by markus breitschmid. Valerio olgiati and unclaimed meaning architectureau. In his office and in his teaching he operates independently. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Valerio olgiati posted on june 07, 2018 lessons i didnt learn at this years venice architecture biennale. Valerio olgiati studied architecture until 1986 at eth zurich. Valerio olgiati il carnasciale is an estate located in the hills of the chianti region in tuscany between florence and arezzo. Valerio olgiati conversation with students download valerio olgiati conversation with students ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format.
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