Mario Botta Riva San Vitale Dimensions Floor Plans

A family house at riva san vitale by mario botta.

Mario botta riva san vitale dimensions floor plans. Feb 13 2016 explore panayiotispseftelis interiorde s board mario botta followed by 459 people on pinterest. Residence in riva san vitale commentary the house at riva san vitale on a sloping site facing lake lugano and distant snow capped mountains is entered at the upper level via a long steel bridge painted red. Hi everyone i m a first year architectural technology student doing a group research project on mario botta s bianchi house at riva san vitale 1972 1973 but in the course of my research i haven t found specific information regarding the construction materials building technologies and. Completed in 1973 this house comprises a square plan concrete tower set on the hillside of monte san giorgio.

See more ideas about mario architecture architect. The house itself consists of a cubic tower frame with heavy corner pillars built of oversize concrete blocks. Riva san vitale the site is at the end of a small road that ascends along the mountain slopes towards the. Not long after in 1971 when botta had recently graduated the same family commissioned him for a new house project but this time in the canton swiss administrative region of ticino at the foot of monde san giorgio and.

Built on a sharply inclined hillside above the village of riva san vitale on the shores of lake lugano the house is set in the lower part of the plot and laid out on different levels like a tower. Inspired by the snow across britain this week s house of the week takes us to mario botta s house at riva san vitale on lake lugano swizterland. Swiss couple carlo and leontina bianchi were close friends of mario botta when he reformed an old apartment in the small village of genestrerio for them. The bianchi house was designed by italian architect mario botta in 1971.