L 'architect Mario Botta was born in Mendrisio, Switzerland in 1943, he learned to design in the study of Tita Carloni, after he graduated from the faculty of architecture of 'University of Venice. On a hill north of Pregassona Lugano (Ticino), we find this house as the prototype svilupatto by Botta, a compact solid, although torn by deep grooves that reveal the interior layout. plants are balanced and rational. This is reflected in the four-sided symmetrical-even with the large windows sometimes lag behind the walls, where the light comes and we can say these are the 'unique decoration along with the skylight in the face, who has become a leitmotif of opere.Nel its ground floor there is the 'entrance, staircase and two rooms of service in the first floor kitchen, dining room, lounge with fireplace and bathroom; finally in the second floor bedroom bed, the children's room, two balconies, a closet and the bathroom.
We see here the 'homes of great value Botta with the landscape, and even finger in his thought: "the territory in dialogue with their architecture on a continuous basis as the changing of time and history. A misunderstanding that periodically resurfaces in the evaluation of the relationship between architecture and 'environment' s idea that makes any architectural intervention novo an alleged superiority of the values \u200b\u200bof existing environment ... I believe that this attitude rather than expressing sensitivity and attention to existing values, expressed fear and distrust nova to every expression.
Contrary to this attitude I think we should simply accept the 'evidence of the facts and, once recognized the legitimacy of' intervention, the same place as the centerpiece of a new transformation. In this case the 'architecture qualifies as a tool for construction of a new equilibrium where the existing values \u200b\u200bwill be assumed not to be defended or protected, but to be interpreted as values \u200b\u200bin new and projected needs ... "This book is a
example of how beauty can do with few resources: blocks of cement, glass, metal and even light that uses a different material to build, these are the elements of his poetry.
