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Mario Botta
Mario Botta
Swiss Architect
Born: Apr 1, 1943
Architecture Building Church Light Me You
Related authors: Antoni Gaudi Frank Gehry Frank Lloyd Wright Louis Kahn Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Maya Lin Walter Gropius Zaha Hadid
A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art. Mario Botta
Art Spiritual People Voices Close Get Place Lower Museum
Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man. Mario Botta
Man Architecture Church Sacred Idea Which Fundamental Need
To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses. Mario Botta
Me Architecture Building Some Faced Small Had Idea Studying Houses Subject Going Fascinating University
Artificial light is used because you can control it better. Technically, it is more homogeneous, more delicate, and less damaging to artwork. But I think it's interesting when the visitor can see variations in the light, when it is not only technical or suitable. Mario Botta
You Better Light Technically Control Think Suitable Visitor See Variations More Only Delicate Because Artificial Artwork Interesting Used Less Technical Damaging
The architect aspires to build in a city as the artist aspires to exhibit his works in a museum. Mario Botta
Build City Architect Exhibit His Artist Works Museum
In 1996, I took advantage of some favourable circumstances to propose to the state of the Ticino Canton the foundation of the Academy of Architecture and, with it, an Italian-speaking university in Switzerland. Mario Botta
Architecture State Took Circumstances Favourable Some Propose Advantage Academy Foundation Switzerland University
There's no point in us designing synthetic laboratories that could just as well be in Dusseldorf or Helsinki. San Francisco has its light, which must be used. Mario Botta
Light Francisco Synthetic Must No Point Point Could Well Just San San Francisco Which Us Used Designing
I wanted to design a museum in which everything would seem clear. Mario Botta
Design Everything Would Seem Clear Wanted Which Museum
There is great mystery in a church. For me, there is a great privilege to be confronted with the design of a church because it shelters the most powerful themes of humanity: birth, marriage, death. Mario Botta
Death Great Me Marriage Humanity Church Design Birth Mystery Powerful Most Most Powerful Because Shelters Privilege Confronted Themes

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