Project 01: "Mario Botta", "Casa Rotonda"

Timeline

April 1, 1943    Mario Botta was born in Mendrisio, Switzerland. He was born on April Fool's too.

1969    Mario Botta attended the Universita Iuav di Venezia in Venice, Italy.

1980-1982    Casa Rotonda was built in Stabio, Ticino, Switzerland and is a very cool circular house.

1995    The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), in San Francisco, California, USA, is a beautiful work of architecture from Mario Botta.

1991-1996    Evry Cathedral, built in Evry, France and has a cool cut cylinder shape that is shown in Mario Botta's Church of San Giovanni Battista and the SFMOMA.

1996    The Jean Tinguely Museum in Basel,  Switzerland has a cool lighter brick than Mario Botta usually uses.

2003    Torre Kyobo in Seoul, South Korea, is very cool because it looks is if there were two buildings and then they got  connected by one big brick.

2013    Granato Chapel built in Penkenjoch, Zillertal, Austria is a big hexagonal prism made out of brick.

1959-Present    Mario Botta's working life started in 1959 and has gone in since; that is over 50 years!

1995-Present    Mario Botta has been making beautiful single family homes in Canton, Ticino, Switzerland for a long time.
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Mario Botta the Incredible

The skylight and the brick,
black, orange, and white.
It's almost like a tick;
with the same colors and light.

"Every" Cathedral and house
has a cool shape or design.
It's as precise as a mouse,
and as fine as wine.

He's a revolutionary architect.
No better one out there.
His work is never a wreck.
No one else will even compare.

Here are some great examples;
the SFMOMA and Casa Rotonda.
For anyone else this would be a gamble.
It's so complicated - like the word rhododendron!

However, it's really interesting
how all his works are similar.
With the same chiseling,
all his work would fit in 1 key signature.

His use of masonry is quite amazing
​and how he incorporates light is too.
If you saw it you would start dazing
because his work is like a perfect nut and screw.

And that's all about Mario Botta,
the greatest architect of all time!
Just remember this sonata,
and this beautiful rhyme.

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Analysis Drawings: Casa Rotonda

Final Drawings: Casa Rotonda

Floor Plan

Elevation

Perspective

Project 02: Merge House

Client Narrative

Merging - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires;

​Concept Work: Merge

Parti Model

House Ideas

Room Planning

Final Drawings and Model: Merge

Southeast View

Northwest View

1st Floor Plan

Southwest View

Project Model

2nd Floor Plan

Northeast View

East Elevation

3rd Floor Plan