Franco Pessina
Franco Pessina (born January 27, 1933 in Lugano ) is a Swiss architect .
Life
Franco Pessina attended high school in Lugano and then completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman in Bellinzona from 1947 to 1951 . Between 1953 and 1961 he ran his own architecture office. From 1962 he worked with Mario Campi and from 1969 to 1983 with Niki Piazzoli . Pessina worked as a lecturer at the ETH Zurich in 1983/84 . In 1984 he was a lecturer at the Ecole d'Architecture in Nancy and between 1985 and 1996 lecturer at the Scuola tecnica superiore of the Canton of Ticino in Lugano-Trevano. Since 1997 he has been running his own architecture office in Lugano again.
Major works
- 1962: Casa Vanini
- 1968: Casa Filippini in Muzzano TI
- Conversion of the Castello di Montebello into the Museo Civico
- 1975: School in Caslano
- 1981: Casa Boni and 1985 terraced houses in Via Cabione in Massagno
- 1988–1990: Chapel of Nostra Signora di Fatima in Giova fraction of the municipality of Buseno , with Mario Campi,
- 1992–1996: Apartment building in Via Beltramina in Lugano (together with Mario Campi)
- 2001: Third expansion phase of the ETH Zurich on the Hönggerberg (chemistry and materials department).
literature
- Dagmar Böcker: Franco Pessina. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 30, 2009 , accessed March 18, 2020 .
Web links
- Franco Pessina (Italian) on caffe.chwww.caffe.ch/stories
- Franco Pessina (Italian) on otia.ch/albo
- Franco Pessina. In: arch INFORM .
Individual evidence
- ^ Dagmar Böcker: Pessina, Franco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2009 .
- ↑ Madonna di Fatima chapel
- ↑ Casa a pigione moderata (Italian) on vitruvio.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pessina, Franco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lugano , Canton Ticino |