Americo Marazzi

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Americo Marazzi (born April 12, 1879 in Lugano ; † December 11, 1963 there ) was a Swiss architect and politician (FDP) .

biography

Americo Marazzi was born on April 12, 1879 in Lugano, the son of Luigi Marazzi. He was a Roman Catholic and entitled to reside in Lugano. Marazzi devoted himself to studying architecture at the Technikum in Winterthur , from which he graduated with a diploma. Subsequently, he worked as an architect mainly in Lugano, where he was employed as a city architect from 1902 to 1915. In 1910 Marazzi founded the "Rivista tecnica della Svizzera italiana" , the organ of the Ticino section of the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA), which he headed until 1922.

With his artistic touch he contributed to giving Lugano a new urban face at the beginning of the 20th century . Americo Marazzi's architecture was initially based on Art Nouveau , later took on various currents from the Lombard style of Camillo Boito to influences of the neo-Renaissance to Marcello Piacentini's formal language . Among other things, he designed the Cinema Teatro in Chiasso , which opened in 1935.

Americo Marazzi first married the Italian citizen Luigina Agostina Giovanna Rafaela née Giganti, in the second marriage Maria Adele Giuseppina née Borrini from Scareglia . He died on December 11, 1963, four months before the age of 85, in his native Lugano.

Political offices

Americo Marazzi, a member of the Free Democratic Party, was a member of the city council of Lugano from 1920 to 1932, where he headed the building department. In addition, he held the office of deputy mayor. In addition, he took a seat on the Ticino Grand Council for his party with interruptions from 1917 to 1951 .

List of works (selection)

  • Villa Elisa , Lugano 1905
  • Besso municipal school , Lugano 1909
  • Villa Bertazzoli , Lugano 1912
  • Palazzo Baldaracco , Lugano, 1915
  • Casino Kursaal , Campione d'Italia, 1917-19
  • Single-family house , Lugano, approx. Between 1910 and 1920
  • Palazzina Vanini , Lugano, 1925
  • Palazzina Ambrosetti-Poretti , Lugano 1926
  • Alhambra office building , Lugano, 1926
  • Palazzo Luigi della Santa in Casserina , Lugano approx. 1925–1930
  • Cinema teatro , Chiasso, 1934
  • Palazzo Torricelli , Lugano, 1935

literature

supporting documents

  1. ^ Andreas Hauser: Inventory of recent Swiss architecture , 1850–1920 . Lugano. In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): INSA . tape 6 . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-280-02058-1 , p. 294 , col. 1 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-7529 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on September 17, 2015]).
  2. ↑ INSA Volume 6 p. 307 ( e-periodica.ch )
  3. ↑ INSA Volume 6 p. 294 ( e-periodica.ch )
  4. ↑ INSA Volume 6 p. 294 ( e-periodica.ch )
  5. ↑ INSA Volume 6 p. 298 ( e-periodica.ch )
personal data
SURNAME Marazzi, Americo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect and politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Lugano
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1963
Place of death Lugano