Americo Marazzi
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
- Lara Calderari: Americo Marazzi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 14, 2017 , accessed March 19, 2020 .
- Nicola Navone: Marazzi, Amerigo. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds): Architects Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1998, p. 358 ISBN 3-7643-5261-2
supporting documents
- ^ 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]).
- ↑ INSA Volume 6 p. 307 ( e-periodica.ch )
- ↑ INSA Volume 6 p. 294 ( e-periodica.ch )
- ↑ INSA Volume 6 p. 294 ( e-periodica.ch )
- ↑ INSA Volume 6 p. 298 ( e-periodica.ch )
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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 |