Flora Ruchat-Roncati

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School of Comunali in Chiasso
Motorway bridge of the A16 "Transjurane" near Choindez
Bagno Pubblico in Bellinzona

Flora Ruchat-Roncati , born Flora Ruchat (born June 4, 1937 in Mendrisio , Canton Ticino ; † October 24, 2012 in Zurich ) was a Swiss architect . She was considered an important representative of the "Ticino School".

Life

Flora Ruchat studied architecture at the ETH Zurich and worked for Rino Tami , among others . Between 1962 and 1971 she realized important buildings in Ticino together with Aurelio Galfetti and Ivo Trümpy and was considered an essential representative of the so-called "Ticino School". From 1971 she worked with her own atelier FRR in Riva San Vitale in the canton of Ticino, from 1975 to 1985 in Rome . From 1975 she took over responsibility for the design of the Lega Nazionale Coop. Abitazioni .

She worked with various architects and in 1996, together with Dolf Schnebli and Tobias Ammann (from 1991 as Schnebli Ammann Ruchat Architekten und Partner AG in Zurich; from 1996 Schnebli Ammann Ruchat Menz Architekten AG in Zurich and Agno), the Suglio office complex for the major bank UBS in Manno finished near Lugano . Between 1989 and 1998, together with Renato Salvi , she realized bridges and tunnel portals for the Jura motorway “Transjurane”.

In 1977 she taught architectural theory at the University of Reggio Calabria . She was visiting professor at ETH Zurich (1978/80), Syracuse University (1980), Cornell University (1980), University of Florence (1982), Bouakademie / Amsterdam (1983), University of La Sapienza and University of Rome III (1979/2000) inside. October 1, 1985, she received a call to the Chair of Architecture and Design at the ETH Zurich; she was the first full professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. She retired on September 30, 2002 . In 1999/01 and 2002/03 she was a member of the international design advisory board of the city of Salzburg .

Their designs were shaped by the work of Le Corbusier . She was a member of the Federation of Swiss Architects (BSA) (since 1978), the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA) , Federazione svizzera degli urbanisti (FSU) and the Italian Chamber of Architects OAR.

buildings

  • School centers in Chiasso (Scuole Comunali), Riva San Vitale (Scuola elementare 1962/64 and 1970/72, Scuola materna 1968, Palestra delle scuole 1973), Lugano (Scuola Tecnica Superiore), Viganello (Scuola materna 1968/70) (each with Galfetti and Trümpy) (1962/75)
  • Bellinzona swimming pool (Bagno pubblico e piscina coperta del Centro Sportivo di Bellinzona) (1970/72)
  • Housing development La ColaSiderTa, Taranto (1978/82)
  • Suglio - UBS Administration and Training Center (SAR), Manno (1990/96)
  • Design plan for the village center of Riva San Vitale (1987/2000)
  • ETH Lausanne, North Quarter (1993/05)
  • La Transjurane A12 : Architectural design of the motorway (with Renato Salvi) (1987/02)
  • SBB AlpTransit Gotthard - support for the landscape and structural design of the high-speed railway (advisory group for design) (since 1992)
  • Consultant of the Comune di Roma «Interventi di Qualità» (2004/06)
  • Cable car station Lussari (with Carlo Toson), Tarvisio (2001/04)
  • Hauser Housing, Riva San Vitale (2002/03)
  • Student residence / Convento delle Grazie (with Carlo Toson) Udine (since 2007)
  • Casa unifamiliare, Riva San Vitale (2008)
  • Single-family house, Besano (2008/09)

Fonts

literature

  • Werner Oechslin (author), Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani (author), Inès Lamunière (author), Fabio Reinhart (author), Leonardo Zanier (author), Dolf Schnebli (author), Antonella Pasqualini (author), Sandra Giraudi (author), Dieter Geissbühler (author), Markus Friedli (author): Flora Ruchat-Roncati , gta Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-85676-080-6 .
  • Nicola Navone, Bruno Reichlin: Il Bagno di Bellinzona di Aurelio Galfetti, Flora Ruchat-Roncati, Ivo Trümpy , Mendrisio Academy Press 2010, ISBN 978-88-87624-45-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flora Ruchat-Roncati - exhibition catalog , nextroom.at, accessed on October 29, 2012
  2. ↑ E 'morta l'architetto ticinese Flora Ruchat-Roncati  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ticino live, October 25, 2012 (Italian)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ticinolive.ch  
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Roman Hollenstein: Great Ticino architect - On the death of Flora Ruchat-Roncati . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . No. 252 . Zurich October 29, 2012, p. 32 .
  4. ↑ Schindler Lecture # 10: Existing - Transition , ÖGFA - Austrian Society for Architecture, November 27, 2009
  5. ↑ Ursula Riederer: Insight into a cultural asset worn by many , Tessiner Zeitung , August 20, 2010
  6. ↑ Bellinzona, Bagno pubblico , Schweizer Heimatschutz , accessed on October 29, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Ruchat-Roncati, Flora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruchat, Flora (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Mendrisio , Canton Ticino
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2012
Place of death Zurich