Giacomo Alberti (architect)
Giacomo Alberti (born December 10, 1896 in Bedigliora , † July 7, 1973 in Massagno ) was a Swiss architect .
Life
Giacomo Alberti was born as the son of Domenico Alberti and Giuseppina Del Prete from Astano . From 1913 to 1916 he attended the Corso speciale di architettura at the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan , which he completed on December 9, 1916 with his license and first prize. He continued his career at the academy and was appointed professor of architectural drawing on November 15, 1921 . In 1922 he began his professional career in various architectural offices in Bergamo and Brescia , where he worked with the architects Angelini and Marcello Piacentini and the engineers Dabbeni and Luigi Moretti .
During this time he also won two competitions for the construction of memorials for the fallen, which were then built under his direction in Cantello and Santa Maria della Versa . He also planned and managed the construction of the Villa Papagni in Bergamo. In 1926 he settled in Lugano and planned and managed the Villa Ferrari in Lugano-Besso and the Casa Contoli in Via Lavizzari, Lugano , together with the architect Bernardo Ramelli .
He carried out important restorations (Church of Sant'Antonio in Balerna ) and new buildings such as the Church of Santa Lucia in Massagno . In December 1933 he asked for admission to the SIA ( Società ingegneri e architetti ), to which he was admitted on March 13, 1934. Several young architects worked in his studio, including Tita Carloni , Gianfranco Rossi , Tito Lucchini (1960–1961), Angelo Bianchi and Stelio Ballerini (until 1952). He was active in both private and public construction throughout his life and worked continuously until 1972.
Major works
- 1918: Villa Pagnamenta in Sorengo
- 1925: Villino Piffaretti in Lugano
- 1928: Casa Studio of the lawyer Tarchini in Balerna
- 1928: Villa Ganna in Lugano-Besso
- 1929: Restoration of the Sant'Antonio church in Balerna
- 1931: Fontana Pedrazzini in Locarno
- 1931: Church of Santa Lucia in Massagno
- 1931: Villa Aglio in Bellinzona
- 1932: Villa Bernasconi in Cassarate
- 1933: Rota house in Lugano-Loreto
- 1933: Albizzati house in Lugano
- 1934: Famedio and cemetery in Massagno
- 1934: Church of San Gottardo in Cureggia (extension)
- 1935: Primary school in Sorengo
- 1936: Church in Montedato ( Lavertezzo )
- 1937–1938: Parish Church of Santa Teresa of Lisieux in Viganello
- 1941: Casa del Cappello in Lugano
- 1943: Pazzalino cemetery ( Pregassona )
- 1945: Autorimessa Morganti in Molino Nuovo
- 1949: Expansion of the Albergo Unione in Bellinzona
- 1954: Primary school in Morbio Inferiore
- 1960: Apartment houses in Via Trevano in Lugano
- 1971: Villa Christensen-Pagnamenta in Sorengo
Web links
- Giacomo Alberti at Fondazione Archivi Architetti Ticinesi (Italian)
- Chiesa di Santa Lucia on the Dictionnaire Sensagent des Le Parisien (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Lara Calderari: Bernardo Ramelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 9, 2009 , accessed January 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Giacomo Alberti. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. Volume 8, p. 5 (PDF digitized version ), accessed on October 23, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alberti, Giacomo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bedigliora |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th July 1973 |
| Place of death | Massagno |