Luigi Snozzi

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Luigi Snozzi (born July 29, 1932 in Mendrisio ; † December 29, 2020 in Minusio ) was a Swiss architect and professor of architecture from Ticino .

Luigi Snozzi, 2009

Life

Luigi Snozzi, 1990

Snozzi studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich from 1952 to 1957 . After graduating, he did internships with the Ticino architects Peppo Brivio in Locarno and with Rino Tami in Lugano. In 1958 he opened his own architecture office in Locarno . Modern architecture in Ticino at that time was largely exotic. Snozzi had studied at the ETH Zurich together with his equally famous colleagues Livio Vacchini and Aurelio Galfetti , what they had in common was the obvious reference to modern architecture. Snozzi worked with Livio Vacchini from 1962 to 1971. From 1973 to 1975 Snozzi was a guest lecturer for architectural design at the ETH Zurich. From 1975 to 1988 Snozzi had a second office in Zurich with his office partner Bruno Jenni. It was not until 1985, ten years after his visiting professorship in Zurich , that Snozzi finally became a full professor at EPFL ( École Polytechnique Fédérale ) in Lausanne, where he taught until 1997. From 1986 to 1988 Luigi Snozzi was chairman of the design advisory board of the city of Salzburg. In 1988 Snozzi then opened a second office in Lausanne.

With the exhibition “Trends - New Architecture in Ticino” in 1975 at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich , Snozzi's central position in the Ticino School of Architecture was presented to the general public for the first time. From this time on, his influence on the younger generation of architects in Switzerland increased - and to this day it can hardly be overestimated. For Snozzi's work, modern architecture is a constant reference point, which the "avowed socialist" never adapts uncritically. Snozzi does not make a decided break with the past, rather he understands history as an impulse for the new. His credo is: "You don't have to invent architecture, you just have to find it again."

Beyond all clichés and against great resistance, Snozzi, who was also politically active, was able to realize his idea of ​​the reinterpretation of small-scale urban life in the impressive example of the revitalization of the small town of Monte Carasso (from 1977), which he robbed from a split and its structures The settlement was transformed into a place of identification with various interventions, whereby its architecture is never obtrusively fashionable, but always reserved and subordinate to the purpose, but always full of poetry.

Snozzi died of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 88 .

Architectural language

Snozzi's buildings, often made of exposed concrete, are not autonomous objects, but always seek a relationship to the city. Only after carefully «reading the place» does Snozzi develop his architecture. In his aphorisms, too, he persistently emphasizes the important dialogue between individual buildings and the city. “I love the city,” admits Snozzi.

buildings

Casa Kalman, Brione sopra Minusio
Sports hall, changing room, Monte Carasso
Sports hall, Monte Carasso
Apartment house Bianchini, Brissago
Casa Kalman, stairwell

Awards and memberships

Quotes

  • "If you build a path, a house, an area, then think of the city!"
  • "Every intervention causes a destruction, destroy with understanding."
  • "There is nothing new to invent, everything has to be invented again."
  • «Architecture is 'EMPTY', it's up to you to define it."
  • «Diversity is the prelude to monotony. If you want to avoid monotony, repeat your element! "

student

Fonts

  • On the trail of the place. Museum of Design, Zurich 1996.
  • Luigi Snozzi et al. a .: building society. ETH, Zurich 1996.
  • Luigi Snozzi et al. a .: Building cities - urbanistic projects, ideas and works, 1972–1997. Niggli, Sulgen 1997.
  • How do you live - today? Architektur-Galerie am Weißenhof, Stuttgart 2002.
  • Le mur oublié (=  Leçons du Thoronet, No. 3). Edited by Maison de l'architecture et de la ville, Marseille 2009.

Lectures

literature

  • Jens Broszeit: Living on a steep slope. Luigi Snozzi examines the design methodology using single-family houses from 1972–1990. Dissertation. Hanover 2006.
  • Marcello Congiu: Quarantuno domande a Luigi Snozzi. Clean Edizioni, Naples 2008.
  • Pierre-Alain Croset (Ed.): Luigi Snozzi, progetti e architetture 1957–1984. Electa, Milan 1984
  • Pierre-Alain Croset (Ed.): Pour une école de tendance, mèlange offerts à Luigi Snozzi. Presse polytechniques et universitaires romande, Lausanne 1999.
  • Peter Disch: Luigi Snozzi - L'opera completa. ADV Publishing House, Lugano 2003.
  • Long live the resistance! Lecture in: Building Society. Architecture lectures of the ETH Zurich, No. 7. gta Verlag, Zurich 2009 ISBN 978-3-85676-241-4 .
  • Vanessa Giannò: Luigi Snozzi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 6, 2011 .
  • Claude Lichtenstein (Ed.): Luigi Snozzi. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1997.
  • Luigi Snozzi and the Political in Architecture. In: Du 11, 1989.
  • Roberto Masiero (Ed.): Architettura in Ticino. Skira, Milan 1999.
  • Un lugar cuatro arquitectos - Botta, Galfetti, Snozzi, Vacchini en ticino. Museo de belas artes, Caracas 1995.
  • Maximilian Rimmel and Edition Library Werner Oechslin (ed.): Luigi Snozzi - 25 aphorisms on architecture. Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2013, ISBN 978-3-7965-3264-1 .

Obituary:

  • Gabriele Detterer: Steadfast, rebellious, authentic: Luigi Snozzi was an innovative lateral thinker. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 30, 2020 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Luigi Snozzi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Addio a Luigi Snozzi
  2. ↑ Trends - New Architecture in Ticino. Schweizerische Bauzeitung 1975, pp. 815–816, doi : 10.5169 / seals-72894 .
  3. ↑ www.archipicture.eu - Luigi Snozzi - Banca Raiffeisen Monte Carasso. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  4. ↑ www.archipicture.eu - Luigi Snozzi - Palestra Monte Carasso. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  5. ↑ www.archipicture.eu - Luigi Snozzi - Spogliato Unione Sportiva Monte Carasso. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  6. ↑ www.archipicture.eu - Luigi Snozzi - Elementary School Monte Carasso. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  7. ^ BauNetz: New building on the Horn - house in Weimar finished. May 10, 2012, accessed July 16, 2020 .
  8. ↑ www.archipicture.eu - Luigi Snozzi - Elementary School Extension Monte Carasso. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  9. ↑ www.archipicture.eu - Luigi Snozzi - Casa Stefano Guidotti. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  10. ↑ www.archipicture.eu - Luigi Snozzi - Stabile Administrativo 3 Bellinzona. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  11. ^ Prix ​​Meret Oppenheim 2018. In: www.bak.admin.ch. Federal Office of Culture , accessed on November 1, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Mutual trust is a prerequisite for good living. Luigi Snozzi on the village of Monte Carasso, the city and living. In: betonprisma 96: living. Information center concrete, accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  13. ^ A b Professeur d'Architecture. Snozzi exhibition in Lausanne. Baunetz, September 27, 2010, accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Planning and building in the Alps: “There is nothing to invent, everything can be found again”: Luigi Snozzi. Symposium. Bavarian Chamber of Architects, accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  15. ^ Introductory and farewell lectures: Luigi Snozzi. ETH Zurich, October 30, 2003, accessed on May 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Snozzi, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Mendrisio
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2020
Place of death Minusio