Mario Campi

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Mario Campi (born April 18, 1936 in Zurich ; † December 15, 2011 in Lugano ) was a Swiss architect .

Life

The five “fingers” of the HCI building at ETH Hönggerberg

Campi finished his architecture studies at the ETH Zurich in July 1960. He then worked with the architect Franco Pessina in an architecture office in Lugano, which was joined in 1969 by Niki Piazzoli. From 1977 he had a teaching position at the ETH, became professor there in 1985 and was dean of the Department of Architecture in 1988 . In 2001 he retired . After his retirement he had his own office again.

In 1986 he won a competition for the old town of Unterseen , and in 1987 for social housing in Lugano. He took part in a number of competitions and exhibitions and built not only in Switzerland, but also in Germany, Sweden and China. After 1990, the chemistry faculty at the ETH Zurich was built according to his plans.

Mario Campi died on December 15, 2011 at the age of 75.

Fonts

  • Kristin Feireiss (ed.): Mario Campi, Franco Pessina: Buildings and Projects, 1962–1994. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-433-02436-7 .
  • Young Italian architects. Giovani architetti italiani. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5783-5 .
  • Skyscrapers: an architectural type of modern urbanism. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston 2000, ISBN 3-7643-6130-1 .
  • Almost perfect periphery: Glattalstadt / Greater Zurich Area. Birkhäuser, Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7643-6311-8 .
  • Architectures and drafts = architectures and architectural design. Birkhäuser, Basel 200, ISBN 3-7643-6443-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On December 15, 2011, architect Professor Mario Campi, Lugano, died at the age of 75. The architecture course mourns the loss of Professor Mario Campi, Lausitz University of Applied Sciences, January 9, 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2012 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hs-lausitz.de
personal data
SURNAME Campi, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 2011
Place of death Lugano