Tita Carloni
Giovanni Battista (Tita) Carloni (born June 24, 1931 in Rovio ; † November 24, 2012 in Mendrisio ) was a Swiss architect , professor of architecture and politician from the canton of Ticino .
Career
Tita Carloni studied architecture at the ETH Zurich as the son of Taddeo Carloni, teacher at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Lugano , and Elvezia Piffaretti, who grew up in Rovio in the Lugano district . His first marriage was to Ilse Ruetsch and his second marriage to Luigia Cairoli.
Carloni worked with the Ticino architects Rino Tami , Peppo Brivio , Luigi Snozzi , Livio Vacchini and Mario Botta . From 1956 he ran an architecture office in Lugano together with Luigi Camenisch. With Max Bill he realized the Art de vivre - Joie de vivre sector at the Swiss national exhibition Expo 64 in Lausanne . From 1968 to 1991 he taught at the University of Geneva .
From 1960 to 1967 he was a member of the Federal Commission for Monument Preservation (EKD) and from 1988 to 1989 of the Federal Art Commission (EKK).
From 1971 to 1978 he represented the Partito Socialista Autonomo (PSA) in the Grand Council of the Canton of Ticino .
Catalog of works (selection)
- Casa Balmelli , Rovio, 1956-1957
- Albergo Arizona , Lugano , 1957
- Casa Carloni , Pregassona , 1957
- Palazzo Bianchi , residential, commercial and office building, Lugano, 1960
- Villa Gerosa , Rancate , 1965
- Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst , Rancate, 1967
- Casa Perucchi , Arosio , 1968-1970
- Palazzo of the Christian-Social Organization of Ticino OCST, Lugano, 1970
- Restoration of the rectory , Sorengo , 1968–1971
- Institute of the OTAF Foundation for the Care of the Disabled , Sorengo, 1971
- Ceredain , terraced housing estate , Balerna , 1974
- Schoolhouse , Stabio , 1974
- Motorway filling station on the A 2 , Airolo , Stalvedro district, 1987.
- Extension of the City building , Chiasso 1989–1992
- San Giovanni Battista Church , Gnosca , 1993
- Restoration of the exterior of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo (Lugano) , 1998–2003.
Fonts
- Tita Carloni: 50 anni di architettura in Ticino 1930–1980. In: Quaderno della Rivista Tecnica della Svizzera Italiana. Novaggio 1983.
literature
- Tita Carloni, Rino Tami. Bellinzona 1992.
- Marino Cattaneo: Tita Carloni. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .
- Nicola Navone: Il progetto di Tita Carloni per la Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst. In Il Rinascimento nelle terre ticinesi 2. Dal territorio al museo. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2018, pp. 17–25.
Web links
- Mezzanine floor: memories of Tita Carloni
- Ticino Architects Archive (Archivi Architetti Ticinesi), Fund 009
- Excursion guide Ticino pp. 24–25
- Tita Carloni on vitruvio.ch
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carloni, Tita |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carloni, Giovanni Battista (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rovio |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 2012 |
| Place of death | Mendrisio |