Valerio Olgiati

Valerio Olgiati (born July 18, 1958 in Chur ) is an internationally active Swiss architect .

Life

Valerio Olgiati was born in 1958 as the son of the Bündner architect Rudolf Olgiati and studied architecture at the ETH Zurich from 1980 to 1986 . From 1993 to 1995 he ran an architecture office in Los Angeles with Frank Escher and opened his own office in Zurich in 1996 , which moved to Flims in 2008 . From 1998–2000 he was a visiting professor at the ETH Zurich and in 2002 at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London , and in 2005 he was visiting professor at Cornell University in Ithaca , New York State . Since 2002 Valerio Olgiati has been a full professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Mendrisio. In autumn 2009 he leads the Kenzō Tange Chair at Harvard University , Cambridge , USA .

gallery

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  Secondary school house, Paspels

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  The Yellow House , Flims

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  Atelier Bardill, Scharans

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  National Park House , Swiss National Park, Zernez

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  Valerio Olgiati office, Flims

Works and projects (selection)

• 1991 District plan for the Cuncas area in Sils in the Engadine
• 1991 House Kucher in Rottenburg am Neckar , Germany
• 1994 Reconstruction of the Beirut souk , Lebanon
• 1995 Korean Cultural Center (KOMA) in Los Angeles , USA
• 1998 Caumase project, Flims
• 1998 Secondary school in Paspels
• 1999 New house Sari d'Orcino, Corsica
• 1999 Museum " The Yellow House " in Flims
• 2003 Peak Gornergrat Zermatt
• 2003 New building for the University of Lucerne
• 2004 National Palace Museum , Taiwan
• 2004 Learning Center, EPFL Lausanne
• 2005 Residential and Business Complex, Tirana , Albania
• 2005 New house K + N in Wollerau
• 2006 New construction of the Dado office, Flims
• 2007 New construction of the Bardill studio house in Scharans
• 2007 Cantina Carnasciale in Mercatale, Tuscany
• 2008 New visitor center, Swiss National Park , Zernez
• 2008 Museum XXI in Perm , Russia
• 2008 Schlossgut Hohenbeilstein winery , Germany
• 2008/09 entrance area of ​​the large council building in Chur
• 2010/11 residential development ZugSchleife, Zug
• 2014 Villa Além (own holiday home) in the Portuguese region of Alentejo , municipality of São Francisco da Serra

Honourings and prices

• 1993 Recognition of the German Architecture Prize for the Kucher House, Rottenburg a / N, Germany
• 1994 Federal Art Scholarship , Switzerland
• 1995 Federal Prize for Free Art (with Frank Escher), Switzerland
• 1995 Award for the house Kucher, Rottenburg a / N by the Chamber of Architects Baden-Württemberg , Germany
• 1998 Award "Best Building 1998 in Switzerland", Bronzener Hase, Schweizer Fernsehen 10 to 10 , for the Paspels high school , Switzerland
• 1999 Award "Best Building 1999 in Switzerland", Goldener Hase, Schweizer Fernsehen 10 to 10 , for the Yellow House in Flims , Switzerland
• 1999 International Architecture Prize for " New Building in the Alps ", Sexten Culture, award for school in Paspels , Italy
• 2001 Award "Good Buildings Canton Graubünden" for the Paspels Schoolhouse and the Yellow House in Flims , Switzerland
• 2001 Architecture Prize Concrete for the Paspels Schoolhouse , Switzerland
• 2006 International Architecture Prize for " New Building in the Alps ", Sexten Culture, Award for Yellow House , Flims , Switzerland
• 2007 Award "Best Building 2007 in Switzerland", Bronzener Hase, Schweizer Fernsehen 10 to 10 , for Atelierhaus Bardill, Scharans , Switzerland
• 2008 Award "Best Building 2008 in Switzerland", Goldener Hase, Schweizer Fernsehen 10 to 10 , for the Visitor Center of the Swiss National Park , Zernez , Switzerland
• 2009 Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects , London
• 2009 Concrete Architecture Prize for House K + N, Visitor Center of the Swiss National Park and Atelierhaus Bardill, Switzerland
• 2010 bronze rabbit award in the "Architecture" category. Awarded by the Hochparterre magazine for the entrance to the Grand Council building in Chur , Switzerland

Solo exhibitions

• 1998 Galleria Aam, Milan , Italy "1 progetto", introductory lecture by Kenneth Frampton
• 1999 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich , Switzerland , "The Yellow House, Flims"
• 2002 Gallery Museum, Bozen , Italy , "valerio olgiati - idee"
• 2008 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich , Switzerland , "Valerio Olgiati"
• 2009 Università della Svizzera italiana , Switzerland , "Valerio Olgiati"
• 2009 Royal Institute of British Architects , London , UK , "Valerio Olgiati"
• 2009 Yellow House , Flims , "Dado - Built and lived in by Rudolf and Valerio Olgiati"
• 2010 OPO'LAB, Porto , Portugal , "Valerio Olgiati"
• 2011–2012 MOMAT , Tokyo , Japan , "VALERIO OLGIATI / ヴ ァ レ リ オ ・ オ ル ジ ャ テ ィ 展"

Literature (monographs)

• A lecture by Valerio Olgiati, Birkhäuser Verlag Basel , Switzerland 2011; German: ISBN 978-3-0346-0782-7 ; English: ISBN 978-3-0346-0783-4 ; Spanish: ISBN 978-3-0346-0787-2 ; French: ISBN 978-3-0346-0784-1 ; Italian: ISBN 978-3-0346-0785-8 ; Japanese: ISBN 978-3-0346-0786-5 .
• VALERIO OLGIATI AT THE MUSEUM / ヴ ァ レ リ オ ・ オ ル ジ ャ テ ィ 展, publisher Hosaka Kenjiro, MOMAT , The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo , Japan 2011–2012; Japanese and English: ISBN 978-4-9902409-3-6 .
• El Croquis # 156, VALERIO OLGIATI 1996 - 2011, croquis edotorial Madrid , Spain 2011; ISSN  0212-5633 , ISBN 978-84-88386-65-6 .
• Valerio Olgiati, access to the Grand Council Chur, publisher of the Graubünden structural engineering office, Switzerland 2011; German: ISBN 978-3-9523831-0-0 ; English: ISBN 978-3-9523831-3-1 ; Italian: ISBN 978-3-9523831-1-7 ; Romansh: ISBN 978-3-9523831-2-4 .
• Valerio Olgiati, Weber lecture hall Plantahof, editor of the Graubünden structural engineering office, Switzerland 2011; German: ISBN 978-3-9523831-4-8 ; English: ISBN 978-3-9523831-5-5 .
• Darco Magazine, monograph Valerio Olgiati, Darco Editions, Matosinhos , Portugal ; ISSN  1646-950X .
• Dado, built and inhabited by Rudolf Olgiati and Valerio Olgiati, Selina Walder (ed.), Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel , 2010; German: ISBN 978-3-0346-0375-1 , English: ISBN 978-3-0346-0430-7 .
• VALERIO OLGIATI, edited by Laurent Stalder. Texts by Mario Carpo, Bruno Reichlin and Laurent Stalder; Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König , Cologne 2008 (first edition); Quart Verlag, Luzern , 2010 (second edition); German ISBN 978-3-03761-030-5 , English: ISBN 978-3-03761-031-2 .
• The Significance of the Idea in the Architecture of Valerio Olgiati, text in German and English by Markus Breitschmid , Verlag Niggli AG , Switzerland , 2008, ISBN 978-3-7212-0676-0 .
• Valerio Olgiati: Atelier Bardill / House for a Musician. Edition Dino Simonett, 2007, ISBN 978-3-905562-54-5 .
• Valerio Olgiati: Conversation with Students. Edited by Markus Breitschmid , Virginia Tech Architecture Publications, USA , 2007, ISBN 978-0-9794296-3-7 .
• 2G, Valerio Olgiati, Gustavo Gili Barcelona, ​​n.37, 2006, ISBN 978-84-252-2088-3 .
• Valerio Olgiati, PLAN 1: 100, Edition Dino Simonett, 2004, ISBN 3-905562-13-8 .
• Valerio Olgiati: The Yellow House, Kunsthaus Bregenz . archiv kunst architektur, Werkdokumente 19, 2000, Verlag Gerd Hatje, ISBN 3-7757-1004-3 .
• 14 student projects with Valerio Olgiati 1998 - 2000, Quart Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-907631-04-8 .
• VALERIO OLGIATI, The Yellow House, publication for the exhibition at the ETH Zurich , May 28 - July 15, 1999, gta Verlag, ETH Zurich, ISBN 3-85676-091-1 .
• Valerio Olgiati, PASPELS, Edition Dino Simonett, 1998, ISBN 3-9521375-5-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NZZ
2. ^ Villa Além in the Alentejo. In: arch INFORM .

Web links

Commons : Valerio Olgiati  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Valerio Olgiati
• Valerio Olgiati. In: arch INFORM .
• Daniel A. Walser: Idea expressed by structural invention in: World Architecture. Valerio Olgiati , No. 8, Beijing August 2012, ISSN  1002-4832