House at Riva San Vitale

Designed by

1971Mario Botta 1973

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House at Riva San VitaleTicino SwitzerlandSite Area Size 850 square metres 220 square metres Side 10.40m Height 8.50m

House at Riva San Vitale

Visitors QuestionsShape towering, how to achieve integration with the environment? Small size, how to arrange living space? Window weird, light meets the residency requirements?

Mario botta

Mario botta1943 1958 1969 1970 1971 1976

Mario botta HisTeachersHe was once a student Caroni, and later went to Venice to learn Italian Neo-rationalism, and the adoption of the approaching, access to a rich and sophisticated space modeling skills. He also had luck at the Corbusier and Louis Kahn. He worked and learned the Cobb's Cubism, and building the prototype thinking, the experiences of his subsequent practice influential.

Mario botta Eclectic/InfluenceBotta was born in Ticino (Ticino) is in a Mediterranean and Central Europe, the intersection of many different cultural traditions, such a unique environment created Botta eclectic temperament. His modernism and post-modernism under the double impact of various cultures of the eclectic approach adopted in the absorption of Western culture, they also showed the sensitivity of local culture and history.

Botta Architectural LanguageClassical symmetric layout, Simple geometric shape, The closure of thick walls, Lighting and the election of the slit space, 3 levels of freedom of association, Placed in the vertical axis line traffic, Played with the top of skylight.

ENVIRONMENT

General LayoutSlope

Skylight Iron Bridge

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Confrontation - a natural, traditional

The ShapeBotta tried artificial means to change the balance in a certain situation, to seek a new balance. Therefore, square and round shape of these pure, geometric forms of his basic elements of architecture, so as to create an isolated world. In this premise set, he began to carefully selected with the surrounding environment linked to openings, building space frame are thus started. Botta believe a building is not manufactured, but in a specific environment, the growth of out, and he mentioned construction covenants shows the local traditional barn form, and trying to return to the past the kind of people live more in line with the natural form.

The Autumn of Lake Lugano

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Performance

StructureLoad Bearing Wall

Axis and Layout Pattern eh T t ob eh tMobile Space

Traffic Area

Main Use of Space Aerial Area

Circulation - SolutionStaircase design cleverly corners and corridors will be combined to save space, but also the use of space formed between the main channel. Mobile space is also available through style, adding a flow line. This design on more layers and each floor area are especially applicable to smaller houses.

ProportionSide Length ratio=1.4 : 1 : 1.6

Plan Levels0.00 -2.46 -4.92 -7.38 -9.84

FACADE

Virtual and actualThe elevation was not being open, plus a combination of blocks within the body, forming a rich lighting effects.

South Facade

Axis of Symmetry

Thick wallWall thickness is unusual, has the loadbearing need in the corner, but certain non-supporting parts also use the hollow structure to increase thickness.

The color of Rock Concrete BlockBotta has always been scrupulous about every detail of the detailed structure.

Bricks are his favorite material, he used brick mold appearance of a rich architectural texture.

Definition of SLIT

Compares with the general housing, it opened the window really is too small, only could call it the slit.But this is precisely a frame which the abundant tower uses to select a scene, expressed him to the limits emphasis.

Look to the East of the mountains from the balcony

Metaphor - Dry granary

Botha, in many works have used such a metaphor. This local unique architectural form, showing his respect for the spirit of regional aesthetics and values.

Ventilation and natural lighting open selection facadeEast and South facades face the open lake, therefore has the big opening area

West facade face slopes, while the north faade face the winter cold, which both sides have very small openings.

SECTION

East West Section

SPACE AND USE

The House

This is the Botta ideal: to be pure geometry. Confrontation with nature, but he has a timeless classic cube to express reverence for nature and tradition.

Inside the House

Remove the roof of Riva San Vitale, rising by four cubes in turn composed of a combination of space is still full of rhythm. However, we can see that if the removal of the cube roof, its sense of harmony with the environment will be greatly reduced.

Space Substraction

Cross Level Space

Looks downward from the master bedroom. The cross level space causes the small housing sense to be spacious, the natural lighting greatly improve, also makes many levels to ease the inconvenience caused.

Main Living Room

Iron Bridge

Bright red of the iron bridges, connecting roads and homes on the slopes of the top. This unusual bridge makes everyone impressed.

0.00Studio

Balcony

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The bedroom and balcony are in the same floor, so that its owner has the exclusive natural space

Master Bedroom

Balcony

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Small Non- living space room

Children Bedroom

-7.38Kitchen&Dining room

The spacious living room, the pleasant balcony, causes the human to place oneself unbelievably in the narrow and small castle housing. Changes in space and lighting so rich makes people surprised from their first saw.

Balcony

Living room

Evaluation of visitorsBotta has a good deal of personal realization of the ideal relationship between the residential utility. Riva San Vitale is filled with the beauty of the proportion of works of art, but also may well be the calm shores of the romantic accommodation of the lake.

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