This issue of a+u magazine is the second monographic issue dedicated to Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati.
Back in the a+u 2012:12 issue, Olgiati shared in an interview with Markus Breitschmid about his theory on “making a building that is not arbitrary and is also not determined by an ideal”. Consistent with his thinking, Olgiati’s buildings are devoid of any origin, and therefore, “non-referential” as described in this issue’s essay ideated by Olgiati and written by Breitschmid.
To further build on this representation, a short essay by Go Hasegawa engages our senses to bring us closer to the presence of one of Olgiati’s works – Villa Além. In this issue 15 projects are introduced, each accompanied by precise textured drawings and a text written by the architect.
Essay: Non-Referential Architecture. Ideated by Valerio Olgiati, Written by Markus Breitschmid
Pearling Site
Baloise Park C
Torre San Felipe
Lützowufer Residential Building
University Campus SUPSI
School Building Schauenberg
Céline Flagship Store
Apartment for an Undisclosed Fashion Designer in Paris
House in Laax
Villa Além
La Mas
House for a Priest
Pero Cuco
Experience of Space – Venice Biennale 2018
Cassons Cableway
Essay: Architecture that Stimulates Thought, by Go Hasegawa
This issue of a+u magazine is the second monographic issue dedicated to Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati.
Back in the a+u 2012:12 issue, Olgiati shared in an interview with Markus Breitschmid about his theory on “making a building that is not arbitrary and is also not determined by an ideal”. Consistent with his thinking, Olgiati’s buildings are devoid of any origin, and therefore, “non-referential” as described in this issue’s essay ideated by Olgiati and written by Breitschmid.
To further build on this representation, a short essay by Go Hasegawa engages our senses to bring us closer to the presence of one of Olgiati’s works – Villa Além. In this issue 15 projects are introduced, each accompanied by precise textured drawings and a text written by the architect.
Essay: Non-Referential Architecture. Ideated by Valerio Olgiati, Written by Markus Breitschmid
Pearling Site
Baloise Park C
Torre San Felipe
Lützowufer Residential Building
University Campus SUPSI
School Building Schauenberg
Céline Flagship Store
Apartment for an Undisclosed Fashion Designer in Paris
House in Laax
Villa Além
La Mas
House for a Priest
Pero Cuco
Experience of Space – Venice Biennale 2018
Cassons Cableway
Essay: Architecture that Stimulates Thought, by Go Hasegawa
