Mario Botta's Casa Rotanda
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The Swiss architect Mario Botta designed this round house in Stabio, Ticino, Switzerland, in 1980, that is rather monumental in its symmetry.
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The house a small plot of land, 750 m2 located on the northern edge of a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Stabio.
Using a cylindrical volume wanted to avoid elevations, necessarily, be compared with the facades of the around existing homes. A well articulated building justifies its existence in the space between the earth, which is fixed by its perimeter, and the sky, whom the roof opens vertically through the skylight. Around this vertical space I organized different functions of life, with the ground floor conceived as a transitional space between inside and outside, the first floor as a catalyst of diffe
Lighting A skylight, which occupies three quarters of the length of the north-south axis, provides a constant stream of natural light following the movement of the sun. The rows of windows from floor to ceiling located along the north and south facades maximize light and let the landscape into space, connecting with the outside. During the afternoon, strategically placed sconces on the walls and hanging lamps illuminate the house
Cylinder Once chosen the cylinder as a form, is just develop it and make it habitable, a task that is complicated because any added spoil the pure form. The output that appealed Botta was the abduction, emptying space and openings to illuminate it.
Using a cylindrical volume wanted to avoid elevations, necessarily, be compared with the facades of the around existing homes. A well articulated building justifies its existence in the space between the earth, which is fixed by its perimeter, and the sky, whom the roof opens vertically through the skylight. Around this vertical space I organized different functions of life, with the ground floor conceived as a transitional space between inside and outside, the first floor as a catalyst of diffe
"I imagined a circular building, crossed in its north-south axis by a fissure from which descends daylight.
A volume organized on three levels, a tower, or rather, an object designed and cut himself .
The intention was to avoid any comparison and / or contrast with the surrounding buildings, but looking a spatial relationship with the distant landscape and horizon"
White House , Berlin (H-House)
Rob Krier (born 1938 in Grevenmacher) is a Luxembourgian sculptor, architect, urban designer and theÂoÂrist.
He is forÂmer proÂfesÂsor of arÂchiÂtecÂture at Vienna
UniÂverÂsity of Technology, AusÂtria.
From 1993 to mid-2010 he has worked in
partÂnerÂship with
arÂchiÂtect Christoph Kohl in a joint ofÂfice based in Berlin, GerÂmany.
He is the older brother of felÂlow arÂchiÂtect Léon Krier. Both are well-known
repÂreÂsenÂtaÂtives of
New Urbanism and New
ClasÂsiÂcal Architecture.
Morbio Secondary School , Mario Botta
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust.
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Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history.
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It is dedicated to helping leaders and citizens of the world confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy.
