There’s no point in us designing synthetic laboratories that could just as well be in Dusseldorf or Helsinki. San Francisco has its light, which must be used. Mario Botta Read Quote
The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists from the world of building. Mario Botta Read Quote
A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art. Mario Botta Read Quote
The architect aspires to build in a city as the artist aspires to exhibit his works in a museum. Mario Botta Read Quote
In 1996, I took advantage of some favourable circumstances to propose to the state of the Ticino Canton the foundation of the Academy of Architecture and, with it, an Italian-speaking university in Switzerland. Mario Botta Read Quote
It was very useful to learn the history, the theory, and the art of building from a practical background. Mario Botta Read Quote
Artificial light is used because you can control it better. Technically, it is more homogeneous, more delicate, and less damaging to artwork. But I think it’s interesting when the visitor can see variations in the light, when it is not only technical or suitable. Mario Botta Read Quote
There is great mystery in a church. For me, there is a great privilege to be confronted with the design of a church because it shelters the most powerful themes of humanity: birth, marriage, death. Mario Botta Read Quote
