Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi dies of Covid-19

2020-12-30T13:12:00-05:00

Luigi Snozzi, considered the leader of the so-called new Ticino school of architecture, has died aged 88 in Minusio, southern Switzerland. [...] He worked in Locarno (1958), Zurich (1975-88) and Lausanne (1988), and collaborated with Mario Botta, Tita Carloni, Aurelio Galfetti, Bruno Jenni (his brother-in-law) and Livio Vacchini.

In a 2013 interview with the AEFoundation, Snozzi said: "I would say the biggest problem today for architects is the city, and for that reason it is important in architectural education to start with the problem of the city."

"Whereas usually in education one starts with a small project a little house or something like that, I think that instead I would rather start with giving them a piece of the city to design. You first have to learn about the city and then you can do a house because that is in a sense out of context with the city and it’s the most difficult project because every single room has different requirements; living room, bedroom, kitchen and so on."

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Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi dies of Covid-19