Architecture Quote by Mario Botta

“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.” quote by Mario Botta — Download Open image

“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.”

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I wanted to design a museum in which everything would seem clear.

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The architect aspires to build in a city as the artist aspires to exhibit his works in a museum.

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Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.

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Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.

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For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.

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I want to modernize the ancient. I prefer to work with materials formed naturally over thousands of years.

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