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The church in Mogno is a masterpiece of geometry, pattern and craftmanship. To me, the influence of Louis Kahn is clear in this work, especially through the use of stone.

Donovan Hanekom

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The composition of the volumes recalls the architecture of Louis Kahn.

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Library of the science University of Tsinghua (Beijing)

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Library of the science University of Tsinghua (Beijing)

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Researching for our current lecture, I learnt that Borromini (Botta's neighbour) based his designs on geometric figures (modules) rather than on the proportions of the human body. So now I know why Mario Botta’s buildings are often defined by geometry as in this example.

Veronica Martinez-Starnes

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Spacio Sacro- at Pinacoteca Comunale Casa Rusca in Locarno

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Spacio Sacro- at Pinacoteca Comunale Casa Rusca in Locarno

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In this building i noticed the influence of Carlo Scarpa, because the form that Botta uses, like circle, triangle and square are also geometric forms that Scarpa used the most.
Blerta Emini

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in this building we can see the influence  of Le Corbusier in  the design of the museum Bechtler, the use of the simples shapes, the piles and the free floor

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per me questo esempio di architettura ricorda le linee guida di Le Corbusier , in quanto il territorio viene trasformato in architettura per risolvere un problema che in questo caso si identifica con il suono del passaggio dell'autostrada.

Lorenza Bottarelli

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La purezza della geometria radicale ricorda Louis Kahn.

Delphine Mondon

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Casa unifamiliare, Pregassona, Switzerland 

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Casa unifamiliare, Pregassona, Switzerland 

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In this project of the 1979, it could be interesting to underline the influence of some aspects of Le Corbusier architecture. First of all the importance of the centrality of the plan, inside in a square shape. Alternation of full and empty surfaces, where the empty is described by the elements made by glass.

Orlando M. Della Valle

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Stefano Abastanotti

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The materials tell the company, the weather and the development of new technologies. Knowing how to move and fascinate through the simple use of a common material, which every day is always in front of the eyes and that we all know well is a fundamental ability for a great teacher.

Stefano Abastanotti

Philip Exeter_library

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Juxtaposition of materials and simple shapes as in Louis Kahn architecture.

Chiara Di Matteo

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Mario Botta e the great master Francesco Borromini

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Mario Botta e the great master Francesco Borromini

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It's incredible how this architecture remind the great master Francesco Borromini with his San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane.

Serena Schiraldi

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Carlo Scarpa's work in Querini Stampalia carefully blended old and new, using Istrian stone, clean defined lines, and water inside the building — which echoed the canals surrounding it.

Mario Botta managed to continue the water theme, the court roofing giving the appearance of reflected water.
Sharon Wells

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In the housing complex in Novazzano (1992), Mario Botta uses circular concrete arches, which remind me Exeter Library by Louis Kahn and Brion Cemetery by Carlo Scarpa in style and form, while in the use of exposed concrete he reminds me of Le Corbusier. In a simple arc we can reconnect his masters let alone in other more complex works.
Luca Pinti

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I see influence of carlo scarpa in this work. both for materials and attention to detail and geometric shapes

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Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista a Mogno, Svizzera

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Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista a Mogno, Svizzera

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I found several similarities with Louis Kahn and le corbusier compared to Mario Botta, including the use of materials such as cement or brick and especially the pure shapes that are cut.
an example that brings me back to le corbusier is the church of San Giovanni which takes up the upper part of the Chandigarh building.

FOGLIA FRANCESCA

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I think one of the influences that i can recognize in Botta´s work is Carlos Scarpa, the use of materials bring a lot of strenght to everything. It is pure and it is clear the use of them

/Gaudy Orejuela

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I see Le Corbusier's geometry in this temple.
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Vladyslav Kotserubskyi

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In the works Stone flower I see the greatest impact of Luis Kahn and looking all the arhitecture of Mario Botta I see the greatest impact of Luis Kahn.It's functional accent, solid structure, rhythm, simplicity of shape....(Vladimir vlada)

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This building reminds me that Botta said he learned from Le Corbusier to transform the problems of  life into architecture. The architecture of this wellness centre would perhaps help people with problems to resolve them. Botta says from Kahn he learned to seek the origins of problems. This building to me very ably resolves the challenges of the surrounding environment.
I found this exercise hard to do, I'm not sure I have answered it well.
(Mary-Anne Camp)

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Inspired by Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier. The influence from the angle of window placement and the geometric shapes throughout the building.
LM

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Acknowledges the influence of Le Corbusi'er's Five Points of Architecture.
(John Pearson)

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I see in Maestro Botta's design in this building just a hint of Le Corbusier who was considered by other architects to be from the school of Brutalism. However Maestro Botta, in my view, has designed and created a much more spiritual structure more humane, very pleasing to the eye considering its size.

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Obviously a tribute to L. Kahn

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Liceo scientifico, Città della Pieve, Italia, 1993-2000 by Mario Botta

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Liceo scientifico, Città della Pieve, Italia, 1993-2000 by Mario Botta

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I think that this building has the influence of Louis Kahn, because he uses the spaces of full and empty spaces to highlight the facades and play with the entrance of light and shadow. the possible influence would be the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India. Louis Kahn. 1962-74.

Cintya sanchez

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Andrea Gramaccia, Cantina Petra by Mario Botta

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Andrea Gramaccia, Cantina Petra by Mario Botta

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I see in this work, the will to understand the new needs of a winery, reinterpreting, studying and enriching a concept that has existed for some time but with new and different solutions and materials. The same interpretation of man's needs by Louis Kahn

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Mario Botta's Bechtler Museum of Modern Art could be considered an example of the influence Le Corbusier had on his works and his career. The influence can be seen especially in the linearity of the lines used by Botta and the general structure and shape that reminds to Le Corbusier's works.

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Security Forces Centre Mendrisio, Switzerland -Influenced by Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978).

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Security Forces Centre Mendrisio, Switzerland -Influenced by Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978).

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Although a monumental building, it has such delicacy and craftsmanship that clearly shows the influence of Carlo Scarpa, a lover of details. The entire building can be seen on Mario Botta's website  (link below); here I assembled four pictures of details -windows and façade, pavement and bench of the rose garden- that I took last year at the Opening Day of the phase 1.
http://botta.ch/en/SPAZI%20DEL%20LAVORO?idx=1
Marina Montanaro

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When I see Mario Botta's projects I always think of Louis Kahn more than an approach to Scarpa or Le Corbusier. The photo I chose to post is the church of San Volto in Turin, when I saw it I immediately thought that the conceptual idea of the parliament of Dhaka had been taken up again. What struck me is the shape of the plant, this flower that opens with its petals and that seems to find a similarity with the plan of the Parliament of Dhaka. And then the fact that the institution, the social form par excellence that for Louis Kahn was the reason for doing architecture, seems to me to find it also on the architect Botta.
Sara Pellizzer

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Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista - Eugenio Pucci

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Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista - Eugenio Pucci

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Mario Botta has created an architecture that works in harmony with the genius loci, respecting the environment, the history and culture of the place.

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I think that this church could represent a sort of synthesis of Le Corbusier's, Scarpa's and Kahn's influence on Botta's works.
San Volto Church is testament to one of the strongest charactistics of Botta's architecture that is the appreciation of craftmanship (Scarpa). The choice of simplicity conveyed by geometric lines recalls Le Corbusier and, by addressing fundamental questions of man's relationship with the Devine, he 'goes back to the origin of the problem' or, I would say, to the primeval aspect of Louis Kahn's architecture, Mysticism.

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Giovanni Luciani: Mario Botta (Tesi writing desk)-Carlo Scarpa

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Giovanni Luciani: Mario Botta (Tesi writing desk)-Carlo Scarpa

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Giovanni Luciani: Mario Botta (Building Ransila, Lugan )-Luis Kahn

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Giovanni Luciani: Mario Botta (Building Ransila, Lugan )-Luis Kahn

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Giovanni Luciani: Mario Botta (chiesa San Rocco Sambuceto)-Le Courbusier

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Giovanni Luciani: Mario Botta (chiesa San Rocco Sambuceto)-Le Courbusier

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Antonio Merone. Mario Botta: Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center (Tel Aviv, 1998)

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Antonio Merone. Mario Botta: Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center (Tel Aviv, 1998)

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Once Again I have to mention this fantastic project.
Here we can see the lesson of Le Corbusier to translate in Architecture social and political problems. For the first time a Synagogue was built inside the University, But it’s not only about a sacred architecture, Mario Botta understood that to give peace a chance, he has to build a space where Orthodox Jewes and Liberal Jewes can communicate together, to open mind on the contemporary world. The lesson of Louis Kahn in this project is the way he did it. Two similar hard volumes they stay together through another volume below ( the library), a space to put together two different points of view through the culture, through the dialogue. The lesson of the master Carlo Scarpa is in the accuracy of the details, it’s like a stone sculpture.