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BUILDING
 
 
Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angeli
Chapel of St. Mary of the Angels
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DESIGNER
 
 
Mario Botta

Enzo Cucchi

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CONTEXT
 
Relationship with the location
Santa Maria degli Angeli, Mario Botta, Enzo Cucchi, Monte Tamaro, Bellinzona
Panorama
Santa Maria degli Angeli, Mario Botta, Enzo Cucchi, Monte Tamaro, Bellinzona
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MATERIALS
 
reinforced concrete, stone

Concrete structure, porphyry quoin facing, roof of prefabricated terraced cement, damp-proofed and faced with porphyry slabs.

Santa Maria degli Angeli, Mario Botta, Enzo Cucchi, Monte Tamaro, Bellinzona

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LOCATION
 
Continent
Europe
Nation
Switzerland [Schweiz/Suisse]
Canton
Ticino
District
Lugano
Town
Rivera
Place
Alpe Foppa
Address
Monte Tamaro
 
 
Telephone
+41.(0)91.9462303
Fax
+41.(0)91.9464748
Website
E-mail
info@montetamaro.ch
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MAP
 
 
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TYPOLOGY
 
ARCHITECTURE
Religious buildings
Churches and places of worship
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CHRONOLOGY
 
Project
1990    
Realisation
1992 - 1996
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA
 
Title
  Tamaro. Pietre e angeli. Mario Botta e Enzo Cucchi [Tamaro]
Directed by
Villi Hermann
Nationality
Switzerland
Year of production
1998
Cast
Mario Botta, Enzo Cucchi
Building's role
Protagonist
Annotations
Documentary, 85 min.
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
 
 
Fulvio Irace, Dimenticare Vitruvio. Temi, figure e paesaggi dell'architettura contemporanea, IlSole 24 Ore, Milano 2001, pp. 177-180 [da Il Sole 24 Ore, 16 ottobre 1994]
Giovanni Pozzi, Mario Botta. Santa Maria degli Angeli sul Monte TamarGiovanni Pozzi, Mario Botta, Santa Maria degli Angeli sul Monte Tamaro, Casagrandeo, Casagrande Edizioni, Bellinzona 2001
tr. ger.: Mario Botta. Heilige Maria der Engel auf dem monte Tamaro, Casagrande Edizioni, Bellinzona 2002
Mercedes Daguerre, Graziella Zannone Milan, Architetture nel territorio. Architektur im Gelände, Architecture in the territory, Architectures dans le territoire. Canton Ticino 1970-2000 [CD-ROM], Tarmac sa, Mendrisio 2001
EcoEnea 1 (supplemento a/supplement of L'Arca 121, dicembre/december 1997), p. 5 (3-5)
Enzo Cucchi (drawings), Domus 795, luglio-agosto/july-august 1997 [Durabilità/Durability], "Progetti/Projects" pp. 11-13 (11-21)
Barbara Fassoni, "La cappella di S. Maria degli Angeli al Monte Tamaro, Ticino/The Chapel of St Mary of the Angels at mount Tamaro, Ticino", Domus 795, luglio-agosto/july-august 1997 [Durabilità/Durability], "Progetti/Projects" pp. 14-21 (11-21)
"Mario Botta. Un ponte verso la valle: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angeli al Monte Tamaro", Casabella 640-641, dicembre 1996-gennaio 1997/december 1996-january 1997, pp. 118-123
Giovanni Pozzi, "Una litania dipinta", Casabella 640-641, dicembre 1996-gennaio 1997/december 1996-january 1997, p. 122 (118-123)
Vincenzo Pavan, Pietra su pietra, Mario Botta, Monte Tamaro"Mario Botta. Cappella del Monte Tamaro, Rivera, Cantone Ticino, Svizzera / Chapel of Mount Tamaro, Rivera, Ticino Canton , Switzerland" in Vincenzo Pavan (ed.), Pietra su pietra. Premio Internazionale Architetture di Pietra / Stone on stone. International Award Architecture in Stone, Faenza Editrice, Faenza, 1995, pp. 107-127
AA.VV., Mario Botta, Enzo Cucchi. La cappella del Monte Tamaro / The Chapel of Monte Tamaro, Umberto Allemandi & C., Torino 1994
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CLIENT
 
 
Egidio Cattaneo, Monte Tamaro SA
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DIMENSIONAL
DATA
 
Surface
chapel sq.m. 184
run sq.m. 150
Lenght
bridge m. 60
Volume
m/3 2.820
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STRUCTURES
 
 
Ingg. Passera e Pedretti
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STAFF
 
Project
Mario Botta
Art intervention
Enzo Cucchi (frescoes and tiles)
Collaborators
Paolo Merzaghi, Massimo Moreni, Dominique Sganzini
Construction supervision
Massimo Moreni
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ANNOTATIONS
 
 
Dedication to Santa Maria degli Angeli on September 1, 1996.
It is reached by means of a cableway that departs from the town of Rivera and climbs up to 1500 m on the Alpe Foppa.
Motorway exit Rivera/Monte Ceneri.
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CREDITS
 
 
Photos by Stefan Kern, Oliver Wupper-Schweers

Santa Maria degli Angeli, Mario Botta, Enzo Cucchi, Monte Tamaro, Bellinzona, Svizzera, Switzerland



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