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Banca del Gottardo - Sede centrale
Gotthard Bank's - Headquarters |
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MATERIALS |
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reinforced concrete, brick, stone
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LOCATION |
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Continent |
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  Europe |
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Nation |
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  Switzerland [Schweiz/Suisse] |
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Canton |
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  Ticino |
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  Lugano |
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  Lugano |
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  Viale Stefano Franscini 8, CH-6901 Lugano
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for cultural activities
Art galleries and exhibition areas
Commercial buildings
Banks, securities exchanges and buildings for financial activity
Bars, cafeterias
Restaurants
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Project |
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1982 - 1985
project winner of competition
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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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 |
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Mercedes Daguerre, Birkhäuser Architectural Guide Switzerland 20th Century, Birkhäuser, Basel 1997, p. 353 |
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Mario Botta, Etica del costruire, Editori Laterza, Bari 1996, pp. 87-91 |
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Sergio Polano, "Mario Botta. Banca del Gottardo, Lugano", Domus 704, aprile/april 1989, pp. 36-45 |
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Paolo Fumagalli, "Vier Turme fur eine Stadt/Four towers for a town", Werk, Bauen & Wohnen vol. 75/42 n. 11, november 1988, pp. 4-11, 69-70 |
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Benedetto Gravagnuolo (ed.), Mario Botta. Studi preliminari per la Banca del Gottardo a Lugano, Edizioni A. Salvioni & Co., Bellinzona 1988 |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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site sq.m. 8.877 gross building sq.m. 14.200 |
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m/3 114.130 m/3 62.140 aboveground m/3 51.990 underground |
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STRUCTURES |
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Mauro Pedretti, Giuseppe Grignoli, Argentino Jermini, Gualtiero Medici |
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STAFF |
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Maurizio Pelli, Paolo Merzaghi, Daniele Eisenhut, Massimo Moreni, Riccardo Blumer, Marco D'Azzo, Claudio Lo Riso, Carlos Heras, Marco Bonini |
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Sergio Rusconi, Cometta e Semini, Visani e Talleri |
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