Neo-Modern Architecture

Briefing the Neo Modern Architecture followed by an example of an Architect and his best known works.
A swiss Architect: MARIO BOTTA (age 78 years)

1. Prepared by :-
AKANKSHA MADHWANI &
SHUBHAM JAIN
TO,
AR. RITU SINGH MAM
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1

2. NEO-MODERN
ARCHITECTURE
A DOMINANT FORM OF ARCHITECTURE
IN THE 20 AND 21
ST
CENTURIES
ESPECIALLY SEEN IN RESIDENTIAL AND
CORPORATE OFFICES.
ONE OF THE STYLES IN ARCHITECTURE
WHICH REFERS TO MODERNISM (its
details and spatial forms).
NEOMODERNISM IN ARCHITECTURE IS A
RESPOND TO THE ECLECTIC POST-
MODERNISM USES SIMPLICITY AS A
MEAN OF EXPRESSION YET RESORTS
TO THE IMPRESSIVE ARTIFICIAL
SOLUTIONS.
NEOMODERNIST BUILDINGS ARE
CONSTRUCTED ACCN TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF ADDITIVE OR
SUBSTRACTIVE.
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2

3. A SWISS ARCHITECT
(1943-2018 present)
➢BORN ON APRIL 1, 1943 (aged 75) IN
MENDRISIO SWITZERLAND.
➢STUDIED AT THE LICEO ARTISTICO
IN MILAN AND IN VENICE.
➢HIS IDEAS ARE INFLUENCED BY LE
CORBUSIER, CARLO SCARPA, LOUIS
KAHN.
➢OPENED HIS OWN PRACTICE IN
1970.
➢DESIGNED HIS FIRST BUILDING AT
THE AGE OF 16, A TWO FAMILY
HOUSE AT MORBIO-SUPERIORE IN
TICINO.
➢HIS TRADEMARK STYLE CAN BE
SEEN WIDELY IN SWITZERLAND
MAINLY IN TICINO REGION.
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 3
INTRODUCTIONMARIO BOTTA

4. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 4
HIS EARLY WORKS
▪THE SAN FRANSISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
OR SFMOMA (1994).
▪IN 1998, HE DESIGNED THE NEW BUS STATION FOR
VIMERCATE (near Milan) A RED BRICK BUILDING
LINKED TO MANY FACILITIES, UNDERLINING THE
CITY’S RECENT DEVELOPMENT.
▪HIS RELIGIOUS WORKS INCLUDING THE CYMBALISTA
SYNAGOGUEAND JEWISH HERITAGE CENTER WERE
SHOWN IN LONDON AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF
BRITISH ARCHITECTS IN AN EXHIBITION.
▪HE DESIGNED MEDIATHEQUE
IN VILLEURBANNE (1988).
▪A CATHEDRALIN EVRY (1995).

5. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 5
HIS LATEST WORKS
AND ACHIVEMENTS
▪ON JANUARY 1, 2006 HE RECEIVED THE GRAND
OFFICER AWARD FROM PRESIDENT OF THE
ITALIAN REPUBLIC AZEGLIO CIAMPI.
▪IN 2006, HE DESIGNED HIS FIRST EVER SPA, THE
BERGOASE SPA IN AROSA, SWITZERLAND.
▪HE PARTICIPATED IN THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF
VISIONS PROJECT IN 2007.
▪HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JURY OF THE GLOBAL
HOLCIM AWARDS IN 2012.
▪IN 2004, HE DESIGNED
MUSEUM ONE OF THE LEEUM,
SAMSUNG MUSEUM OF ART IN
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.

6. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 6
HIS DESIGN CRITERIAS
oTHE ARRANGEMENTS OF
SPACES IN HIS STRUCTURES
IS INCONSISTENT, ITS
RELATIONSHIP TO ITS SITE,
SEPARATION OF LIVING
FROM SERVICE SPACES,
AND DEEP WINDOW
RECESSESECHO OF WHAT
WOULD BECOME HIS
STARK, TOWERING STYLE.
oHIS DESIGNS TEND TO
INCLUDE A STRONG
SENSE OF GEOMETRY,
OFTEN BEING BASED ON
VERY SIMPLE SHAPES,
YET CREATING UNIQUE
VOLUMES OF SPACES.
oHIS BUILDINGS ARE OFTEN
MADE OF BRICK, YET HIS
USE OF MATERIAL IS WIDE,
VARIED, AND OFTEN
UNIQUE.

7. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 7
oHIS USE OF TRADITIONAL MASONRY OVER
THE STREAMLINED STEEL AND GLASS OF SO
MUCH MODERN ARCHITECTURE CREATES
STRONG, SELF CONFIDENT BUILDINGS THAT
PULL TOGETHER THE CONTRAST BETWEEN
THE WEIGHT OF HIS MATERIALS AND
LIGHTNESS OF HIS DESIGNS.
oBOTTA’ S WELL KNOWN MUSEUMS
ARE GEOMETRICALLY PURE,
COUNTER INTUITIVELY LIGHT
STYLE OF DESIGN AND HIS ABILITY
TO DRAW ON THE DEEP CLASSICAL
TRADITIONS THAT RAN THROUGH
WESTERN ARCHITECTURE.

8. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 8
HIS FAMOUS WORKS
BECHTLER MUSEUM OF MODERN
ART, CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF
MODERN ART, SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
LEEUM SAMSUNG MUSEUM OF
ART, HANNAM-DONG, SEOUL,
SOUTH KOREA.
EVRY CATHEDRAL, EVRY, FRANCE

9. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 9
CHURCH OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA,
MOGNO, TICINO
WATARI MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART, SHIBUYA,
TOKYO
GENEROSO VETTA RAILWAY
STATION
DORTMUND CITY AND STATE
LIBRARY
HIS FAMOUS WORKS

10. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 10
•GENEROSO VETTA IS THE UPPER TERMINAL
RAILWAY STATION OF THE MONTE GENEROSO
RAILWAY, A RACK RAILWAY THAT CONNECTS
CAPOLAGO WITH THE SUMMIT OF MOMNTE
GENERESO IN THE SWISS CANTON OF TICINO.
•AT 1592 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL, IT IS THE
HIGHEST RAILWAY STATION IN TICINO.
•THE STATION IS SITUATED A SHORT WALK
FROM THE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT, AND A FEW
METRES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER
WITH THE THE ITALIAN REGION OF
LOMBARDY.

11. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 11
•THE NEW RESTAURANT ON THE TOP
OF MONTE GENEROSO IS STANDING
ABOVE THE RAILWAY STATION.
•THE LOCATION IS EXTRAORDINARY: A
SMALL PLATEAU OVERLOOKING THE
PRECIPICE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE MOUNTAIN, CHARACTERISED BY
A MIGHTY ROCK WITH A STEEP 300-
400 METRE DROP.
•THE IMPRESSIVE ROCK FORMATION
WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR
CREATING THE “STONE FLOWER” -AN
OCTAGONAL BUILDING WITH
INDIVIDUAL ‘PETALS’.

12. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 12
•THE ARRANGEMENT OF THESE INDIVIDUAL
COMPONENTS CREATES A GROUP OF FIVE
STOREY TOWERS THAT PROJECT OUT TO
CLOSE AGAIN ON THE UPPER FLOORS.
•ON GROUND FLOOR, A SPACIOUS
ENTRANCE AREAWITH AN ENTRYWAY
CONNECTS THE EXTERIOR WITH THE
INTERIOR.
•THE SERVICE ROOMS ARE LOCATED ON THE
FIRST FLOOR, A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT
SEATS UP TO APPROXIMATELY 90 PEOPLE IS
ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND THE UPPER
TWO FLOORS CONTAIN A SELF SERVICE
RESTAURANT(WITH ACCESS TO THE LARGE
TERRACE) AND A REFINED UPSCALE
RESTAURANT.

13. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 13
•THE CHURCH SAN GIOVANNI
BATTISTA RISES UP ON THE SITE
OF THE SMALL 17
TH
CENTURY.
•THE INTERPLAY OF ESSENTIAL
SHAPES: A RECTANGLE INSCRIBED
WITHIN AN EXTERNAL ELLIPSE
THAT CHANGES INTO CIRCLE AT
ROOF LEVEL.
•THE THICK STONE AND THE LIGHT
GLASS ROOF GIVE THE BUILDING
THE MEANING OF RESISTANCE
AGAINST A POSSIBLE FUTURE
DISASTER.

14. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 14
SOURCES:-
owww.botta.ch
owww.archdaily.com
owww.dezeen.com
owww.design-buildings.com