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Valerio Olgiati

National Park Centre . Zernez

Valerio Olgiati . National Park Centre . Zernez (1)

Valerio Olgiati . photos: © Javier Miguel Verme . + archdaily

The exhibitions are held in the new visitors centre. The administration is in the old castle building; the hall, foyer and seminar space are in the stables.
From outside the new building seems extremely regular, it has no emotional expression, so to speak. The inner spatial development is the product of antitheses: of concealing and revealing, heaviness and lightness, regularity and irregularity. The windows are slightly more horizontal in format, producing an “observing” view in all directions from each room. The exhibition spaces can be properly blacked out and all have the multi- functional technical facilities required for contemporary exhibitions. Continue reading Valerio Olgiati

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VALERIO OLGIATI

Residential building Zug Schleife . Zug

VALERIO OLGIATI . photos: © Javier Miguel Verme . drawings: © Archive Olgiati

Seen from a distance the floor plates projecting from the facade with their elliptical openings look like flying carpets with ornamental borders. For the residents these elliptical openings generate a sense of distance, since they prevent neighbours from seeing into each other’s apartments. At the same time the correspondence between each of these round forms and the individual apartments gives residents a feeling of living alone in a centre. The perception of space changes according to the point of view and the position of the sun. Continue reading VALERIO OLGIATI