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Ulrich Ruffiner von Prismell und Raron : der bedeutendste Baumeister im Wallis des 16. Jahrhunderts

Aerni, Klaus ; Cassina, Gaëtan ; Kalbermatter, Philipp ; Ronco, Elena ; Zenhäusern, Gregor

Sitten : Vallesia - Staatsarchiv Wallis, 2005

(Beihefte zu Vallesia = Cahiers de Vallesia ; 13)

ISBN: 9782970038245

Haute Ecole de Gestion & Tourisme

Tourisme pour tous : et les bisses valaisans? : évaluation de la qualité d'accessibilité de 6 bisses pour personnes en fauteuil roulant

Allimann, Natacha ; Margot-Cattin, Pierre (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole de Gestion & Tourisme, 2011.

Ce travail tente d’établir un nouveau lien entre tourisme et handicap. L’étude se consacre particulièrement au handicap moteur et à la région du Valais. La première raison de visiter le Valais est la randonnée pédestre. Parallèlement, les 70'000 personnes handicapées en Suisse sont un public-cible non négligeable pour les prestataires du tourisme. C’est pourquoi il est...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Lima, la moderna : migrazioni europee e sviluppo dell’architettura peruviana del XX secolo (1937-1969) : gli edifici multipiano come patrimonio architettonico

Atoche Intili, Javier ; Marandola, Marzia (Dir.) ; Grignolo, Roberta (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021ARC004.

This research studies the migration of Europeans to Lima between the 1930s and the late 1960s and analyses their influence on the evolution of architecture and urbanism in the Peruvian capital. The so-called Ciudad de los Reyes was the main administrative centre of the South American territories dominated by the Spanish Crown between the 16th and 19th centuries. The participation of Europeans...

Università della Svizzera italiana

La “filosofia architettonica” di Frei Otto : i concetti di forma, estetica ed etica e la loro ricezione

Bergmann, Elisabeth

In: Form-finding, form-shaping, designing architecture : experimental, aesthetical, and ethical approaches to form in recent and postwar architecture = approcci sperimentali, estetici ed etici alla forma in architettura, dal dopoguerra ad oggi, 2015, p. 77-95

Form(-finding), aesthetics and ethics are key concepts in the philosophy of architect Frei Otto. Several of his ideas currently appear to be experiencing a renaissance. This is especially true for his concept of “form-finding” which frequently features in contemporary architectural discourse – albeit often with one of two common misconceptions: in the first, the term is used, or...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Le costruzioni in legno dell’IBOIS : forme curvate, intessute, intrecciate: una conversazione con Yves Weinand

Bergmann, Elisabeth

In: Form-finding, form-shaping, designing architecture : experimental, aesthetical, and ethical approaches to form in recent and postwar architecture = approcci sperimentali, estetici ed etici alla forma in architettura, dal dopoguerra ad oggi, 2015, p. 113-129

How is it possible today to build with timber in an innovative manner? With appealing aesthetics, a convincing structural concept, and appropriate to the material involved? Architect and civil engineer Yves Weinand runs an office in Belgium and has also since 2004 been the director of IBOIS, the laboratory for timber construction at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He ...

Università della Svizzera italiana

"Le jeu savant" : luce e oscurità nell'architettura del XX secolo = light and darkness in 20th century architecture

Berselli, Silvia ; Brunner, Matthias ; Mondini, Daniela

Mendrisio ; Cinisello Balsamo : Mendrisio Academy Press ; Silvana Editoriale, 2014

(ISA, Istituto di storia e teoria dell'arte e dell'architettura)

ISBN: 978-88-3662-981-7

«L’architecture est le jeu savant, correct et magnifique des volumes assemblés sous la lumière». Alluding to Le Corbusier’s famous statement of 1923, this collection of essays solicits critical reflection on the relationship between light and architecture, on both theoretical and practical levels. Beginning with a discussion of the problem of how to represent light and its effects within...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Ionel Schein : dall'habitat evolutivo all'architecture populaire

Berselli, Silvia

Mendrisio : Mendrisio Academy Press, 2015

(ISA, Istituto di storia e teoria dell'arte e dell'architettura)

ISBN: 978-88-3663-143-8

Costretto a lasciare Bucarest nel 1948, Ionel Schein (1927-2004) trova asilo politico a Parigi, dove la sua biografia si intreccia a quella di alcuni protagonisti della scena architettonica del tempo, come Georges-Henri Pingusson, Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé e Bruno Zevi, con i quali stringe rapporti duraturi che vanno dalla filiazione intellettuale alla collaborazione professionale. I suoi...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Lo studio della luce naturale e artificiale nello spazio sacro : Giovanni Gherardi per Santa Maria del Fiore a Firenze e Baldassarre Peruzzi per Santo Stefano Rotondo a Roma

Bettini, Sergio

In: Manipolare la luce in epoca premoderna : aspetti architettonici, artistici e filosofici = Manipulating light in premodern times : architectural, artistic, and philosophical aspects, 2014, p. 122-137

The analysis of two Renaissance drawings offers the occasion for a discussion of light in ecclesiastical architecture. The first example considers the well-known drawing – drafted on parchment by Giovanni di Gherardo Gherardi da Prato in competition with Filippo Brunelleschi for the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore – which constitutes both the fi rst 15th century graphic testimony concerning...