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| Title: | Giraudi & Wettstein
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| Author: | Antonio Ortiz |
| ISBN: | 8887469350 : 9788887469356 |
| Illustrations: | colour & b/w illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 240x170mm |
| Pages: | 48 |
| Weight: | .173 Kg. |
| Published: | Gabriele Capelli Editore Sagl - November 2003 |
| List Price: | 14 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | ARCHITECTURE |
The Giraudi and Wettstein architectural practice was opened in Lugano in 1995 by the architects Sandra Giraudi (1962) and Felix Wettstein (1962). It has made a name for itself in recent years with two important projects: the Basle railway station extension (1996-2003), executed in collaboration with Antonio Cruiz and Antonio Ortiz, and the Computer Laboratories of the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano (1998-2002). The borgovico 33 exhibition presents eight projects by Giraudi and Wettstein in a minimal exhibition design, specially conceived for the location. A table in the centre of the main Church space greets visitors and invites them to sit on the stools placed along it, each bearing the name of a project. The table is covered with a large canvas, on which the eight projects are printed, and has some models arranged in the centre of the table. Eight spotlights point one at each project, illuminating the half-darkened environment. Resembling a laid table and surrounded by stools, it conjures up the architect's worktop but also moments of encounter and conviviality: the table as a place of discussion, the dinner table... The presentation of the project is completed with a projection on a loop.
