Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio

Coordinates: 45°52′03″N 8°59′01″E / 45.8675°N 8.983639°E / 45.8675; 8.983639

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Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio

Type	Public
Established	1996
Director	Riccardo Blumer
Academic staff	100
Students	600
Location	Mendrisio , Ticino , Switzerland
Website	www.arc.usi.ch

The Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (AAM) is a Swiss school of architecture and is a founding unit of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI).

History[]

The Accademia was founded by Mario Botta, whose influences were Kenneth Frampton, Snozzi and Lio Gallfetti.

Notable Faculty[]

Present[]

• Mario Botta
• Valerio Olgiati
• Diébédo Francis Kéré
• Jun'ya Ishigami
• Riccardo Blumer (Director)

Former[]

• Francesco Dal Co
• Kenneth Frampton
• Harald Szeeman
• Elia Zenghelis
• Peter Zumthor
• Aurelio Galfetti
• Eduardo Souto de Moura
• Bijoy Jain

References[]

External links[]

• Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio website