El Croquis 156: Valerio Olgiati 1996-2011

Iconographic Autobiography
Olgiati, Valerio

Valerio Olgiati's ideational inventory
Breitschmid, Markus

Harmonized discordances. Valerio Olgiati's object architecture
Breitschmid, Markus

SCHOOL IN PASPELS
THE YELLOW HOUSE
THE LAKE CAUMA PROJECT
OFFICE BUILDING IN ZURICH
K + N HOUSE
BARDILL STUDIO
VISITING CENTRE, SWISS NATIONAL PARK
PROJECTION ROOM GORNERGRAT
OFFICE OF VALERIO OLGIATI
LEARNING CENTER EPFL
NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM
MEDICAL CENTRE UAE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ZUG SCHLEIFE
PLANTAHOF AUDITORIUM
CANTINA IL CARNASCIALE
ENTRANCE TO THE GRISONS PARLIAMENT BUILDING
PERM MUSEUM XXI
MUSIC HALL SCHLOSSGUT HOHENBEILSTEIN
HOUSE IN ALENTEJO
APARTMENT TOWER IN LIMA

Valerio Olgiati (b 1958) studied architecture at ETH in Zürich and lived and worked first in Zürich and later in Los Angeles for some years. In 1996 he opened his own practice in Zürich and in 2008 with his wife Tamara Olgiati in Flims. Projects include a school in Paspels, the Lake Cauma Project in Flims, the Bardill Studio in Scharans, the Visiting Center of the Swiss National Park in Zernez, the white concrete Projection Room Gornergrat located 3100 meter above sea level in Zermatt, Olgiati’s own office in Flims, the Learning Center EPFL in Lausanne, and the new entrance of the Grisons Parliament Building in Chur. Also includes an iconographic autobiography of important images stored in Olgiati’s head. Interview with Olgiati by Markus Breitschmid.