Mario Botta is a Swiss architect born in 1943 in Mendrisio, Switzerland. He believes architecture should reflect its time. Botta graduated from architecture school in Venice in 1969 and has since designed several notable buildings using geometric shapes and forms. His Tata Consultancy Services building in Hyderabad, India from 1998 exemplifies his style with its massive cylindrical shape divided by deep vertical slits and clad in red stone.

1. MARIO BOTTA
He believes that architecture acts as a mirror of its time
Mario Botta was born on April 1, 1943 in
Mendrisio, Ticino (Switzerland) .

2. Mario Botta was born on April 1, 1943 in Mendrisio, Ticino
(Switzerland) .
•1958 – Drawing firm training in Carmen Ulrich
•1969 – He graduated from the Department of Architecture, University
of Venice
•1970 – Opening with a partner in Lugano
•1971 – Design of the famous Saint Vital River residential, fame
•1976 – State University of Technology in Lausanne, was appointed
Visiting Professor
•1969 – Begins his independent career, opening a studio in Lugano.
•1982/87 – Member of the Swiss Federal Commission of the Fine Arts.
•1985 – Wins the “Beton Architecture Prize”, Zurich (Switzerland).
•1986 – Awarded the “Chicago Architecture Award”
•1988 – Wins the “Grade de Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres(Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters )” prize, Paris (
France).
•1993 -Wins the “Marble Architectural Award” in Carrara (Italy)

3. Philosophy:
• The square and circle formation of the pure
geometric forms is the basic elements of his
architecture.
•He show respect for topographical conditions and
regional sensibilities and his designs generally
emphasize craftsmanship and geometric order.
Because he attempts to reconcile traditional
architectural symbolism with the aesthetic rules of
the Modern Movement
His design elements are:
• Modernism
• Symbolism
• Regionalism
• Culture
• Light
• Vernacular material
Botta’s architectural language:
•Classical symmetrical layout,
•Simple geometric shape,
•Closed and thick walls,
•skylight.
• Diagonal axis
• Spaces of poetry
• Geometry
• Revive an old Transformation
• Topography
• Social environment
PROJECTS:
TCS OFFICE HYDERABAD
FAMILY HOUSE IN STABIO
STATE BANK IN FREIBURG
FAMILY HOUSE
IN PREGASSONA BANK OF GOTHARD IN LUGANO

4. TCS BUILDING
HYDERABAD
Location : Madhapur,Hitech city,
Hyderabad
Architect : Mario Botta
Client : TATA Consultancy Services
Total Site Area : 11Acres (Developed
Area 5Acres)
Built-up Area : 29728.9sqm
Costs: 17,852,000USD Approx. 121Crores
Building Type : Office
More than 2200 Professionals are
working
Parking : 200 Car parking

5. PROJECT DESCRIPTON
The underlying intentions of the design for the TCS Office is to present
a monolithic element hollowed out on the inside and open
towards the city. As a single volume the construction enhances the
features of the site, accentuating the existing landforms and making it
an integral part of the construction, formally and materially For
example the excavated material provided the stone used for the
paving
and the wall enclosing the property.
The interaction between the landscape and building is resolved
through the complicity of the different parts in which each one
discovers its rasion in its rapport with others.
The cylindrical volume thus breaks up where the mountainous layout
changes direction, and it acts as a pivot on a territorial scale by
fitting in to the new skyline of Hi Tech City.
The Uniform treatment of the surfaces using red Agra stone reflects
the intention of this new construction to make a statement as a
primary element.
The wide ,deep vertical slashes that modulate the facade permit large
windowed surfaces, there by letting natural light Into the Interior

6. PLAN

8. According to Mario botta’s
design principles . symmetry is
the architectural principle in this
building
The Bearing Structure is reinforced concrete clad
with slabs of red Agra Stone.120’000 cubic meters
of rock where excavated and part of the
material removed was used for the construction.

10. The vertical fins act as architectural elements, giving scale and textural
contrasts to the building. Rhythmic repetition creates an interesting pattern on
the building facade. The depth of the vertical fins shades the full length glazing
in between, thereby heavily reducing the heat gain through the glazing.
GLAZING ALLOWS THE LIGHT

11. BALCONIES
VIEW FROM THE GURAD
ROOM

13. FAMILY HOUSE IN
STABIO

14. It is a circular building.
The cylindrical volume avoids the
need of facades which would have
entailed with neighboring houses .
Such a construction is rationalized by
the space it occupies between the
earth and the sky ( to which it opens
vertically through its lantern
Cleft along its
north- south axis
by an opening
that lets light
penetrate inside
from the above

15. Ground floor

16. FIRST FLOOR PLAN
The first floor of casa rotunda consists of the public spaces of the house. Despite the lack
of defining interior walls and doors, the designer distinctly compartmentalizes the
rooms through the arrangement of furniture
Arranged
around the
central
corridor, the
rooms take
advantage of
a natural light
streaming
through the
north south
sky light.

17. The central balcony open to
the first floor dictates
navigation of space.
Windows on the east and
west walls provide
additional natural light into
each bedrooms.
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
with the private spaces on the second floor, the
subdivision of spaces takes a more concrete
arrangement. Symmetry and informal balance
continue to be upheld through the arrangement
of large masses along the two major axes

18. Lighting
A skylight running three quarters of the
length of north- south axis provides a
constant stream of natural light as the sun
overs across the sky . Banks of floor to
ceiling windows along the north and south
facades maximize the light and landscape
entering the space, connecting with the
outdoors . During the evening hours,
strategically placed wall sconces and
pendant light illuminate the house

19. The stairwell serves as a constant design gesture , cutting through all four floors and
capped at a top like a Doric column . The central axis beneath the skylight, also
constant , maximizes light in all areas . As users ascend the levels , so do they
experience an increasing level of privacy . Even though the organization remains the
same. The contrast of the circular shell and the orthogonal interior organization
illustrates how the two can come together successfully . The rectilinear interior provides
a senses of directionality and subdivisions . Simultaneously the circular exterior
suggest unity of spaces within the floor , and between floor. The two together create a
space of parts whit in a unified whole
it

21. STATE BANK IN FREIBURG,
SWITZERLAND
Situated on a triangular area,
this design is located between
the boulevard, the street and
the railway station. The
building is located in a
different and well-defined
area of the city.
(1977-1982)

22. The triangular shaped site chosen for the
BEF seems particularly well suited and
suggestive . In the project , the position at
the corner of an urban lot brings out the
different typological characteristics of this
singular location.
The building is divided into
three volumes ( two lateral
wings and a central
building) which present
different architectural
expressions
The two wings
form elements of
continuity with the
urban fabric of the
last century. The
main building
contrasts more
freely with open
space of square

23. There is a cafeteria and restaurant on
the side facing the street, and a covered
courtyard on the inside where the bank
windows are looking. On the top floor
there is a large conference room,
private service units and a terrace
overlooking the railway station.
The entire exterior is covered with
granite in different shades of green to
suit the overall look of the environment.

24. FAMILY HOUSE IN PREGASSONA ,
SWITZERLAND 1979-1980 Pregassona is also a
landmark of the
House Botta's
architecture. Beginni
ng in 1979, the year
of its construction,
the architect has
become increasingly
interested in the
problem of
symmetry and
symmetric
monumentality, and
has abandoned the
concerns of the last
freeboard in the line
of Modernism.

25. The entrance
area is on the
ground floor
with two
wide porticos
GROUND
FLOOR PLAN
The building mass forms a
cube with the exception of the
semi-circular small projection
of the staircase. This cube is
divided into three layers and
planned to show a precise
symmetrical layout.
Semi circular small
projection of stairs

26. The first floor consists
of the main living area
of the house and the
kitchen, hall etc. It
contains places such as
FIRST FLOOR PLAN The openings that
make the interiors
connected to the
outside are
dominated by the
same solid
symmetric order.

27. The bedroom on the third floor with two
triangular terraces on east west sides
The apertures cut deeply into the central parts
of that the volume and draw attention to the
masonry corners that enclose and recombine
into the quadrilateral plan of the roof
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29. NEW OFFICES OF THE BANK OF
GOTHARD IN LUGANO,
SWITZERLAND 1982-1988
The building, which is located in one of the developing regions of the city,
which consists of regularly repeated functional units. These successive
functional units along the inner courtyards form the towers of a
hypothetical city sign vertically.

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Set in a street of a quarter dating from the beginning of this century , the
project subdivides the large building into flour blocks so that the street
frontage presents alternating solids and voids , setting up a rhythm in
proportion to the dimensions of the road .

31. Further down the building, the ground floor spaces on the road level
were large enough to resolve the large entrance to the restaurant,
the iron gates of the bank, the entrance, which was independent of
the other units of the building, and finally the spaces at the entrances
of the art gallery.
HALL RESTAURANT BANK
ART
GALLERY

32. The voids of the four buildings provide spatial an
visual relationships between the different levels
for banking administration on the upper floor
provides for four different activities
CENTRAL SPACE
OFFICES

33. Triangle-shaped
balcony arrays
illustrate the geometry
of these volumes (office
groups), which are
illuminated by a large
monolithic ceiling
window over the roof,
and at the same time
form the mediating
element between the
visual relations of the
offices distributed to
the floors.