10 Facts About Valerio Olgiati

Valerio Olgiati was born on 1958 and is a Swiss architect.

Valerio Olgiati initially studied architecture at ETH Zurich, a public research university in Zurich, Switzerland, after which he lived in Switzerland, followed by Los Angeles in the United States.

Valerio Olgiati made a name for himself with the School Building in Paspels in 1998 and the Yellow House Museum in Flims in 1999.

One of the hallmarks of non-referential architecture, according to Valerio Olgiati, is that each building exists for itself.

Valerio Olgiati mentioned that the most important step for his formation as an architect was his temporary emigration to Los Angeles, and not his upbringing in a specific culture, country, or landscape nor was it his architectural education.

The Iconographic Autobiography is an anthology of 55 illustrations with which Valerio Olgiati demonstrated how he understands architectural conditions formally and not by means of any particular and temporal content, for example symbolic or historical references, which these illustrations contain.

Valerio Olgiati has said that he believes that only basic insight from the experience of space is able to move architecture of the present time within its highly heterogeneous society.

Valerio Olgiati operates his architecture office with his wife Tamara and his staff in Portugal and Switzerland.

Valerio Olgiati has held various teaching appointments, among them the Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard University, at ETH Zurich, at Cornell University and at the AA in London.

Valerio Olgiati holds a professorship at the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio since 2002.