Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio

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

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

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

External links

• Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio website