Luigi Snozzi was born in Mendrisio on July 25, 1932, Snozzi studied at the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, later opening an architecture studio in Locarno, Zurich and Lausanne.
Snozzi was the first of the architects of the new Ticino school. Since the 1960s he was one of the leading members of the group of Ticinese architects made up of his friend Livio Vacchini, Bruno Reichlin, Fabio Reinhart and Mario Botta, who called Snozzi "a traveling companion in the adventure of architecture. ”. The group promoted rational architecture and was linked to Aldo Rossi and the northern Italian movement “La Tendenza”.
Between 1962 and 1971 he worked in association with architect Livio Vacchini, with whom he developed the Miesian Fabrizia office building in Bellinzona (1964-65), or the Snider House in Verscio (1964-65). He was a professor of architecture at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne and the Alghero Faculty of Architecture-University of Sassari, from which he received an honorary degree in Architecture on July 24, 2007.
His single-family homes are well known, such as the Snider house in Verscio (1965-66), the Kalmann house in Brione sopra Minusio (1974-76) and the Bianchetti house in Locarno (1975-77). Also noteworthy are the intervention in monuments, such as the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Sasso or the monumental area of Monte Carasso with the complete remodeling of the old convent. In 1993 he would win the "Beton", "Wakker" and "Prince of Wales" awards for the Monte Carasso project.
One more figure that we must not forget and recover due to his relevance, influence on late 20th century architecture, as well as the values of his work.
