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    Botta was born in Ticino, Switzerland, located at the intersection of Mediterranean and Central European cultures. This eclectic environment influenced Botta's style, which absorbed elements of various Western cultures while also showing sensitivity to local culture and history. Botta's architectural language is characterized by classical symmetrical layouts, simple geometric shapes, thick walls, lighting from narrow slits, freedom of association across three levels, vertical traffic lines, and play with skylights.

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    Botta was born in Ticino, Switzerland, located at the intersection of Mediterranean and Central European cultures. This eclectic environment influenced Botta's style, which absorbed elements of various Western cultures while also showing sensitivity to local culture and history. Botta's architectural language is characterized by classical symmetrical layouts, simple geometric shapes, thick walls, lighting from narrow slits, freedom of association across three levels, vertical traffic lines, and play with skylights.

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    Mario Botta

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    Ayman Ziedan
    Botta was born in Ticino, Switzerland, located at the intersection of Mediterranean and Central European cultures. This eclectic environment influenced Botta's style, which absorbed elements of various Western cultures while also showing sensitivity to local culture and history. Botta's architectural language is characterized by classical symmetrical layouts, simple geometric shapes, thick walls, lighting from narrow slits, freedom of association across three levels, vertical traffic lines, and play with skylights.

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    Eclectic/Influence

    local culture and history


    Botta was born in Ticino (Ticino) is in a Mediterranean and
    Central Europe, the intersection of many different cultural
    traditions, such a unique environment created Botta eclectic
    temperament.
    His modernism and post-modernism
    under the double impact of various cultures of the eclectic
    approach
    adopted
    in
    the absorption of Western culture,
    they also showed the sensitivity of local culture and history

    Botta Architectural
    Language
    Classical symmetric layout,
    Simple geometric shape,
    The closure of thick walls,
    Lighting and the election of the slit
    space,
    3 levels of freedom of association,
    Placed in the vertical axis line traffic,
    Played with the top of skylight

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