a+u 2020:10 Feature: Valerio Olgiati – Non-Referential Architecture
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This October issue of a+u is our second monograph dedicated to Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati. Back in our a+u 12:12 issue, Olgiati shared with us in an interview with Markus Breitschmid about his theory on “making a building that is not arbitrary and is also not determined by an ideal”. Consistent with his thinking, Olgiati’s buildings are devoid of any origin, and therefore, “non-referential” as described in this issue’s essay ideated by Olgiati and written by Breitschmid. To further build on this representation, a short essay by Go Hasegawa engages our senses to bring us closer to the presence of one of Olgiati’s works – Villa Além (pp. 110–127). In this issue 15 projects are introduced, each accompanied by precise textured drawings and a text written by the architect.
![Baloise Park C / 2014–2020 a+u 2020:10](https://au-magazine.com/img/2020/09/au2010_034045_01_Baloise-Park-C_1-1024x683.jpg)
![Villa Além / 2009–2014 a+u 2020:10](https://au-magazine.com/img/2020/09/au2010_110127_06_Villa-Além_1-1024x683.jpg)
![La Mas / 2010 a+u 2020:10](https://au-magazine.com/img/2020/09/au2010_128133_12_LA-MAS_1-1024x683.jpg)
![Cassons Cableway / 2017 a+u 2020:10](https://au-magazine.com/img/2020/09/au2010_150157_9_cableway_1-1024x683.jpg)
![Experience of Space – Venice Biennale 2018 / 2018 a+u 2020:10](https://au-magazine.com/img/2020/09/au2010_152157_15_Experience-of-Space_1-1024x683.jpg)