Description
Chair with arms, with structure in stove enamelled steel, seat in stove enamelled perforated steel sheet with back consisting of two black polyurethane cylindrical elements.
Archetypal shapes in architectural geometry inspire these historical masterpieces. Designed by the great contemporary architect from the Ticino canton for the interiors of some of his famous buildings, they have become classics in the Alias catalogue, icons of design made in Italy. Typical are the seats in perforated sheet steel, or the tesi table base in sheet metal.
Design by Mario Botta
Born in Mendrisio in 1943, he graduated from the University of Venice, where he worked with Le Corbusier and Luis Kahn. He taught and carried out research in Europe, Asia and the US. He has been working with Alias since 1982. For them he designed two of his most famous chairs seconda and quinta – now on show at the MoMA. An award-winning architect, he has published several works, and in 1996 founded the Academy of Swiss Architecture.
He lives and works in Lugano.
