Abstract

The boundary between both inner and outer emptiness is the strength of the architecture of Livio Vacchini. This limit is about structure, thickness and the detail that makes evident with light. A limit that seems to reflect his principles, rules and construction techniques, that vary depending on the public or private nature of the work. The comparison between two of his projects, Vacchini’s House in Costa Tene­ro and Multifunctional Gymnasium in Losone, leads to show the work and though of Vacchini and how he approaches the project depending on the typology of the work.In both examples, the structural skeleton is shown on the outside at its best, enabling the architectural dignity deserved and setting it free from its function. Livio Vacchini places the structure within the scope of the project concept and assumes the formal composition of the building. It is the primary element and the lack of any predominant element, that presents an ideal form within a higher set, the orderly repetition of the piece gives a monumental character from the outside. Meanwhile, inside, the human scale is set through the Modulor of Le Corbusier with each of its pieces having a proper proportion itself.