Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio

The Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (AAM) is a Swiss school of architecture and is a founding unit of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI).

History
The Accademia was founded in 1996 by Mario Botta, whose influences were Kenneth Frampton, Luigi Snozzi and Aurelio Galfetti.

Present

 * Walter Angonese
 * Valentin Bearth
 * Riccardo Blumer
 * Marc Collomb
 * Yvonne Farrell
 * Kersten Geers
 * Jun'ya Ishigami
 * Aires Mateus
 * Shelley McNamara
 * Quintus Miller
 * Valerio Olgiati
 * Muck Petzet

Emeritus

 * Mario Botta
 * Michele Arnaboldi
 * Peter Zumthor

Former

 * Francesco Dal Co
 * François Charbonnet
 * Angela Deuber
 * Pascal Flammer
 * Kenneth Frampton
 * Nathan Ghiringhelli
 * Romina Grillo
 * François Grin
 * Aurelio Galfetti
 * Patrick Heiz
 * Anne Holtrop
 * Bijoy Jain
 * Gilles Kepel
 * Diébédo Francis Kéré
 * Enrico Molteni
 * Georg Nickisch
 * Matteo Poli
 * Maurus Schifferli
 * Eduardo Souto de Moura
 * Francesca Torzo
 * Javier Miguel Verme
 * Selina Walder
 * Jonathan Woolf
 * Philipp Wündrich
 * Elia Zenghelis
 * Raphael Zuber