Editing Mario Botta (section)

== Architectural style ==
Mario Botta has been heavily influenced by the [[Modern architecture]] movement, specifically the three Modernist architects Botta has worked under: [[Louis Kahn]], [[Carlo Scarpa]] and [[Le Corbusier]]. Botta does not place himself in the Modernist movement, but rather he is responding to it. His architecture is tied very closely with nature, and is very simple. Botta believes that architecture is a basic need for man, and therefore creates buildings that symbolize simplicity and the essentials. About his own work, he says "it is an architecture which is measured by the yardstick of a man's needs."<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dimitriu |first1=Livio |last2=Botta |first2=Mario |date=1983 |title=Architecture and Morality: An Interview with Mario Botta |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1567069 |journal=Perspecta |volume=20 |pages=119–138 |doi=10.2307/1567069|jstor=1567069 }}</ref>

Mario Botta's style is in part defined by his clients needs. Most of his early work was planned and constructed under a tight budget, so use of low cost materials, such as exposed concrete blocks, was necessary. To Botta, material cost does not influence or define his style, as good architecture is made regardless of the medium or material. Botta also believes that architecture is the formal expression of history; and his job as an architect, to some degree, is to give validity to low budget materials through thoughtful expression.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sherman |first=Williams |date=1987 |title=The Architecture of Mario Botta |url=https://offcite.rice.edu/2010/02/ArchitectureOfMarioBotta_Sherman_Cite17.pdf |journal=Rice University |pages=10,11 |via=Rice.edu}}</ref>