Silvio Galizia
Silvio Galizia was a Swiss architect and artist. Most of his life he lived and worked in Rome, Italy.
Life
Silvio Galizia studied at the ETH Zurich. He gained his first professional experience in Zurich, Basel and Geneva. 1951–1952 he worked in Poona. In 1953 he settled in Rome. Here he first worked in Riccardo Morandi's studio, soon became self-employed and developed a lively planning and construction activity, mainly church buildings and other buildings for religious orders. From 1960 his artistic activity also included the design of the stained glass windows and mosaics, the altars and sculptures, the furniture and the other facilities.1984–1985 he realized the university and planned the cathedral of Lomé. Silvio Galizia died on November 28, 1989, in Rome. In addition to his architectural works, he left behind an extensive oeuvre of pictures, drawings, etchings, collages and plastic works.
Major works
- 1951–57: University College and church in Poona
- 1955–56: Reconstruction and chapel of the Collegio Internazionale Agostiniano
- 1957/64: Two private villas in Fregene and San Felice Circeo near Rome
- 1956-62: Pension in Terracina near Rome
- 1957–58: Curia and chapel of the Suore Missionarie dello Spirito Santo ; in collaboration with Christian Norberg-Schulz and H. Mielva
- 1959: Curia, chapel and retirement home of the Suore di Betania dello Spirito Santo
- 1959–62: Curia and church "San Giovanni Battista" of the Missionari Verbiti
- 1960–63: Curia, chapel and retirement home of the Suore della Divina Provvidenza, later owned by the Daughters of St. Paul.
- 1962–66: Reconstruction and expansion of the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican
- 1962–66: Chapel of the Collegio Pio Brasiliano
- 1962–68: Reconstruction and expansion of the Palazzo Zuccari, seat of the Bibliotheca Hertziana / Max Planck Institute
- 1964–67: Seminar of the Collegio Messicano
- 1964–68: Curia and chapel of the Padri e Suore Missionarie di Mariannhill
- 1966–68: Generalate of the Suore Medico-Missionarie Olandesi ; later the Generalate of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
- 1966–68: Generalate and Chapel of the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres
- 1967–69: Monastery and church of Santa Maria degli Angeli and country courtyard of the Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen Danube
- 1970–72: Reconstruction and crypt of the church of the monastery of S. Chiara
- 1971–73: Church and bell tower of the Suore della Carità e dell'Immacolata Concezione di Ivrea, with colored windows by Ernesto Tross
- 1973–76: Reconstruction and establishment of the Banca Popolare di Milano
- 1974 : Restoration and reconstruction of the church of the Convento francescano di S. Giuseppe in Assisi
- 1979-81: Restoration and construction of the crypt for the relics of St. Francis in the Basilica of the Saint in Assisi
- 1982-88: University College, Church and Seminary Jean Paul II in Lomé