Casa Walser was published in renowned architecture magazines shortly after its completion. The documentation of these publications is part of the architectural history of the Ticino School.
Publications
Abitare, No. 273, April 1989
La Casa e il Sito, Casa Walser
Abitare presents Casa Walser as the answer to a difficult site: a steep vineyard below Loco, where the municipality had only just granted planning permission for the first time. Luigi Snozzi develops the house from three themes: the route through the house, its relationship with the landscape, and a cube with a hipped roof modelled on the old houses of the valley. A footbridge leads into the top floor, from where the house winds downwards across a plan of eight by eight metres.
DU, November 1989
Snozzi, Der Architekt und die anderen
The cultural magazine DU devoted an entire issue to Luigi Snozzi. In it, the architectural historian Werner Oechslin places Snozzi’s position within the Swiss architectural debate. A photo essay over several pages shows Casa Walser: the entrance footbridge, the round windows, the stairs and the loggia overlooking the valley. Between the images stand Snozzi’s maxims, such as “Every intervention implies destruction; destroy with understanding.”
Häuser, March 1990
Beton Pur in Harmonie mit der Natur
The feature by Horst Rasch, with photographs by Reiner Blunck, presents Casa Walser as proof of Snozzi’s conviction that concrete and nature are not mutually exclusive. Seen from the road, the house looks like a modest hut, and its hipped roof echoes the roofs of Loco. The technical data list 150 m² of living space, construction start in September 1986 and completion in September 1987.
Schweizer Architektur / Architecture Suisse, AS 094, October 1990
The journal Architecture Suisse documents Casa Walser in issue 94 as a work by Luigi Snozzi, designed in 1985 and executed in 1987. The entry is available in the journal’s online archive.
NZZ Bellevue, 25 August 2026
Holiday Homes in Europe: Five Architectural Icons to Rent
The NZZ style magazine includes Casa Walser among five iconic architect-designed houses in Europe available as holiday rentals. The article tells how the Zürich doctor Peter Walser discovered the Valle Onsernone and commissioned Luigi Snozzi, one of the leading figures of the Ticino School, to build the house. It describes exposed concrete, round porthole windows and a strict black-and-white interior.