Aurelio Galfetti

Aurelio Galfetti (2 April 1936 – 5 December 2021) was a Swiss architect.

Biography Galfetti was born in Biasca, Ticino, on 2 April 1936. Together with Mario Botta, Luigi Snozzi, and Livio Vacchini, he is one of the foremost 20th-century architects from the Canton of Ticino.

One of his most important works was the renovation of Castelgrande at Bellinzona.

Galfetti died on 5 December 2021, at the age of 85. His nephew is Manuel Valls, former prime minister of France.

Trivia Galfetti's sister, the actress Luisangela Galfetti, was married to the Catalan painter Xavier Valls.

Works Casa Rotalinti, 1961, Bellinzona Kindergarten in Biasca, 1963–64, Biasca Kindergarten, 1966, 1969–70, Lugano Städtisches Freibad, 1967–70, Bellinzona Kindergarten, 1969–71, Bedano School centre, 1972, Riva San Vitale School, 1972–75, Ascona Main post office, 1981–85, Bellinzona House Al Portone, 1984–85, Bellinzona Tennis courts, 1985–86, Bellinzona Leonardo residential building, 1986, Lugano Houses Bianco e Nero, 1986, Bellinzona Ferreti House, 1988, Gravesano Transformation of Castelgrande, 1983–89, Bellinzona Mediatheque, 1989–90, Chambéry Bâtiment Ulysse, 1991–94, Lausanne Aula polivalente, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 1999–2002, Lugano Net Center, 2006, Padua