Flora Ruchat-Roncati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Flora Ruchat-Roncati

Swiss architect (1937-2012)

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1937

Place of Birth: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

Date of Death: 24-Oct-2012

Profession: architect, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Flora Ruchat-Roncati (1937–2012) was a Swiss architect and professor.
She was from Ticino, but spent time in Zürich and worked at ETH Zurich.
She was co-winner, with her assistant Renato Salvi, of a competition to design the Transjurane highway in 1988.
The highway joins the Swiss and French road networks through the Jura mountains and involves many tunnels.
Eleven of the tunnels are over a kilometre long.