The Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio, built on the Campus of Mendrisio - Università della Svizzera italiana, was designed by arch. Mario Botta, promoted and realized thanks to the joint work of the Università and the Fondazione Teatro dell'architettura, in order to offer a privileged dialogue space for the cultural debate on architecture, the city, the landscape.

Alongside the teaching and research activities carried out within the Academy of Architecture, this initiative aims to strengthen the educational offer with exhibitions, seminars and different activities, to give visibility to the new transdisciplinary interests that increasingly intervene in the design process and redefine the social role of architecture.