Client

Ente Casa anziani Canobbio-Lugano

Architects / General planners

Itten+Brechbühl AG

Competition

2019, 1. Prize

Project start

2020

Start of operation

2024

Construction volume

approx. 28 000 m3

Visualizations

Filippo Bolognese Image Srl

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Lugano-Canobbio, Switzerland

Retirement home

Program New building for an 80-bed elderly home: with two standard 55-bed wards and a sheltered ward for 25 guests with cognitive impairment. A day care center for 25 children and a civil defense shelter are also planned.
Client Ente Casa Anziani Canobbio-Lugano
Competition 2019, 1. Prize
Planning / Construction 2020-2024
Services provided by IB
  • Cost Planning/Scheduling
  • General Planning
  • Architecture
Surface area 6'900 m2
Construction volume 27'996 m3

The project for a new retirement home in Canobbio proposes a market-leading building capable of redefining the sector; it solves a complex urban situation in a simple way whilst respecting the centuries-old trees and the existing buildings on the site.

A simple three-storey body, which houses the private spaces of the rooms, rests by creating a bridge over service volumes. Through this gesture the ground floor space is defined to be generous and flexible, able to be used for both public and collective functions. The project reacts sensitively to the morphology of the terrain and generates a permeable meeting space, which in turn creates a square on the northern side of the site, welcoming visitors and leading them through a large foyer to the park. The building is oriented to enjoy the best of the beautiful views onto the lake.

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