Contact person
Simone Medici
Client
Fondazione Tusculum Arogno
Architect /general planner
Itten+Brechbühl AG
Planning
Orsi & Associati, Itten+Brechbühl AG
Start of construction
2015
Start of operations
2018
Floor space
ca. 3315 m2
Construction volume
ca. 11 000 m3
Photos
Marcelo Villada Ortiz
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Arogno, Switzerland
Domus Hyperion Nursing Home for Alzheimer Patients
| Program | Elderly home with a 16-bed Alzheimer's ward, 8 rooms for a day clinic and 16 beds for geriatric patients. | ||||||||||
| Client | Fondazione Tusculum Arogno | ||||||||||
| Planning / Construction | 2015─2018 | ||||||||||
| Services provided by IB |
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| Architecture | Itten+Brechbühl SA, Orsi & Associati | ||||||||||
| Surface area | 3'315 m2 | ||||||||||
| Construction volume | 10'997 m3 | ||||||||||
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Arogno is a peaceful village in the district of Lugano. Here the Fondazione Tusculum is building a new nursing home for patients with Alzheimer's which will complement and extend the existing buildings.
With its prism-shaped outline, the building blends harmoniously with existing structures and with the surrounding countryside. The four-storey construction is built into the slope and every care has been taken to incorporate the surroundings.
Great importance is attached to creating the maximum level of orientation by means of the colour concept and the use of architectural and acoustic elements. The location and design of the building determine that all the rooms receive a lot of light and that they offer wide, calming views of nature.
A tunnel-like connection leads from the lowest floor. It will connect to the existing building lending high structural efficiency to all the processes.
