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

Retour

Arogno, Switzerland

Foyer de soins pour malades d’Alzheimer Domus Hyperion

Programme Elderly home with a 16-bed Alzheimer's ward, 8 rooms for a day clinic and 16 beds for geriatric patients.
Maître d’ouvrage Fondazione Tusculum Arogno
Planification / Réalisation 2015─2018
Prestations IB
  • Planification générale
Architecture Itten+Brechbühl SA, Orsi & Associati
Surface de plancher 3'315 m2
Volume de construction 10'997 m3

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.

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