The site where the different schools of the SUPSI Campus are located is right after the main Campus building, currently occupied by the railway tracks and the trench. This site, so small and complicated, is going to accommodate a large and complex academic project.
The first decision proposed is to juxtapose the SUPSI campus‑trench cover and the station itself, avoiding an undefined, intermediate area that the initial subdivision of the plot seemed to encourage.
Once such propositions are in place, the different proposals explained below will be discussed.
- To enable the use of the buildable wall base, which only occupies the lateral embankments of the trench. On both sides of this path the largest spaces, or more specific areas the university may need, will be adapted.
- A series of pedestrian walkways, modest in width, allow the urban layout on both sides of the trench to be consolidated and given continuity. These walkways often connect the two sides at points where we can predict certain levels of traffic.
- On the sides of the trench a series of independent buildings ‑small and varying in height‑ can be built, taking into consideration the nearest constraints. These buildings will house other uses of the SUPSI which do not require as much space.
- The needs of the SUPSI do not require all of the possible buildable space. In the northern area there are residential buildings which face the park planned for the east side in the current “masterplan”.
Client:
SBB CFF FFS
Address:
Via Genzana, Via Pasquée, Via al Ponte. 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
Typology:
Education & Culture, Landscape, Residential, Urban Design
Status:
In progress
Competition:
2012
Design of project:
2012
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos + Giraudi & Radczuweit
Collaborators:Alejandro Álvarez, Borja Sallago, David García, Giordano Baly, Vesna Poljancic
Structural engineering:Fürst Laffranchi Bauingenieure
Masterplan:Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
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