University Campus USI/SUPSI
Lugano Viganello, Switzerland
2011
program: USI/SUPSI campus in Lugano Viganello
> total area: 22 445 m2
> SUPSI spaces: 7 740 m2
> USI spaces: 6 960 m2
> common areas: 5 245 m2
> parking: 2 500 m2
client: SUPSI, scuola universitaria professionale della svizzera italiana
USI, università della svizzera italiana
project: Alfonso Femia * with
images: ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Lugano Viganello, Switzerland
2011
program: USI/SUPSI campus in Lugano Viganello
> total area: 22 445 m2
> SUPSI spaces: 7 740 m2
> USI spaces: 6 960 m2
> common areas: 5 245 m2
> parking: 2 500 m2
client: SUPSI, scuola universitaria professionale della svizzera italiana
USI, università della svizzera italiana
project: Alfonso Femia * with
images: ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
“The public spaces foreseen during the planning have been designed to be easily accessible not only to the students but to the whole city.” AF
The public spaces – foreseen during the planning were designed to be easily accessible, not only to students but also to the whole city – characterize the project of multifunctional spaces accessible by children, young people and adults.
Mainly located on the ground floor, they live in the green context in which they are inserted and have been made independent to be exploited during the night hours in anticipation of events, conferences or simply different opening times.
The auditorium, the library and the exhibition hall are designed as the social and cultural hub of the facility. Placed in the central cone of the first building, they develop a path that links the entire system to the second floor.
Mainly located on the ground floor, they live in the green context in which they are inserted and have been made independent to be exploited during the night hours in anticipation of events, conferences or simply different opening times.
The auditorium, the library and the exhibition hall are designed as the social and cultural hub of the facility. Placed in the central cone of the first building, they develop a path that links the entire system to the second floor.