Quai B\u00e8ll \u2013 Redevelopment of the lakeshore in Paradiso<\/strong><\/p>\n Paradiso, Lugano, Switzerland Quai B\u00e8ll \u2013 Redevelopment of the lakeshore in Paradiso Paradiso, Lugano, Switzerland Competition 2016 Redevelopment of the lakeshore of Paradiso, Lugano, Switzerland. Creation of the \u201cLido Paradiso\u201d, with leisure facilities including swimming pools, a spa, a bar, a restaurant, a … Continue reading
\nCompetition 2016
\nRedevelopment of the lakeshore of Paradiso, Lugano, Switzerland. Creation of the \u201cLido Paradiso\u201d, with leisure facilities including swimming pools, a spa, a bar, a restaurant, a boat dock, and a diving school. Creation of a \u201csquare\u2013platform\u201d featuring fountains, a pool with an ecological waterfall, and a four-storey parking building. The project also includes the construction of wooden piers forming walkways, promenades, and seating areas along the entire intervention axis.
\nclient: Region of Valle d\u2019Aosta, Department of Public Works, Soil Protection and Public Housing.
\nDepartment of Planning, Soil Protection and Water Resources; Single Procurement Station and Planning of Public Works.
\nproject: Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia *AF517 with Bruno Huber Architetti
\nlandscape design: Projet BASE sarl Paysage\/Urbanisme
\nstructural engineering: AR&PA Engineering
\nimmagini: \u00a9Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia\/AF517 with Bruno Huber Architetti & BASE\n<\/p><\/div>\n A paradise for whom?
\nCan we still believe in a celestial or earthly paradise?
\nPlaces, just like objects, do not have the exclusive power to make us happy.
\nMusic can make us happy.
\nA continuo line that offers citizens an accompaniment of joy, rhythm, suspension, calm, and space.
\nSpaces\u2014perhaps even more than objects\u2014have the power to change life.
\nA garden for children and adults, a cinema, a nightclub, a waterfall, a square on the water, or a beach can change it even more. Along a continuous narrative of nature and path.
\nThis is precisely the reason why we believe in our profession:
\nthe possibility of changing people\u2019s lives.
\nThis change does not occur solely through an aesthetic transformation, but through the creation of a place, defined by the way inhabitants use it.
\nThe transformation from space to place is the theme and the purpose of the project.\n<\/div>\n\nRedevelopment of the Paradiso lakeside promenade and creation of \u201cLido Paradiso\u201d, including:
\nLido Mercurio \u2013 A renewed Lido
\nThe intervention on the Conca d\u2019Oro Municipal Pool focuses on giving the project a strong, recognisable identity. The pool building provides the municipality of Paradiso with spaces that shift between public and private. A silos-type car park allows everyone to enjoy the new promenade, including those who do not reside in Paradiso. Its integration into the mountain makes it appear as a rock embedded in the existing landscape. A system of filtering terraces creates an ecological pool that eliminates chlorine and its toxicity.
\nLido Venere \u2013 A playground for children
\nThe conversion of the existing dockyard includes the placement of a children\u2019s play area on its rooftop. Slides and rope courses offer Paradiso\u2019s children a completely new play and visual experience. A Mediterranean garden sets a comfortable distance between the public space and the road. Families can sit beside the new attraction, enjoying the view of the lake while keeping an eye on their children.
\nLido Marte \u2013 Intimate wooden platforms and a linear garden in shades of red.
\nLido Giove \u2013 A former pool transformed into a silver garden and a path that touches the lake.
\nLido Saturno \u2013 A lakeside terrace as a meeting place and a golden garden.
\nLido Sole \u2013 Riva Paradiso and its new Promenade
\nA curved wooden walkway allows visitors to approach the water or sit and rest. Circular planting beds embrace new greenery and existing trees, offering an unusual entrance to Riva Paradiso while respecting what is already there. The reflecting pool offers a new experience of the lake and makes the new landscape intervention immediately recognisable.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"