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Via Carona 6
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multi-family homes
Place
Paradiso, Switzerland
Studio
Photos
Simone Bossi
Description
The building takes its form from the difficult site
along the railway and articulates access at different levels. It contains 14
apartments over five levels, gradually revealing close-up views of Lake Lugano
through the long northern terraces. The project is conceived as an assemblage
of elements with different lifespans: structure, services and partitions,
pre-empting the scenarios in which it might transform over time. A range of
peculiar typologies are produced by the massing. The structure tilts out to
support a projecting element at the top with the penthouse, changing the
perception of the frame and of the landscape beyond. Materially, the building
softens its monolithic aspect with bush-hammered concrete panels as infill to
the frame.