Aprtment Building on Via Carona

APRTMENT BUILDING ON VIA CARONA

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Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi

ARCHITECTS
DF_DC

PHOTOGRAPHS
Simone Bossi

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Ingegneri Pedrazzini Guidotti

AREA
2000 m²

LOCATION
Paradiso, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Apartments

YEAR
2020

Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi

Text description provided by architect.

The building appears as a reticular structure perched above the railway, on the hills facing Lake Lugano, containing 14 dwellings behind its concrete envelope.

As a project, it is driven by a reflection on the lifespan of materials and how they can enable a transformation over a 50-100 year cycle.

Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi

By considering the lifespans of the different constructive elements - from structure (100 years), services (50 years), envelope (30 years), to the relative impermanence of the partitions (10-20 years), the project aims to reduce to the minimum the grey energy along with its existence.

The building is thought of as a structural exoskeleton with consolidated service cores, thus leaving the rest of the plan free to change over time.

Conversely, all the internal partitions are lightweight or built-in furniture, in order to be easily replaced as low-energy operations.

Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi

A range of peculiar typologies is produced by the massing and the site constraints. 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 an infill to the frame.

Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi


Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
© Simone Bossi


Aprtment Building on Via Carona
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Aprtment Building on Via Carona
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Aprtment Building on Via Carona
Typical floor plan
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
Ground floor plan
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
Roof plan
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
Penthouse floor plan
Aprtment Building on Via Carona
Site plan