The Project’s concept is to “bring” the mountain into Lugano Paradiso distric. Lugano is considered a highly developed city, with good connections and infrustructures, but it lacks of aesthetical and ecofriendly facilities. It is surrounded by mountains but you can not perceive them being inside the built environment. Therefore the idea to create a balanced upsidedown relationship.
San Salvatore is one of the biggest attractions of Lugano, with a huge historical value. Fo this reason, the focus point of the project is on how to lead people to this mountain, how to attract them in a simple yet strong way. This leads us to Lugano Paradiso, where visitors will be guided from the main points of arrival (Ferry, Funicolare, Train station and the starting of the Trekking) to the mountain.
After getting on top of the mountain, people will understand why we are giving all this importance to it. The views are breath taking, so one of the main aims is to point out the viewpoints. In addition we want visitors to go deeper on understanding; discovering the mountain and its secrets.
The focal points of the project are the Main Street that lead to the Funiculare Station and the Plaza of the Funicolare on the city level. Here we wanted Nature to get in. In the realm of the mountain, instead, we designed some urban elements like the benches, the handrails and the viewing platforms. The interventions are minimal as we wanted to keep the mountain wild and untamed. These elements, placed in the stops along the trekking path will make the people discover and learn about the Miths of San Salvatore (Legend of Bafalòn) and the characteristical Fauna and Flora.
01. General Analysis
02. Masterplan and Actions
03. Main Road Desing
03. FUNICOLARE SQUARE
04. VIEWPOINTS TREKKING
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