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Meeting place Sonvico

Designed by Enrico Sassi in Lugano, Meeting Place Sonvico involves the transformation of a residual space into a public amenity that works in synergy with traffic calming measures.

“Spazio Incontro” is a new urban regeneration project in Sonvico. It is part of a wider masterplan for the Dino and Sonvico areas.
It involves the transformation of the existing disorganised residual space into a new public amenity that would work in synergy with traffic calming measures.

Enrico Sassi, Meeting Place Sonvico, Lugano, 2016

A new 70 sqm surface has been created, a meeting space which can be accessed from above by a new stair. Completing the local pedestrian network of routes, a new pavement section has been created. The raised speed calming area contains two ARL public transport stops.

The area is delimited by two reinforced concrete walls – one straight, the other curved. They are made with different formworks (250x50 cm panels with exposed fixings for the straight wall, vertically aligned shuttering for the curved wall).

A new bench has been built along the straight wall on the road. This is a modified version of the historical design of the benches located on the promenade along the Lugano lake. The cast iron legs are specially fabricated on the basis of the historical model. The seat is formed by wood slats and painted red.

Enrico Sassi, Meeting Place Sonvico, Lugano, 2016

Enrico Sassi, Meeting Place Sonvico, sketch

Meeting Place Sonvico, Lugano
Architect: Enrico Sassi
Engineering: Mauri e associati
Contractor: Implenia Svizzera SA
Landscape: Giuliano Greco, Oikos 2000
Area: 70 sqm
Completion: 2016

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Meeting place Sonvico

Designed by Enrico Sassi in Lugano, Meeting Place Sonvico involves the transformation of a residual space into a public amenity that works in synergy with traffic calming measures.

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