Savosa
Michele Gaggini
Mendrisio hospital
Michele Gaggini The proposed site is located in an area of Mendrisio that has developed around a number of significant buildings surrounded by majestic gardens: an ensemble of great value both historically-culturally and as a new health-school center of regional importance. The project emphasizes these peculiarities of the site with the creation of a new…
Retirement home Bellinzona
Michele Gaggini – Nicola Probst The main idea implies the definition of a new urban green block, where two main actors, the old existing villa and the new building are in constant dialogue. The urban empty space between these two elements is thought as a new public space, a public garden, for the all neighborhood.…
Savosa
Michele Gaggini 40. Upgrade of primary schools / Savosa / 2009-2015 A feasibility study dating back to 2009 on the expansion and renovation of the Municipal Schools of Savosa has decreed the maintenance of the 1967 class wing, which still represents a valid example of quality school architecture, the demolition of the 1951 wing and…
Bissone
Michele Gaggini 62. House G3 / Bissone / 2012-2013 The project involves the redevelopment of two adjoining houses in order to allow a rational and contemporary use, both as a place to live and as a place of work. The two houses are located next to Contrada Veronese, the ancient route of crossing the…
Arogno
Michele Gaggini 05. House BB / Arogno / 2012 – 2016 The typology is that of a court house, spatiality that is found in the houses of the adjacent core, interpreted in a contemporary key as a response to the situation of proximity to a road, to a view that does not play a fundamental…
Melano
Michele Gaggini 07. House CZ / Melano / 2006-2008 The house is located between a farm road and a river and extends over the entire length of the lot for 56 meters, perpendicular to the waterway. This placement confers an order and a clear ending to the messy built-up behind. The house relates with…