CARITAS TICINO

Location:
Pregassona (Canton Ticino)
Customer:
Caritas Ticino
Project:
Mr Matteo Milani, Mr Fabio Trisconi (Architects)

AUSTERITY, SIMPLICITY, HOSPITALITY
Austerity, simplicity, hospitality: these are the themes of architectural concept that guided the design of the Swiss Caritas headquarters in Ticino, by architects Matteo Milani and Fabio Trisconi for the architectural part and engineer Antonio Paronesso for the structural part. Magnetti Building effectively fulfilled the customer’s constructive requirements by constructing a multi-storey, multifunctional building (ground floor, three floors above ground with TT elements, roofing with prefinished Newplan wing elements) intended for the marketing of used objects, in addition to administration areas and a warehouse.