LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura

The new cultural centre of the city of Lugano. Building.

Project

LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura is a new cultural centre of the city of Lugano dedicated to the visual arts, music and the performing arts. The centre includes a museum, a theatre and concert hall and parking facilities.

• Museum: Construction of large span slabs. All the elements will be made of prestressed concrete. During the realization phases, a different solution has been used (metallic frame).
• Hall: four load-bearing columns in the corners, roof with unidirectional prestressed concrete beams. Glass facades.
• Theatre: Carved out of the mountain in the North-West corner, it comprises reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures. The roofs of the auditorium and the scenic tower are made with steel trusses and prefabricated prestressed concrete slabs.
• Garage: Base plate with increased thickness underneath the columns. Reinforced concrete floor slabs.

Technical data

Main building sections:

• Garage 42’000 m3
• Hall 11' 000 m3
• Museum 40’000 m3
• Theatre 70’000 m3
• Multipurpose room 2’000 m3
• Theatre studio 3’000 m3

Costs

CHF 130'000’000

Timeline

2009–2014

Clients

Dicastero del Territorio, Città di Lugano, Lugano (CH)

Services

• Site Management (support to the Client during the construction)
• Control/Supervision of civil engineers’ services during the building construction