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Inches Geleta Architetti . photos: © Simone Bossi

The extension of the Andina-Schneider house is located next to the Maggia Delta, a suggestive territorial section overlooking the Lake Verbano area, in which the different uses (residential, tourist, agricultural, etc.) are intertwined with respect and caution with the natural ones , giving shape to a composite landscape where the balance between the naturalistic and landscape aspects and the anthropic ones is well defined. Continue reading Inches Geleta

Inches Geleta Architetti

Inches Geleta won the competition in 2017.
The project is the extension of the Viganello elementary school in order to provide space for a canteen and an after-school activity room for circa 100 children. Continue reading Inches Geleta

Inches Geleta Architetti . photos: © Simone Bossi

Zanini Porta house is located in the Magadino Plain, an evocative territorial area between the cities of Bellinzona and Locarno. The Plain is delimited by mountain profiles, in which anthropic presences intertwine with natural ones, giving shape to various land uses: from agricultural areas to industrial ones, from leisure areas with particular naturalistic qualities to residential ones. The house falls into this category and is part of the peri-urban fabric that characterizes the valley. Continue reading Inches Geleta

Inches Geleta Architetti

The valleys of Ticino and the vernacular buildings that characterise them are monolithic stone environments that modern architecture is confronted with. The Weidmann house fits into this context: the concrete roof reveals the tectonics of the building. Its evocative force recalls the pre-existing Bavona and neighbouring valleys, while the permeability between the interior and exterior spaces unequivocally speaks a contemporary language. Continue reading Inches Geleta

Inches Geleta

In the urban topography of Locarno one can see the original Città Vecchia (historical centre), the Quartiere Nuovo (towards the lake) and the district of Campagna (towards Solduno). The Palazzo Pioda stands in this last section, an originally agricultural area that is now used for residential, commercial, service and production activities – in other words, a mixed-use neighbourhood. The building density parameters are higher here than anywhere else in Locarno, which shows the desire to give the neighbourhood a new urbanity. Continue reading Inches Geleta