Buildings & Engineering Structures
LAC Theatre
LAC Theatre
Sector: Buildings
Category: Public buildings
Client: City of Lugano
Location: Lugano (Switzerland)
Year: 2010-2014
Services provided: Structural design and local construction management
Colle Loreto residence
Colle Loreto residence
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Lugano (Switzerland)
Year: 2012-2014
Services provided: Structural design, construction and accounting management, final cost settlement
Construction of a pair of villas, Vico Morcote
Construction of a pair of villas in Vico Morcote
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Vico Morcote (Switzerland)
Year: 2016-2019
Services provided: Structural design, local construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, groundworks, nailed walls
National Youth Sports Centre Tenero
National Youth Sports Centre Tenero
Sector: Buildings
Category: Buildings for sports facilities
Client: Swiss Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics
Location: Tenero (Switzerland)
Year: 1998-2000
Engineer: Ing. Roberto Artari formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Structural design of prestressed reinforced concrete roof beams, steel lenticular beams, structural design of exposed brick façades, structural design of climbing wall
Ubs Suglio
Ubs Suglio
Sector: Buildings
Category: Bank buildings
Client: UBS
Location: Manno (Switzerland)
Year: 1993-1996
Engineer: Ing. Roberto Artari formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Structural design of prestressed reinforced concrete fingers, structural restoration for damage caused by fire during construction
Extension to north quarter of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Extension to north quarter of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Sector: Buildings
Category: Buildings for education
Client: EPFL
Year: 1995-2001
Location: Lausanne (CH)
Engineer: Ing. Roberto Artari formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Structural design, reinforcement of foundations and reinforcement of slabs with carbon slats following a change in the intended use of new buildings
Villa, Montagnola
Villa in Montagnola
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Montagnola (Switzerland)
Year: 2002-2003
Engineer: Ing. Roberto Artari formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Design of load-bearing concrete structures, anchored and nailed walls, swimming pool
Church of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Lugano-Pregassona
Church of Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Lugano-Pregassona
Sector: Buildings
Category: Public buildings for worship
Client: Parish of Pregassona
Location: Lugano-Pregassona (Switzerland)
Year: 1995-1996
Engineer: Ing. Roberto Artari formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Design of prestressed reinforced concrete structure, glued laminated timber framework for the roof
Church of the Transfiguration, Lugano-Breganzona
Church of the Trasfiguration, Lugano-Breganzona
Sector: Buildings
Sector: Public buildings for worship
Client: Parish Church and Benefice of Breganzona
Location: Lugano-Breganzona (Switzerland)
Year: 2008
Services provided: Structural design, local construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, roof and steel structure of glass spire
Swimming pool, Morcote
Swimming pool in Morcote
Sector: Buildings
Sector: Private buildings for housing
Location: Morcote (Switzerland)
Year: 2019
Services provided: Structural design, local construction management
Villa extension with new swimming pool, Porza
Villa extension with new swimming pool in Porza
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Porza (Switzerland)
Year: 2010
Services provided: Structural design, local construction and accounting management, final cost settlement
Catishop building, Pregassona
Catishop building in Pregassona
Sector: Buildings
Category: Commercial buildings
Client: Caritas Ticino
Location: Lugano-Pregassona (Switzerland)
Year: 2011-2012
Services provided: Design, local construction management, cast-in-place concrete structures including retaining walls, plinths and foundation slab for prefabricated pillars, basement perimeter elevations, prefabricated slabs for floors, stairwell
Multipurpose centre, Via Stabile, Lugano
Multipurpose centre, Via Stabile in Lugano
Sector: Buildings
Category: Public and private buildings and housing
Location: Lugano (Switzerland)
Year: 2010-2011
Services provided: Structural design, local construction management, design of exposed brick façades
Storage Facility of conditioned radiactive waste at JRC Ispra
Storage Facility of conditioned radioactive waste at JRC Ispra
Sector: Buildings
Category: Industrial buildings, specialist structural shock and impact analysis
Client: Joint Research Centre – European Commission
Location: Ispra (Italy)
Year: 2008-2009
Services provided: Structural dimensioning of new building and foundations, specialist analysis of impact of missiles on the roof and façades of the facility, seismic stability checks heavy-duty stacking, elastoplastic shock verification of protective elements of pillars
Construction of Olivo residence, Morcote
Construction of Olivo residence in Morcote
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Morcote (Switzerland)
Year: 2010
Services provided: Structural design, local construction and accounting management, final cost settlement
Apartment building, Cadro
Apartment building in Cadro
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Lugano-Cadro (Switzerland)
Year: 2015-2016
Services provided: Structural design, local construction management, special foundations on micropiles
KEP building, Pregassona
KEP building in Pregassona
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Lugano-Pregassona (Switzerland)
Year: 2015-2016
Services provided: Structural design, local construction management
Residential building, Cureglia
Residential building in Cureglia
Sector: Buildings
Sector: Private buildings for housing
Location: Cureglia (Switzerland)
Year: 2017-2018
Services provided: Structural design, local construction management, groundworks
Residential building, Pazzallo
Residential building in Pazzallo
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Pazzallo (Switzerland)
Year: 2010-2011
Services provided: Structural design, local construction supervision
House, Cadro
House in Cadro
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Cadro (Switzerland)
Year: 2008
Services provided: Structural design, local construction and accounting management, final cost settlement
Houses, Cadro
Houses in Cadro
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Cadro (Switzerland)
Year: 2021-2022
Services provided: Structural design, local construction supervision
House, Aranno
House in Aranno
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Aranno (Switzerland)
Year: 2010-2011
Services provided: Structural design, local construction and accounting management, final cost settlement
Construction of Poggio d’Oro residence, Canobbio
Construction of Poggio d'Oro residence in Canobbio
Sector: Buildings
Category: Private buildings for housing
Location: Canobbio (Switzerland)
Year: 2013-2015
Services provided: Structural design, local construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, special foundations on micropiles
Cycle/pedestrian bridge, Torretta
Cycle/pedestrian bridge, Torretta
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Continuous beam cycle/pedestrian bridges
Client: Canton of Ticino
Location: Bellinzona (Switzerland)
Year: 2021-2022
Length: 172 m
Services provided: General design, local construction management, development of design details
Voie des Papes cycle/pedestrian bridge over river Ouvèze
Voie des Papes cycle/pedestrian bridge over river Ouvèze
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Cable-stayed cycle/pedestrian bridges
Client: Municipality of Sorgues – SPL Territoire Vaucluse
Location: Sorgues (France)
Year: 2021-2022
Length: 92 m
Services provided: Development, general design, design of abutments, plinths and foundation micropiles, anchor rods
Car park, Riva Bianca
Car park, Riva Bianca
Sector: Civil engineering super and sub-structures
Category: Car parks, pipelines for distribution networks, canalisation, street furniture
Client: City of Lugano
Location: Lugano-Castagnola (Switzerland)
Year: 2019-2020
Services provided: Structural design, construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, load-bearing structure for both floors of car park, lakeside wall, electricity substation, protection for CDALED pumping station, refurbishment of the distribution networks pipelines, repositioning of CDALED sewage pipe, street furniture on floor above car park, paving
Footbridge connecting FLP and FFS railway stations in Lugano
Footbridge connecting FLP and FFS railway stations in Lugano
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Continuous beam pedestrian bridges
Client: City of Lugano
Location: Lugano (Switzerland)
Year: 2014-2016
Length: 44 m
Services provided: Development, design, construction and accounting management, final cost settlement
Covered cycle/pedestrian bridge, Delémont
Covered cycle/pedestrian bridge in Delémont
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Continuous beam covered cycle/pedestrian bridges
Client: City of Delémont
Location: Delémont (Switzerland)
Year: 2022
Length: 253 m
Services provided: Single-stage design competition
Ribbon cycle/pedestrian bridge, Ponte Spada
Ribbon cycle/pedestrian bridge, Ponte Spada
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Ribbon cycle/pedestrian bridge
Client: Canton of Ticino
Location: Cagiallo Val Colla (Switzerland)
Year: 2017-2018
Length: 210 m
Services provided: Two-stage design competition
Shelter roof for TPL stop, FFS railway station in Lugano
Shelter roof for TPL stop, FFS railway station in Lugano
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Shelter roofs
Client: City of Lugano
Location: Lugano (Switzerland)
Year: 2017
Length: 17 m
Services provided: Structural Development, design, construction and accounting management, final cost settlement
Penate zone wildlife crossing
Penate zone wildlife crossing
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Road underpasses
Client: USTRA Bellinzona
Location: Rancate-Mendrisio (Switzerland)
Year: 2016-2017
Length: 40 m
Services provided: Development, design, construction and accounting management, final cost settlement
Pedrestrian bridge ribbing, Melide bridge-dam
Pedrestrian bridge ribbing beside Melide bridge-dam
Sector: Engineering Structures, geotechnical engineering
Category: Ribbing, deep foundation work
Client: Ugo Bassi SA
Location: Melide (Switzerland)
Year: 2013-2014
Services provided: Design of steel ribbing for new bridge, design of sheet piles for excavation shaft in water, design and settlements calculation of the temporary piles of the steel ribbing
Rail underpass, Iragna
Rail underpass in Iragna
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Rail underpasses
Client: ALPTRANSIT San Gottardo Biasca
Location: Iragna (Switzerland)
Year: 2005
Engineer: Dr. Antonio Paronesso formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Structural design of underpass with prestressed reinforced concrete slab, including intersection foundation slab and pumping tank
Rail underpass, Fieu
Rail underpass, Fieu
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Rail underpasses
Client: ALPTRANSIT San Gottardo Biasca
Location: Biasca (Switzerland)
Year: 2005
Engineer: Dr. Antonio Paronesso formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Structural design of underpass with prestressed reinforced concrete slab
Viaduct, Fieud
Viaduct Fieud
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Bridges and viaducts
Client: USTRA Bellinzona
Location: Gotthard Pass road (Switzerland)
Year: 2014
Services provided: Slope stability analysis and study of possible safety improvements for current route and viaduct, study of alternative routes and new viaduct
Road viaduct over river Toce and A26 motorway
Road viaduct over river Toce and A26 motorway
Sector: Engineering Structures
Category: Continuous beam, steel-concrete composite construction bridges and viaducts
Location: Gravellona Toce (Italy)
Number of spans: 8
Total length: 450 m
Year: 2004
Engineer: Dr. Antonio Paronesso formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Final design of steel-concrete composite-construction viaduct