Franco Ponti, Milo Navone, House in Viganello, 1976-1977. View from the garden of the south and east elevations. Photo: Enrico Cano, 2013
Franco Ponti, Milo Navone, House in Viganello, 1976-1977. The staircase from the day floor to the sleeping area. Photo: Enrico Cano, 2013
Franco Ponti, Milo Navone, House in Viganello, 1976-1977. The study. Photo: Enrico Cano, 2013
Casa in Viganello
Franco Ponti and Milo Navone, 1976 - 1977
On a sloping plot shaped like an elongated triangle, bounded along its longer sides by two streets, Franco Ponti and Milo Navone, partners in the Ponti e Navone studio from 1969 to 1981, designed a small house that skilfully interprets the constraints imposed by the site and the available resources, to offer domestic spaces of surprising generosity, intimate and welcoming and at the same time projected towards the small garden and the urban landscape below. The architects' design governs and harmonises building and furnishings, fixed and movable, in the spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright, whom they regarded with boundless admiration, and the care for construction details extends to and ennobles even the smallest particulars.
Visiting hours
- Sunday October 25th
14:30 – 15:10
Guided tour by Nicola Navone
Registration is mandatoryFull tour, no more places available - Sunday October 25th
15:15 – 15:55
Guided tour by Nicola Navone
Registration is mandatoryFull tour, no more places available - Sunday October 25th
16:00 – 16:40
Guided tour by Nicola Navone
Registration is mandatoryFull tour, no more places available
The building is not wheelchair accessible (while it is accessible to people with reduced mobility, as it is equipped with a stairlift).
Limitations
Exterior photography only
Address
Via E. Montale 1
6962 Viganello
Public transportation
From Lugano railway station:
Bus no. 461 from Lugano, Stazione Nord towards Villa Luganese, Paese, get off at Viganello, S. Siro, followed by an approximately 4-minute walk (300 m).
Alternatively:
Bus no. 5 from Lugano, Genzana towards Viganello, S. Siro, get off at Viganello, S. Siro, followed by an approximately 4-minute walk (260 m).
