Study Natural History Museum of Canton Ticino, Locarno
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Hochbauamt des Kanton Tessin

Open competition
Planning 2022

The new headquarters of the Cantonal Museum of Natural History is being built in the middle of the historic city centre, on the site of the Santa Caterina monastery complex. The new building consists of a three-winged composition and connects to the existing building to the south-west, where it continues the structure formed by the church and monastery. A gently sloping staircase leads visitors from the Vicolo Cappuccini to the lower entrance level. Analogue to the structure of the volumetry, the interior spaces are also divided into three areas per floor, which serve different purposes.