Trincea di Massagno Intercommunal Zoning Plan (PR-TriMa)
With the Trincea di Massagno Intercommunal Zoning Plan (PR-TriMa), the City of Lugano and the Municipality of Massagno aim to create the formal prerequisites for urban planning and to promote the redevelopment of the area north of the SBB train station.
In addition to the possibility of establishing a new university campus, the planning project lays the foundation for the integration of a green area network within the urban hub, as envisioned in the Lugano Agglomeration Program (the “green grid”), enabling the creation of over 10,000 m² of green space – a true urban park – in a densely populated area.
Technical assessments carried out in 2018 in collaboration with SBB Infrastructure highlighted the substantial technical feasibility of the works, providing an initial estimate of the financial burden for covering the “rail trench” over nearly 500 meters, estimated at around 70 million francs. The estimated figure includes the costs for the final arrangement as a public park and the construction of attractive pedestrian and cycling connections.
The SUPSI Città Alta Campus
The establishment of a new university campus in the Lugano-Massagno railway trench has generated significant interest from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).
The project includes:
- the construction of a building on the northern square of Lugano station, compatible with the urban redevelopment project of the SBB station
- the expansion of the SUPSI area on SBB properties
- the implementation of additional residential and tertiary development interventions
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The original version is the page in Italian.