Casino, Campione d’Italia, Italy 1990-2006

Project: 1990/1998
Construction: 1998-2006
Partner: arch. Giorgio Orsini
Client: Municipality of Campione d’Italia
Site area: 15’000 m²
Useful surface: 63’550 m²
Volume: 237’830 m³

The Casino stands at the foot of the hill, on a site comprised between the historical centre to the south and the 19th-century urban fabric to the north.
The complex is divided into three different parts: the central nine-storey volume and two lower side wings, with stairs leading to the lake to preserve the existing pedestrian links. The building has two main entrances, the first one from Piazza Milano (lakeside) and the other one from Corso Fusina (hillside). The side wings, connected to the central volume by means of suspended bridges, house the administration offices, the technical rooms and the storages. The main body houses the games, a covered terrace, a restaurant on the seventh floor and a wide reception hall on the ninth floor. The building occupies the upper portion of the lot thus allowing the creation of a large urban park in the lower part.