Switzerland

Waterproofing of the underground car park

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Progettata dall'architetto Mario Botta, Residenza Martina gode di una posizione privilegiata, a pochi passi dal centro di Riva San Vitale e dalla riva del Lago Ceresio.

The waterproofing of the underground car park at the Residenza Martina in Riva San Vitale makes optimal use of space thanks to the rationality of the Drytech Tank structure.

Designed by architect Mario Botta, Residence Martina enjoys a privileged location, just a few steps from the centre of Riva San Vitale and the shore of Lake Lugano.

Elegant. Cosy. Warm. Comfortable. Serviced. These are the qualities everyone wants for their home.

These are the characteristics of the residence, which offers an ideal living solution for people of the third and fourth age.

In fact, it integrates absolutely autonomous and personal apartments with the possibility of having all the services of care, assistance, prevention and socialization.

The added value of Residenza Martina is integration into the life of the town. Rising in fact in the center, the inhabitants can walk to shops, cafes, the post office, the Lido of Riva San Vitale.

If on the one hand the structure is open and connected to the community, on the other it is literally immersed in nature.

The entrances are located to the north, towards the town center and the lake, as is the access ramp to the underground garage, built with a 1,860 m2 Drytech Tank.

The main facade, completely south-facing, instead opens onto the large common lawn and, beyond a row of trees, onto the green area of the nearby school.

The Martina Residence in Riva San Vitale is a real home, where each person can find their own dimension, both intimate and social.

Ownership: SPM, Manno

Project: Arch. Mario Botta, Mendrisio

Structure: Ing. Cesare Lucini, Paradiso

Construction: Barella, Chiasso

Drytech Tank: 1,860 m2ce

Waterproofing rooftop swimming pool

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The hanging pool and the lawn on the waterproof concrete slab of the Drytech White Tank

The waterproofing of a rooftop swimming pool can result in the bottom of the pool coinciding with the floor slab underneath.

This is the case of the scenic swimming pool at Villa Poiana on Lake Ceresio, built with the Drytech Tank waterproof structure.

The architecture of Villa Poiana frames different views of the panorama offered by this corner of the Ceresio, transforming them into as many spectacular views.

In particular with the exposed concrete beams that define the patios on the first and second levels of the villa.

The building designed by the architect Mischa Groh is composed of two superimposed bodies, rotated by 30 degrees relative to each other.

The slabs are connected to each other alternately on the right and left side, drawing the facade as a schematic Z.

The large à jour windows are set back from the front of the facade. In addition to guaranteeing comfortable shade to the interiors at the zenith hours, this solution enhances the powerful design of the villa through the contrast between light and dark.

The façade is in exposed concrete, made with formworks composed of narrow boards that ripple the surface, producing a warm material effect.

The roof of the lower body is the base of the lawn of the upper villa, in which the scenographic hanging swimming pool built with the Drytech Tank is immersed.

For swimming pool structures in contact with chlorine or salt water, Drytech has developed a specific concrete recipe that resists aggressive agents.

The structure of Villa Poiana follows the slope in which it is set, so all the walls of the shafts on the side of the rock were made with Drytech Waterproof Concrete and with the waterproofing of the details with Drycoat flaps, the elastic and continuous waterproof covering that adheres and adapts to the structure like a second skin.

Project: Architetto Misha Groh, Melide

Structure: Ing. De Bernardis, Massagno

Construction: Garzoni, Lugano

Photo: Sabrina Montiglia, Lugano

Drytech Tank: 1,310 m²

Waterproofing of a Brutalist building

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Domus Adriana was born in the seemingly narrow path of physical and architectural limitations and, like a stream in a gorge, it is precisely from obstacles that it draws energy and meaning.

The waterproofing of the large podium of a Brutalist building can only be in fair-faced waterproof concrete.

Domus Adriana was born in the seemingly narrow path of physical and architectural limitations and, like a stream in a gorge, it is precisely from obstacles that it draws energy and meaning.

A project designed by constraints.

Like the land located 9 meters above the street level, an existing building in grey concrete with which to communicate and, again, the absence of surface access to the road.

The architect Edy Quaglia has in fact decided to design a free form, which refers only to its own volume. A monolith characterized by an empty entrance, which connects the entire volume with the street below.

The clients of the work are the owners of the Taddei di Viganello construction company. Domus Adriana was therefore required to also be an expression of their professional quality and their passion.

In this sense, facing concrete is the most effective choice, because it literally leaves the builder’s work bare, showing his skill and care without filters.

However, the proximity of another concrete building presented a context problem, which in turn proved to be a powerful opportunity.

To mark the gap between the two buildings, the concrete was in fact colored red and, consequently, rough formworks were used, laid horizontally.

In addition to defining the identity of Domus Andriana, this choice has enhanced the dialogue between the two buildings.

The coloring and horizontal formwork also characterize the space between the volumes and, in particular, the elevator walls and open stairways.

An architectural continuity that brings out the idea that the void separates the two volumes of the building, but formally unites them, emphasizing the fixed scene.

Domus Adriana is spread over seven floors, three of which are completely underground and four resting on the natural ground, divided into apartments.

The hypogeum is a waterproof structure made with a 1,540 m² Drytech Tank, which houses cellars and laundries for each apartment, the technical rooms and two garages with direct access to the street.

Owners: Fulvio and Adriana Pagnamenta, Cureglia

Project: Architetto Edy Quaglia, Lugano

Structure: Ing. Fulvio Pagnamenta, Cureglia

Construction: Taddei, Viganello

Drytech Tank: 1,540 m²

Photos: L. Crivelli, A. Vitiello, G. Pagnamenta

Waterproofing of the iconic fair-faced concrete roof pool

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The iconic hanging swimming pool in exposed concrete, with a glass wall overlooking Lake Lugano, is the emblem of the Drytech Tankl, which enhances the purity of lines of the project by architect Edy Quaglia.

The waterproofing of the iconic fair-faced concrete roof pool, with its glass wall overlooking Lake Lugano, is the emblem of the Drytech Tank system.

Form and function coincide, just as the waterproof concrete structure corresponds exactly to the purity of lines of architect Edy Quaglia’s design.

The edges of the pool and the walkable areas are waterproofed with the continuous Drycoat, which adapts like a second skin to the surface.

Project: Architetto Edy Quaglia, Lugano

Construction: Garzoni, Lugano

Drytech Tank: 40 m²

waterproofing the basement of the villa

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Single-family villa designed by architect Silvia Casanova, with the podium made of Drytech Weisse Wanne waterproofing.

The waterproofing of the basement level of the iconic villa designed by architect Silvia Casanova was carried out with the Drytech Tank System, because the clay quality of the soil favours water stagnation, making structural waterproofing necessary.

Immersed in nature, the red house in Cureglia is also very green inside.

The production of energy is entrusted to an air-water heat pump, with solar panels for the production of hot water and provision for the installation of the photovoltaic system on the roof.

The insulation is guaranteed by an airy structure, made up of a layer of rock wool, a cavity for ventilation and a coating in ecological fiber cement sheets.

The ventilation of the facade prevents the formation of humidity inside the house, which also benefits from a forced ventilation system.

The building stands on land parallel to the road. The north side was therefore conceived as a real screen: thermal, but also acoustic.

The basement level, intended for the garage and technical rooms, was built with the Drytech Tank.

Project: Silvia Casanova, Arch. dipl. ETH, Claro

Structure: Peter Stauffer, Ing. dipl. ETH, Pianezzo

Construction: Edilcapri SA, Tesserete

Drytech Tank: 203 m²

Waterproofing of a rooftop swimming pool

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Overlooking Lake Maggiore, the house with a hanging pool designed and designed by engineer Bonalumi for himself.

Drytech realised the waterproofing of a rooftop swimming pool with the Drytech Tank waterproof concrete structure.

Overlooking Lake Maggiore, immersed in the woods above Ascona, the house with a hanging pool designed and designed by engineer Bonalumi for himself.

The pool occupies part of the top floor and, from the water, the view sweeps across the entire lake.

The bottom of the pool is the slab of the master bedroom.

The structure is a Drytech Tank in exposed waterproof concrete, with the edge of the pool completely covered with the Drycoat waterproof covering.

Project: Pianifica SA, Locarno

Double waterproofing for the pool surrounded by a water garden

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Piscina a sfioro immersa in un giardino acquatico, anch’esso a sfioro. Con una vista mozzafiato sul lago di Lugano.

Double waterproofing for the infinity pool surrounded by a water garden, also an infinity pool with a breathtaking view of Lake Lugano.

This striking pool is a Drytech Tank with three walls against the ground and one – lake side – fully exposed.

Project: Franzi and Canetta Architects, Noranco

Waterproofing the underground levels

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The AlpTransit Operations Centre in Pollegio, which operates the railway traffic in the Gotthard and Monte Ceneri base tunnels.

Waterproofing the underground levels of the AlpTransit control tower with the Drytech Tank waterproof concrete structure.

The AlpTransit Pollegio Operation Center manages the railway traffic of the Gotthard and Monte Ceneri base tunnels.

Known as “The Periscope” for its futuristic architecture, the POC is one of the four SBB operating centers in Switzerland, together with the ultra-modern centers of Lausanne, Olten, Zurich.

Height and shape of the building are the architectural response to two functional constraints.

The POC marks and declares the entrance to the Gotthard base tunnel. It is a symbol.

To be perceived as such by the railway and the motorway it was developed in height.

The second constraint is the dimensional incompatibility between the control room and the type of an office building, which has led to accepting the contrast and expressing it in a radical way. Thus, the double-height slab of the control room is grafted onto a trunk of office space, arranged diagonally on the lot.

The AlpTransit Pollegio Operation Center therefore appears as a sculptural object animated by a twist between the two volumes.

Seen from a moving vehicle it transforms, changing its proportions and offering different states of balance.

Client: Canton Ticino logistics section

Project: Architetto Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Berlino

Structure: Ingg. Borlini & Zanini, Pambio Noranco

Construction: CSC, Lugano

Drytech Tank: 711 m²