Lugano
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura
Lugano’s new cultural centre, LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura was created with the aim of adding value to the cultural and artistic life of the city and the region. It is endowed with a concert and theatre hall and a museum, the first in the region designed for this purpose.
The Building
With a volume of 180,000 m3 the imposing structure rises over the site of the former Palace hotel. The strong point of the LAC’s design is its proximity to the lake. The entrance hall (650 m2) which provides access to the theatre and concert hall is a huge window which makes the interface between interior and exterior almost invisible.
The Museum
The Museo d’Arte della Svizzera italiana was born from the merging of the Museo Cantonale d’Arte with the Museo della Città. Comprising 3 floors, 2000 m2, it was designed to allow the art works themselves to be protagonists, to be a space for silence and contemplation. One floor contains the permanent collection, the other 1820 m2 are dedicated to temporary exhibitions. At around 600 m2, a single floor of the LAC has the same exhibition area as the entire Villa Malpensata.
The Theatre and Concert Hall
800 m2, 1000 seats, a modular acoustic shell, a disappearing orchestra pit: here is a concert hall that can transform into a theatre and be a venue for any kind of performance, from symphonies to jazz, from opera to musicals, from dance to spoken theatre. Thanks to the collaboration between architect Ivano Gianola and Müller BBM of Munich (leader in the engineering field), the LAC’s theatre and concert hall is the perfect combination between architectural aesthetics and acoustic quality.
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Contact
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura
Piazza Bernardino Luini 6
6900 Lugano
+41 58 866 42 00
www.luganolac.ch
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Notes
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Opening
Open all year
Open on
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday: 10:00 - 20:00
Monday closed
For Monday evening performance, the ticket office opens 90 minutes before curtain time.
On days with evening performances: Box Office closes at 21:00, the Arts Centre closes half an hour after the end of the performance.
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Prices
Museum
CHF 15.- Full price ticket
CHF 12.- Reduced price ticket (over 65, AVS/AI, students (17-25)
Combined ticket (admission to LAC and Palazzo Reali)
Full price ticket: CHF 18.- / reduced price ticket: CHF 15.-
All year round
Free entry first Thursday of the month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Performances
Please visit the official website for ticket prices.
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Lugano
Chiesa Santa Maria degli Angeli
The Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli is the most important church of Lugano. It contains the famous Renaissance fresco of the Passion and the Crucifixion by the Italian artist Bernardino Luini.
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