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title: "Elderly Care Centre – Sonvico"
description: "1:50 scale model of the Fondazione Charitas elderly care centre in Sonvico, in lime wood with detailed pear-wood furniture."
url: https://federicomelzi.com/en/portfolio/architectural-models/elderly-care-centre-sonvico/
language: en
alternates:
  it: https://federicomelzi.com/portfolio/modelli-architettura/centro-terza-eta-sonvico/
author: "Federico Melzi"
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# Elderly Care Centre – Sonvico

- **Type:** Architectural models
- **Scale:** 1:50
- **Materials:** Lime wood, Pear wood
- **Client:** Fondazione Charitas
- **Location:** Sonvico, Svizzera

1:50 scale architectural model of the Fondazione Charitas elderly care centre in Sonvico (Ticino, CH). Made in lime wood, with finely detailed pear-wood furniture to illustrate how the centre works.

## Images

![1:50 wooden model of the Sonvico elderly care centre from above, roof removed: furnished rooms around the triangular courtyard with four trees](https://federicomelzi.com/_astro/centro-terza-eta-sonvico-01.BHBfv0W4_Z11vJfF.jpg)

![Close-up of the 1:50 Sonvico elderly care centre model: a bedroom seen from above with pear-wood bed, armchair, chair and desk, plus the bathroom](https://federicomelzi.com/_astro/centro-terza-eta-sonvico-02.BCEsuCsU_Z1Lfgwg.jpg)

![1:50 model of the Sonvico elderly care centre, eye-level view into the courtyard: paving, two trees, wooden figures and the glazed facades](https://federicomelzi.com/_astro/centro-terza-eta-sonvico-03.ffM8mmXF_Z2ePNg8.jpg)

By: [Federico Melzi](https://federicomelzi.com/en/about/) · [Portfolio](https://federicomelzi.com/en/)