The plan provides for the descent of a fully equipped artery from the Piani di Spagna, in the upper lake towards Bellagio; here it forks out, the two parts moving respectively towards Como ad Lecco.
The railway and the “lake” road respectively connect with the International Como-Chiasso railway line and with the international Milan-Lugano highway, while the Underground train will emerge at the Ferrovie Nord station in Milan. Each junction point will have an exit onto a highway and a moving staircase to the Underground stations.
Besides connecting several points on the shores of the lake, the structure in practice also manages to serve the small towns in questions with underground structures obtained during the construction of the tunnel. These tunnels can accomodate a whole range of public facilities, all connected by means of the Tubolario and with surface transport in the towns by means of moving staircases and lifts.
The application of this engineering plan opens new vistas of the world of planning and suggests the possibility of modernizing and servicing the entire territory. This helps to define the present tendency
of design, which would have the new architecture scaled to state-of-the-art technology, and to clarify how the territory can be linked up for a better definition of its services. | Project for the "Tubolario" for a new road system to be built under lake Como at an average depth of 20 metres below the low water level. |
