City of Lugano - Cultural Division
IBSA Foundation and the City of Lugano formed a partnership in 2020, giving rise to the Cultura e salute (Culture and Health) project, aimed at highlighting the role of culture in people’s well-being.
The Cultura e salute project includes three core activities: organising Forums, managing the website culturaesalute.ch, and offering a university course at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI).
DECS - Department of Education, Culture and Sport of the Canton of Ticino
IBSA Foundation has been working with the Department of Education, Culture and Sport (DECS) of the Canton of Ticino since 2018.
This partnership has led to the creation of several workshops for primary and secondary schools across the Canton of Ticino, as part of the Let’s Science! project – a creative journey into science through comics, designed and promoted for young audiences.
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura
Since 2023, IBSA Foundation has been the scientific research partner of LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura with the SciArt SwitzerlAnd project.
In collaboration with LAC and MASI, this project aims to foster a stimulating dialogue between the arts and science through various event formats and digital products.
IBSA Foundation, with the online portal Ticino Scienza, and LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, through the cultural space LAC edu, kick off a new collaboration.
"Lingua Madre - capsule per il futuro" ("Mother Tongue - building blocks for the future") is a project that stems from the urgency of the present time. With highly innovative content, it covers three major themes: Body, Language and Rite.
The extensive programme includes a cycle of four conferences to address the problem of language from different perspectives.
The conferences are organised by LAC edu in collaboration with Ticino Scienza. They will be recorded and broadcast online from the end of March until late May 2021.
MASI - Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana
Since 2017, IBSA Foundation has been the scientific partner of Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI Lugano) with the SciArt SwitzerlAnd project.
In collaboration with MASI and LAC, this project aims to foster a stimulating dialogue between the arts and science through various event formats and digital products.
MUSE | Science Museum
IBSA Foundation formed a partnership with MUSE – Renzo Piano’s Science Museum in Trento – in 2018.
This collaboration focuses on supporting exhibitions and educational events that explore the relationship between the arts and science.
Scuola Romana dei Fumetti and Carocci Editore
IBSA Foundation has been collaborating for several years now with the Scuola Romana dei Fumetti [Rome Comics School] and the Carocci Editore publishing house as part of the Let’s Science! project – a creative journey into science through comics, designed and promoted for young audiences.
USI | Università della Svizzera italiana
IBSA Foundation entered into a ten-year partnership with Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in 2017.
This collaboration involves awarding annual scholarships to students in the Master’s in Medicine programme at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences.
Cartoon Museum | Centre for Narrative Art
Since 2023, IBSA Foundation has supported Cartoonmuseum Basel, Switzerland's only museum dedicated to comics and cartoons.
Together with Cartoonmuseum, IBSA Foundation aims to explore the theme of science and comics, unlocking the potential of this exciting combination through expert-led lectures and workshops. The Let’s Science! book series is also available at the museum.
Lugano Living Lab
Since 2019, IBSA Foundation has been a partner of Lugano Living Lab, the City of Lugano’s urban laboratory dedicated to promoting and facilitating digital and technological innovation.
This partnership has led to the organisation of a number of educational events and workshops focusing on emerging technologies and mindful digital use,
including Happiness2.0, Digitale tra illusione e realtà [Digital – between illusion and reality] and #digitaleOn0ff.
i2a | Istituto Internazionale di Architettura
IBSA Foundation has been a partner of the International Institute of Architecture – an urban culture centre dedicated to exploring themes related to territory and sustainability – since 2022.
This collaboration continued in 2024 for the second edition of the Call for Actions for the Swiss Biennial of Territory, following the first one in 2022. Open to students and professionals worldwide, the call selected 10 projects to be displayed in the beautiful park of Villa Saroli in Lugano, home to the Institute.
In 2023, their shared commitment to citizens' health and well-being also gave rise to the "Lugano in un’immagine" competition. Open to all, this initiative invited participants to capture acts of care for the territory, environment and community. Selected images, chosen by a panel of judges, became a public exhibition in Piazza Castello, displayed from 17 July to 24 November 2023.