Concrete and the Woods Architects . photos: © Matthieu Gafsou
MABO is a project for the extension of a villa in Nyon, a few kilometers away from Geneva. It’s been designed to host cosy dinners, paintings, plants and flowers.
It works as a peninsula, an almost interdependent pavilion, connected to an existing house thought a narrow passage. Continue reading Concrete and the Woods
MOKA is a renovation project of a little chalet in western Switzerland. The site is situated at the periphery of touristic village of 3k inhabitants, closer to a forest and to the shores of a lake. While in summer the beaches become crowdy and the sun shines strong on this tiny place, in winter the atmosphere gets darker. The fog, the cold, the humidity make life uncomfortable. The façades of the houses are wet and exposed to rapid consumption. When the client came to us, he just wanted a solution that allowed him to spend warmer winters at home. Continue reading Concrete and the Woods
