Jaccaud + Associés . photos: © Paola Corsini
The winning entry in an open competition (SIA 142) in 2016, the project proposes two distinct buildings on either side of the Route de St Julien. Despite their many differences, the buildings create a cohesive new whole in an area undergoing significant changes after the opening of a major station on the new Leman Express regional train line. Continue reading Jaccaud + Associés
Jaccaud + Associés . photos: © Paola Corsini
This project for two housing cooperatives, l’Habrik and the SCHS, brings together housing, activities, a restaurant, and arcades hosting public programs in a single volume. This mixed program allows for interconnected relationships between functions to ensure a consistent vitality throughout the complex. Continue reading Jaccaud + Associés
Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés . photos: © Paola Corsini . + AJ
Geneva architecture practice Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés has led a phased renovation of the listed, modernist housing complex Le Lignon; restoring its original identity and retaining its patina and original materials, while reconditioning the façades and glazing to improve the thermal performance as it enters its next phase of life. Over 11 years, this high-tech, invisible cloak of a project has methodically replaced ageing elements of the original residential buildings with rigorously tested new systems and materials, and sensitively restored interior features, honouring the original craftsmanship. Continue reading Jaccaud Spicher
Jaccaud Spicher . photos: © Leo Fabrizio
La villa G est située sur la commune d’Epalinges (VD). La parcelle, très en longueur, fait face à la forêt du Bois de Ban vers laquelle elle descend en forte pente avec une orientation sud-ouest. L’implantation du bâtiment sur la partie haute du terrain cherche à optimiser son exposition au soleil. Sa géométrie qui se plie progressivement pour orienter les principaux espaces de jour vers le sud, et la découpe de la silhouette qui en résulte, confèrent au volume le caractère d’une sculpture au stade de l‘épannelage. L’impression de se trouver face à un objet à facettes est encore renforcée par la toiture dont les quatre pans se découpent irrégulièrement en fonction de la configuration des murs de l’enveloppe. Continue reading Jaccaud Spicher
Sergison Bates architects . Jaccaud Spicher architectes . renders: © Office 360 360
Sergison Bates and Jaccaud Spicher have won the competition for the expansion and transformation of the Musée gruérien in Bulle, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. The existing building opened in 1972 and was extended in 2002, but since then a significant increase in the number of visitors and the need to improve accessibility have prompted the Municipality to launch a competition inviting a radical rethink. Continue reading Sergison Bates . Jaccaud Spicher
