MacIver-Ek Chevroulet . Sujets Objets
In the context of the Pointe de la Jonction in Geneva, characterized on the one hand by the presence of nature and on the other by its industrial past, the proposed Canoe Club building responds to the site’s constraints in a simple, light, flexible way, by re-employing pieces collected from its context and thus maintaining a trace of its heritage. Continue reading MacIver-Ek Chevroulet . Sujets Objets
Aiming for a balance between integration into the landscape, respect for the built heritage and sustainability concerns, the project proposes to occupy as little ground space as possible. Continue reading Sujets Objets
Sujets et Objets . AJDVIV architecten Jan de Vylder Inge Vinck
Selected competition entry. Continue reading Sujets et Objets . AJDVIV
In a context characterized by transformed or entirely replaced industrial buildings, the project preserves and extends by one floor the existing HEAD-Geneva building, built by architect Jean Erb in 1948 and classified as a 20th century heritage site. Continue reading SUJETS OBJETS
SUJETS OBJETS . renders: © Pan Hu
Intervening on an existing building requires particular attention in order to ensure architectural continuity between the old and the new, by taking into account, the shape, the volume, the location, the materiality, as well as the logic of the interior typology. These parameters are analyzed and applied to propose an extension project that respects the built and natural heritage of the site (built in the early 1970s by the Geneva architect Paul Waltenspühl), while assuming a new construction in a contemporary architectural language. Continue reading Sujets Objets
