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The point of departure was the rectangular volume, from which emerged a configuration of apposite urban proportions.
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The point of departure was the rectangular volume, from which emerged a configuration of apposite urban proportions.
Tunnels are “wounds” inflicted on geology to facilitate human movements. Their history is ancient, glorious and gory, but today techniques have been refined to the point of making the excavation similar to endoscopic surgery.
Du Parc Kempinski Private Residences is an address defined by its historical journey spanning a hundred years.
The first stage of the EPFL campus was organized by a potentially infinite spacial and functional grid. But what was meant to be a highly flexible and open scheme turned out to be highly problematic, resulting in mainly backside situations.
The design of this adaptive re-use project was born initially out of a design competition initiated by the City of Muttenz/Basel.
The Kunsthalle Zürich, one of the world’s leading contemporary art institutions, will officially open its doors to the public in its new permanent home in the Löwenbräukunst complex in Zürich.
The competition asks for a big school in Allscwhil, a low density residential zone, in the only free spot of a certain dimension in the area.
The new Jansen Campus lies in the village of Oberriet, in the Rhine valley, one of the most industrialised areas of Switzerland.
The new Collège des Tuillières is an integral part of an urban environment with an architecture inspired by Le Corbusier’s “Radiant city”.
Built in the heart of the village, slightly off the main street, the old school building has been preserved and reallocated as a municipal administration building.
The expansion of the existing sports hall is the result of a competition and left little margin of freedom because of a limited perimeter.
The village of Apples is located at the foot of the Jura mountains, north of the city of Morges. To address today’s strong population growth in the region, a dozen municipalities joined forces to build a new school complex.
The village of Villaz-Saint-Pierre is built on a hilltop facing the Plateau and the Fribourg Alps. The new multipurpose sports hall is located below the church and the village square.
A Swiss congregation commissioned Dutch-based practice Serge Schoemaker Architects to design a plan for the conversion of the prominently located ‘Villa Erica’ boarding school in Locarno.