With Nathan Pasche and Jean Richter from studio Wegman, Robin Gugger from studio Trieber, Marvin Tajana from studio Abenia.

And the help of the group material pragmatism.

 

Articulation team:

With Branet Inès, Estreicher Clément, Hayyane Filali Aymane, Hennel Claire and Zanota Armand from studio Bondu, Treiber and Wegman

 

The 3 focal points of the Articulation team among the House.

THE BERTH: Under the shaded foliage, Arve's alluvium

(Articulation team plus Melgar Luis from Ergonomy team, Studio Wegman)

                     Plan, cuts, elevations                                                                                              Version 2    

THE IDEA

The idea behind the berth was to construct a comfy space near the Arve. To do so, we used a warm material: bricks, made by Rhône's clay in situ and we shaped concave surfaces. The tree is also a keystone since bricks are accumulated as alluvium around it, creating the welcoming topography for the body. The whole is embraced by the foliage's shadow. Bricks are also a habitat for local plants, and the berth lives with the season. During fall foliage and bricks complement each others, the different levels respond to different levels of Arve's fluctuation

Bricks are getting warmer under the sun

  

 The garden berth during the seasons, here fall and spring

  

                    Detail of the joining process                               Concave spaces for the body.                                            Brick module            

Material sketches

THE STAIRS

The parking stairs are the only land access to the house. Our house groups a series of moments, of different rooms and materials, of changing relations with the protostructure and the topography of the site.
The entrance stairs are the beginning of an architectural promenade to understand how the house articulates. First they introduce you with the protostructure, and as you go up the stairs will be surrounded by a terracotta fountain, the water will envelop you. There are two main moments when walking in these stairs, at first you will experience the house from outside and as the water envelops you you will experience it from within and start feeling the interiority of the house. The stairs work with the other rooms, the observatory feeds the fountain to then water the gardens. They are the only access to the debate room making it a destination and not a place of passage.

Plan, elevations, sections

Exploded axon

When it rains, the structure keeps moving.

With Nathan Pasche and Jean Richter from studio Wegman, Robin Gugger from studio Trieber, Marvin Tajana from studio Abenia.

WEEK 3

Intregration of  the project in the Galpon site, GENEVA

Drawings : plans / East & North elevations (scales 1:40)

Drawing : plans (scales 1:20)

This drawing highlights the position of the trees in the protostructure and show how they interact with the project

Drawing : Axonometry (scales 1:40)

We also developped the project by including a back stage underneath the bleacher and the walkway. This new room is surrounded by a tight lathing with a tiny horizontal opening allowing light supply. 

Drawing : Section (scales 1:40)

You can access to the back stage thanks to those following stairs, directly from the debate room.

Drawing : Perspectives 

We have also updated the second access to the project by redesigning de stairs on the roof, changing the tilt and the width.

Collage : Perspective

With Branet Inès, Estreicher Clément, Hayyane Filali Aymane, Hennel Claire, Zanota Armand from studio Bondu, Treiber and Wegman 

Surfaces families

Material storyboard

Horizontality by reflections

 

In situ materials dialogue, reuse of potato bags and bricks made of Rhône's clay

Structural detail, reuse of boat sails, the sail as a bleacher

                           

    

Collision between the wall and the protostructure, wall made of gabions and wood shavings

Structural joint