Housing in Geneva

The building
For the most economical construction solution, single rectangular volume with two functional and two blank facades is proposed. Three cores with separate entrances are serving twelve apartments per floor, thirty-six in total. The residential units are placed into distinctive three floor volume floating above the utilities. Dimensions of the volume 80 X 18 X 10m. 7600m2 including the car park.

Orientation
The building’s is oriented with its narrow facade to the South and North for the most comfortable sun and cold protection. For the noise protection the timber perforated walls are used from the South-West side.

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Project Details
Status:
Competition
Location:
Chamin de Tattes 7, Poussy à Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland
Client:
The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics FBL
Size:
7500 m²
Consultants:
[ a t e l i e r / m i d e n ]
Team:
Nikoloz Japaridze, Anton Khmelnitskiy, Vano Ksnelashvili, Daniel Lareau