Type
Habitation, Éducation
Date de réalisation
2012
Ingénieur civil
Association Ott B. et Uldry C. sàrl avec Thomas Jundt Ingénieurs Civils SA
Maître de l'ouvrage
IHEID ( Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (The Graduate Institute)
Autre(s) intervenant(s)
Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten
Surface brute
10'490 m2
Coût
35'100'000
Procédure
mandat d'études parallèles
Architecte
Lacroix Chessex
The building stands at the heart of the Sécheron district, a large brownfield site left empty following the closing of former electrotechnical workshops. Its conversion has been in progress since the early 2000s. In this context, the students’ residence building had to meet the double constraint of installing dwellings opposite the railway lines and on a parking lot for pre-determined transfers, whose form and structure had to be respected. The project takes the form of a curved, tight volume, long and narrow, whose very elegant proportions stand out on the site. The parking lot roof serves as a base raised in relation to the rails. The collective functions of the ground floor are located at this level, along with the entrances to the staircases, the large common room and the service rooms. Above, the one hundred and thirty-eight apartments are distributed along curved circulation areas. This choice of layout solves both the problem of train noise - by playing on a full back-plate that becomes narrower towards the top and a sound absorber under the slab – and gives a very horizontal expression to the façade. In a traditional layout, the day areas are on the circulation area side and the bedroom on the other side facing the Alps. The construction in reinforced concrete with its large perpendicular walls – superimposed on the parking lot frame – makes it possible to place overhand slabs on the four facades.
Distinction romande d'architecture 2014
Prix SIA, Maison des étudiants 2016
Maison des étudiants Edgar et Danièle de Picciotto
Rue des Cordiers 4
1207 Genève
Tél: +41 22 300 54 07
info@lacroixchessex.ch
Arrêt France: Ligne 15 Arrêt "Sécheron": Ligne RER
Images ©Radek Brunecki Plans ©Lacroix Chessex