AOM
SAAS is part of the upcoming group show
Architecture of Memory at the Architecture Forum Zürich
curated by AKA – architektur, kunst und anderes
(Clara Maria Puglisi, Sonja Elisabeth Fuchs, Elodie Habert)
Instagram @architectureofmemory
Bild©Barbara Bühler
13.03 – 26.04.2025, Zürich
EPU
Extension of the water department building
Competition
The proposal was to continue the typological logic of the existing building. But, to ensure ecological continuity on the ground (small mammals, insects and other small inhabitants of the earth), the extension was planned on posts, leaving the ground completely free. Not compact enough, they said. Not sure that an artificial crater for concrete foundations would be more ecological. But the discussion is worthwhile.
2024, Lausanne
Moonlight
CPS
Campus Platztor Uni St-Gall
Competition
with C. Portmann
2019-2020, St Gall
coping with urban climates
new publication by Prof.Sascha Roesler
ed. Sascha Roesler, Madlen Kobi, Lorenzo Stieger
featuring saas and C.Gattigo’s project JNS in Geneva
“Diagrams that combine weather data, indoor temperatures and thermal actions
to analyze the interactions between structural and physical adaptation to thermal conditions
in space.”
MIR
international museum of the reformation
transformation and renovation
with Christ&Gantenbein
2018 – 2022, Geneva [GE]
images: Damien Magat
GRG
Design for care
Medical facilities have traditionnally been visually sterile and consciously neutral.
This refurbishment of a medical practice on a very tight budget allowed (or forced?) us to negotiate with the existing structure and the technical modifications of the 1970s.
Suspended ceilings and plaster partitions have been removed, exposing the organs, veins and bones of the building. A new skin of sprayed plaster covers them like a veil, producing an inspiring surface to look at, while the practicioner is examining your body.
In the access corridor, mirrors mounted on the doors create an fascinating game of depths and counter perspectives, challenging the very classical layout and giving the patient a time to reflect before entering the medical practice itself.
2015, Lausanne