MIR
international museum of the reformation
transformation and renovation
with Christ&Gantenbein
2018 – 2022, Geneva [GE]
images: Damien Magat
Catégorie : saas
Plateforme 10
PAV Etoile
cabinet médical avenue de GEORGETTE Lausanne
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
ARG
ARG
industrial, storage, craft
direct mandate
earth from the excavation and terracota sourced from the demolition process will be integrated in the raw earth bricks composing the facade. sands and gravels for the concrete will be sourced on site, allowing production, transport and movement of materials to be reduced to a minimum.
2019 – 202x, geneva
college des nouttes
NOU
COLLEGE DES NOUTES
Competition
We were the only team among 40 participants to propose keeping the existing, fully functional school. And this against the (mainly economic) recommendations of the client. What do you call this? Suicide or coherence? Ask the jury.
2023, Crissier
QUART
has just published a little book on SAAS.
The selection of works and texts, crafted together
with graphic designer Manon Mello, illustrates
the range and the variety of interests, realisations,
studies and competitions the office has been working on.
A good opportunity to take a stand and reflect on
10 years of architectural practice.
Article TU WIEN AREA MAGAZINE
TU WIEN
2021-22, Guest Professorship at the TU WIEN
The two semesters focussed on Heldenplatz
and the Ringstrasse – students projects and
reflections – have been published in a special issue
of the italian magazine AREA on the city of Wien.
Here the link to the full issue.