Elderly Care House / Geninasca Delefortrie Architectes

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Text description provided by the architects. The need for a major medical program in a place steeped in history is the origin of the design process. Indeed, how to reconcile the scale of the new design with the presence of the Bevaix Castle and Cottage built for the Swiss national exhibition in Geneva in 1896.

Elderly Care House / Geninasca Delefortrie Architectes - Windows, Facade
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The answer is a sculptural project articulated with the existing vegetation and protected buildings. The plasticity of the building is enhanced by the treatment of the openings and the white color.

Elderly Care House / Geninasca Delefortrie Architectes - Windows, Facade
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Inside, the spacial quality generated makes the most effective restraint home typology.

Elderly Care House / Geninasca Delefortrie Architectes - Chair
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Address:Bevaix, Switzerland

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Cite: "Elderly Care House / Geninasca Delefortrie Architectes" 28 May 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/61694/elderly-care-house-geninasca-delefortrie-architectes> ISSN 0719-8884

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老年护理住宅 / Geninasca Delefortrie Architectes

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