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Conversion of a Workers’ Villa from the 1940’s / Samir Alaoui Architectes

Luciana Pejić — Sat, 14 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000

The project is a conversion of a workers' villa from the 1940s and is part of a protected complex of identical houses originally built for the national railway company workers. The house had originally one habitable floor and a lower level consisting of a cellar and a garage. The two existing floors can be accessed from the outside.

Light as a Design Statement: Creative Ways to Use Artificial Lighting

Valeria Montjoy — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:30:00 +0000

Light serves an essential purpose in architecture: to help us see. Whether it be through natural or artificial methods, rooms must be illuminated accordingly so occupants can safely inhabit them and fulfill their daily functions. When the right system is selected, light can also contribute to energy efficiency and sustainability within the building as a whole. However, apart from its evident functional and environmental value, lighting design can vastly impact the visual comfort and aesthetic tone of interiors by drawing attention to textures, enhancing colors and defining volumes. Therefore, of the many pieces involved in interior design, lighting is certainly one that can enhance or destroy a space and even affect users’ well-being, which is why it should be considered a crucial design element by itself.

Béllerine Cabin / Cloux Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000

This project is an evolution of a primitive shelter, arranged around the fireplace, and inspired by the “aircraft” in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “Terre des Hommes”.

Nordic Ski Centre / Durisch + Nolli Architetti

Paula Pintos — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Set in a magnificent landscape with characteristic Nordic features, the Nordic Campra Ski Center is the most well-equipped facility in the Swiss Alps for cross-country skiing. The Campra plain represents a fluvial and marshland environment of national importance, protected at a federal level. The structure has expanded, since the 1970s, from the original shelter of the Simano Ski Club, around which numerous precarious buildings have been added over time. The enhancement of the surrounding area is the main theme of the project, which transpires through a new building emphasising the essence of the context and generating a natural interaction with the surrounding landscape.

Nosedo Education Centre in Massagno / CDL Durisch Nolli + Giraudi Radczuweit

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 03:00:00 +0000

The project aims to restore the elementary school, built in the '60s by Arch. Finzi and to expand it by building a double gym and cafeteria for the municipal school district. The project preserves the body of the school which is then redeveloped as part of the rehabilitation process.

Monte Rosa Hut / Bearth & Deplazes Architekten

Cristobal Rojas — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 03:00:00 +0000

Contemporary version of a medieval donjon: Five-story wood construction made from prefabricated frame elements. The isolated mountain location mandates the greatest possible self-sufficiency. The ambivalence between a sense of security and being exposed defines the building’s structure: below are the communal areas with surrounding ribbon glazing, above the closed sleeping quarters. The cascading spiral stairway opens panorama views when ascending, follows the course of the sun, captures the solar irradiation, and distributes the warmth of the sun throughout the entire house.

Federal Criminal Court / Durisch + Nolli Architetti + Bearth & Deplazes Architekten

Cristian Aguilar — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The new Federal Criminal Court building is located on Via Stefano Franscini, at the place of the former School of Business, whose two floors frontage building has been conserved. This neoclassical oeuvre has been conceived as the entrance building, being at the same time representative and austere, and it keeps - even after the refurbishment works – its role as primary entrance. It is now the new home for the Federal Criminal Court.

Loft B / Durisch + Nolli Architetti

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 21 May 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Loft B is a replacement building for a caretaker’s apartment, constructed in 1988 above a furniture warehouse in the industrial zone of Riva San Vitale. The industrial building, dating back to 1930, is characterised by a clear structure with a regular column grid and bricked vaults.

Student Apartments in Luzern / Durisch + Nolli Architetti

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 18 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The competition site, a plot of land for public use , is located between the residential area and the area, mainly commercial, bordering the main traffic arteries. The residential area is characterized by small size and uniformity of the houses and big size of the parcels.

Max Museo / Durisch + Nolli Architetti

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000

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Apartment Building in Chailly / Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This building participates to the densification of the northern neighborhoods of Lausanne. Its tectonic derives from the site’s shape and a strict compliance with the building code. It addresses the various conditions around it: the street facing elevation underlines the gentle curve of Temple Avenue while the opposite one follows the waving course of the river Vuachere lined by trees. It is simply organized on three levels. Each apartment has a unique open layout extending out with its own private exterior space (garden, balcony and terrace).

VoltaMitte / Christ & Gantenbein

Daniel Sánchez — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The VoltaMitte housing and commercial building closes the triangular block between Voltaplatz and Lothringerplatz in the North of Basel, where the urban residential area merges into the industrial zone. The building is part of an urban refurbishment and redevelopment scheme, following the construction of the subterranean highway which connects Germany, Switzerland and France and it is situated in direct neighbourhood to the Novartis campus.

Rizza House / Studio Inches Architettura

Kritiana Ross — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The house was an old farm storage, then residence for a poor 6 person family and recently, only at ground floor, the meeting place for the main political party in town. The project deals with the strict swiss laws that don't allow modifying existing openings and roof structure of the building on the outside.

Fünf Häuser / Lukas Lenherr Architektur

Victoria King — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The building can be seen as a collage of a selection of typical housing types found in the immediate surroundings of the plot. The types are stacked vertically due to the small footprint of the plot, with each type presenting a different typology vis-à-vis its outside spaces and views, according to the level at which it is situated.

Shelter in the Swiss Alps / Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architectes

Megan Jett — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The chalet, is located in the Swiss Alps, in the Herens district, at an altitude of 1850 m. It was used as a shelter for livestock before its transformation into a holiday residence. Very popular in Switzerland, these types of transformations reveal several simultaneous realities. It is a well established fact that the collective status of these shelters often prevails over the individual quality of the object. On the other hand the modern use of the mountain cottage involving weekly round-trips, highlights the improbable all-terrain vehicle in the city and the inevitable garage and retaining wall in front of the mountain chalet. The mountain is not as natural and wild as it used to be in the same manner that cities are not urban enough.

ECA – OAI Office Building / Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architectes

Andrew Rosenberg — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The new building completes a city block in the centre of Vevey. The urban void be- hind the buildings was a residual space used as a parking lot and for utility purposes. The intervention took advantage of the void and turned it into a main hall for all the buildings of the block.

Vocational Education Center / Durisch + Nolli Architetti

Andrew Rosenberg — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The project fits the given program in one, single building set at the edge of the plot of land. The building is a single volume, composed of a serial repetition of simple elements. The traditional typology is here characterized by the raising of the complex on a platform and the space below answers the necessity of parking spaces and different storage.