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Housing in Boveresses / Fruehauf, Henry & Viladoms

Curated by Clara Ott

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SOCIAL HOUSING, RESIDENTIAL • LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND

Architects:  Fruehauf, Henry & Viladoms

Area:  10913 m²

Year:  2021

Photographs:  Olivier Di Giambattista, Simon Menges, Carlos Viladoms

Construction management:  Pragma Partenaires

Civil engineer:  AIC Engineers

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Text description provided by the architects. Urban planning and architecture. The project is located
in the heart of the Boveresses district in the north of Lausanne. This district is composed of several
emblematic housing complexes from the 1970s. The project aims at an integration in this context
with a strong identity. The result is an urban morphology that takes up the clear orientation of the
surrounding urbanism by proposing an articulated volume with redents. Without seeking mimicry,
the building creates a strong link with its environment.

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Two reference levels define the project: the lower first floor level, facing south, hosts the school and
after-school programs as well as the main accesses to the dwellings, while the upper first floor
entrances, facing north, are connected to a park covered with trees and a playground. The
entrances lead to two generous distribution cores. Under the garden slab is a parking lot operating
in half levels. A canopy near the amenities provides access to the parking lot for the residents of the
building as well as the neighbourhood.

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The orthogonal plan is composed of a rigid system of north-south axes 3.6m apart and a more
flexible system of east-west walls. The intersection of the two systems generates a plan composed
of rooms distributed in enfilade. This plan principle offers many cross-views into the dwellings
through the large floor-to-ceiling doors. This system is reflected in the facade by numerous recesses
that provide the apartments with varied orientations and a significant amount of natural light.

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Like the urban design, the treatment of the prefabricated concrete facades seeks a link with the
adjacent buildings and gives it an intemporal presence.

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Landscape. The landscape project is characterized by the organic and fluid geometry of its
components. Its design contrasts with the cartesian rigidity of the built architecture. On the lower
first floor, in relation to the school programs, the mineral component ensures the appropriation of the
square and the courtyard. On the upper first floor, by contrast, the vegetal component prevails. The
tree-lined park hosting the playground becomes a place of reference for the entire neighbourhood.
The birch and pine trees give the project a calm and restful atmosphere.

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