Charles Pictet Baptiste Broillet Architectes Associés

Studio in an Agricultural Building

Studio in an Agricultural Building
© Thomas Jantscher

STUDIO IN AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING

Charles Pictet Architecte

ARCHITECTS
Charles Pictet Architecte

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Bardonnex, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Adaptive Reuse, Offices Interiors

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
INgeni Sa

PHOTOGRAPHS
Thomas Jantscher

CLIENT
Private

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER
Ingeni, 1227 Carouge

The project was implemented in a former cowshed with a barn. The building is situated in a rural hamlet surrounding a manor.

It recalls the spirit of the Geneva region in the 18th century, when the manor squires spent the winter in the city and the summer in the coutryside

Studio in an Agricultural Building
© Thomas Jantscher
Studio in an Agricultural Building
© Thomas Jantscher
Studio in an Agricultural Building
© Thomas Jantscher

The distribution of inheritance required the stables to be used for parking spaces.

That special aspect allowed the original building openings and woodworks to be retained.

A new, freely ceiled cassette ceiling covers the ground floor area without using any intermediate pillars.

Studio in an Agricultural Building
© Thomas Jantscher
Studio in an Agricultural Building
© Thomas Jantscher
Studio in an Agricultural Building
© Thomas Jantscher

The project includes a studio. Access is provided from a long, straight, two flight staircase in the preserved ceiling section.

The studio and the adjoining auxiliary rooms are the buildings only habitable rooms, which do without a superfluous finish. They are designed to be spacious, bright and heated.

Studio in an Agricultural Building
© Thomas Jantscher


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Charles Pictet Baptiste Broillet Architectes Associés
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