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La Tuffière

La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher

LA TUFFIÈRE

2b Architectes + Nb.Arch

ARCHITECTS
2b ArchitectesNb.Arch

CATEGORY
Municipal Building

LANDSCAPE
Michèle Robin

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Ruffieux-Chehab Architectes SA

CIVIL ENGINEER
EDMS ingénieurs, Nicolas Senggen

COLLABORATORS
Corina Ebeling, Gudrun Warnking, Stéphane Schers, Yves Macherel

YEAR
2007

LOCATION
Corpataux-magnedens, Switzerland

CLIENT
Commune de Corpataux-Magnedens

La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher

The impression made by the new council offices building in Corpataux is both fascinating and irritating at the same time.

La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher

On the one hand it has the almost archetypically simple form of a house with a pitched roof, while on the other it is ennobled through its envelope consisting of a carefully staggered tuff incrustation.

The stone used here brings to mind an old tuff quarry nearby and thus also recalls the history of the village.

Through its intelligent positioning this public building creates a new square in the village.

La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher

The simple external appearance with a calm sequence of windows is reflected in the interior in the clear and functional organisation of the different spaces.

A circulation zone, offices for the local administration and a large multi-purpose room on the ground floor; cloakrooms and meeting rooms for local associations at basement level.

A clever use of the contrast between light and dark distinguishes the circulation zone from the main hall.

La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher

The hall is also the “pièce de résistance” of the building. The concept of a building within a building strengthens the impression made by this pleasant and autonomous space.

Its dark lined walls are given life by a dense sequence of projecting timber louvers that extend in a linear fashion from the floor to the internal outline of the pitched roof.

La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher

In general this building manoeuvres its way between the everyday and the extraordinary and is particularly fascinating because here the normal is formulated in a special way, both internally and externally.


La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher
La Tuffière
© Thomas Jantscher


La Tuffière
Basement Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
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Roof Floor Plan


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Longitudinal Section 1
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Longitudinal Section 2
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Longitudinal Section 3
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Longitudinal Section 4


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Cross Section 1
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Cross Section 2
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Cross Section 3
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Cross Section 4


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Southeast Elevation
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Southwest Elevation
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Northeast elevation
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Northwest Elevation

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