Localarchitecture Architectes EPFL FAS SIA

Housing in Chailly

Housing in Chailly
© Mathieu Gafsou

HOUSING IN CHAILLY

Localarchitecture

CATEGORY
Housing

LOCATION
Lausanne, Switzerland

AREA
563 m²

YEAR
2012

PHOTOGRAPHS
Mathieu Gafsou

The building on the avenue du Temple is located alongside of the wooded lanyard which follows the Vuachère River. This peculiar situation, in between urban and natural environments, characterizes the scenery of this four-apartment building.

Housing in Chailly
© Mathieu Gafsou
Housing in Chailly
© Mathieu Gafsou

The volume responds to the inflection-point of the street by a movement of the façade, while that on the south side the building is carved and fragmented in reaction of the shape of the wooded lanyard, creating large and well oriented terraces which open up to the ambient light and in the tree foliage.

This clipped volume bears witness of the different scales present in the neighborhood and inserts the building in its natural context.

The façade is designed by thick angular reinforced concrete slabs.

Housing in Chailly
© Mathieu Gafsou
Housing in Chailly
© Mathieu Gafsou

In between the slabs, the vertical rhythm of the wood finishings echoes the verticality of the trees of the wooded lanyard.

This duality between vertical/horizontal and mineral/vegetal infiltrates the interior spaces and defines a yet contrasted but harmonious atmosphere.


Housing in Chailly
Section
Housing in Chailly
Second Floor Plan


Housing in Chailly
First Floor Plan

Housing in Chailly
Floor Plan


Housing in Chailly
Situation
Housing in Chailly

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