Housing in Boveresses

Housing in Boveresses
© Olivier Di Giambattista

Housing in Boveresses 

Fruehauf, Henry & Viladoms

ARCHITECTS
Fruehauf, Henry & Viladoms

CIVIL ENGINEER
Aic Engineers

PROJECT MANAGER
Cindy Barraud

PROJECT TEAM
Vincent Tschanz, Philippe Herkommer, David Viladomiu, Aureliano Ramella, Maria Sienko, Pascal Rodrigues

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Pragma Partenaires

CLIENT
Logement Idéal - Société Coopérative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Olivier Di Giambattista, Simon Menges, Carlos Viladoms

AREA
10913 M²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Lausanne, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Social Housing, Residential

Text description provided by architect.

Urban planning and architecture. The project is located in the heart of the Boveresses district in the north of Lausanne.

Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges
Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges
Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges

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.

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.

Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges
Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges
Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges

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.

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.

Housing in Boveresses
© Olivier Di Giambattista
Housing in Boveresses
© Olivier Di Giambattista

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.

Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges
Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges

This system is reflected in the facade by numerous recesses that provide the apartments with varied orientations and a significant amount of natural light.

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

Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges
Housing in Boveresses
© Carlos Viladoms

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.

Housing in Boveresses
© Carlos Viladoms
Housing in Boveresses
© Olivier Di Giambattista
Housing in Boveresses
© Olivier Di Giambattista

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.

Housing in Boveresses
© Olivier Di Giambattista
Housing in Boveresses
© Carlos Viladoms


Housing in Boveresses
© Simon Menges
Housing in Boveresses
© Olivier Di Giambattista


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