The project, located in Geneva, next to the United Nations, was impulsed by an urgent and temporary measure aiming at accommodating 370 migrants. The building, made of Swiss wood, is bound to be relocated within ten years and the site returned to its original state. Through the very essence of its refugee sheltering program, the project provides an answer to the current social challenges, anticipating the evolving demand of emergency housing, with adaptative apartments typologies.
What makes this project one-of-a-kind?
Building with wooden foundations, modular and reversibility.
Credits
Architecture
acau architecture sa; Antoine Dellenbach, Darius Golchan, Enric Rovira, Liliana Teixeira
Main contractor for wood construction
JPF Ducret
Client
Hospice Général, service immobilier
Year of completion
2019
Location
Genève, Switzerland
Total area
7.070 m2
Site area
5.983 m2
Photos
Enric Rovira, Marcel Kultscher
Project Partners
Charpente Concept SA
