Public Space Transformation, 2021-2022
Directed by Katrien Vertenten, NOMOS architects
Duo project with Aline Weiss, HEAD-Genève, Switzeralnd
Directed by Katrien Vertenten, NOMOS architects
Duo project with Aline Weiss, HEAD-Genève, Switzeralnd
1:20 model - The passage, its grocery shop, and its slats leading to the secret garden / ©A.Dubuis
The Passage takes place in a future Geneva eco-neighborhood: les Cherpines. The objective was to transform a place of passage into a collective space participating in the life of the inhabitants. These spaces of transition and circulation do not always respond to defined functions but mark the trajectory of the inhabitants before arriving in their private sphere.
The Passage is composed of a slope that connects the alleyway to the heart of the block, quiet and intimate. 14m long and 6m high, it gives access to a grocery shop, a bicycle room and an entrance hall.
A series of oak slats, a sustainable, local and resistant wood, creates the new form of the passage, which narrows and accompanies the passerby to the secret garden. A forced perspective is created and offers a frame on nature. The walls are made of raw earth bricks from the excavation of the building site and a terrazzo created from the aggregates is used for the floor.
Reverse axonometry / by Aline Weiss
Section on the entrance hall side
Section on the grocery shop side
Front elevation on the alleyway side
Front elevation on the garden side
Inside the passage, arriving to the secret garden
Research Process: Contextual plan
Research Process: Natural light on the passage analysis
Research process: Wind analysis
