Approaches promoting targeted densification processes in order to limit urban sprawl are not limited to city centers. Territories located in the municipalities of the agglomeration also constitute strategic opportunities for the transformation of urban areas, especially those located near public transport and with densification potential. But if the question of density is a key quantitative issue, it should be considered as a necessary but not sufficient condition. From a sustainability perspective, the development of these sectors requires optimized consideration of environmental, socio-cultural, and economic aspects, which also raises many qualitative questions for the architectural project.
The site chosen for the LIVING LANDSCAPE Studio is located at the end of the Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher (LEB) green line, in the immediate vicinity of Bercher station. This situation gives it a certain potential for densification, which must be revealed and defined through the search for creative solutions, adapted to the peri-urban character. Delimited by the railroad, an industrial zone, a village street, and a residential area, the site also constitutes a space reconciling landscapes. From this perspective, reflections on spaces for economic activity and public spaces adapted to a peri-urban situation are part of the process. At the programmatic level, the workshop addresses the specific notion of intermediate housing, whose characteristics are situated between those of the single-family house and those of the collective building.
Team
Professor : Prof. Emmanuel Rey
Teaching assistants : Jean Camuzet, Didier Collin, Sara Formery, Loïc Fumeaux
Lecturer : Dan Bolomey
Experts : Pierre Bonnet (Genève), Nicolas Favet (Paris)
Visiting lecturers
Nicolas Bassand, architect, lecturer, HEPIA, Geneva
Pierre Bonnet, architect, atelier bonnet, Geneva
Jeanne Della Casa, architect, L-Architectes, Lausanne
Frédéric Frank, professor HEIA-FR, Fribourg
Christian Gilot, professor UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve
Maxime Monnier, landscape architect, MAP, Lausanne
Jago Van Bergen, architect, Van Bergen, Rotterdam
Students
Noémie Ali, Juliette Armanet, Romain Bélisle, Pietro Berta, Giancarlo Bionda, Ileana Crim, Ana De Lima Carvalho, Yekan Deli, Cléa Di Martino, Micky Gerardi, Matthieu Gauye, Mathias Helfenstein, Nicolas John, Jessica Jost, Gregory Kramer, Thomas Läng, Benoît Meugniot , Judith Mizutani, Mustaf Nuri, Morgan Simon, Salomé Stoffel, Timon Stricker, Elie Tournier, Jennifer Tribolet, Amélie Poirel, Amandine Mathieu, Salomé Robyr, Alexane Varone, Morgane Voirol.
Related publication
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LIVING PERIPHERY Emmanuel Rey (Ed.) Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes Lausanne, (forthcoming publication) |