The efforts to reorient the development of the built environment in order to limit urban sprawl are not limited to city centers. Indeed, certain suburban sectors, especially those located in the direct vicinity of public transport and with the potential for densification, constitute strategic opportunities for the transformation of urban regions. But if the density is an essential 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.
For this 2015-2016 academic year, the SUBURBAN LANDSCAPE Studio continues to explore the potential of a site located in West Lausanne that is particularly emblematic of the issues linked to the transformation of suburban spaces. This vast sector located at the intersection of several landscape entities currently consists of brownfields and undeveloped land intended for densification. By its specific location, it is dedicated to accommodating both spaces intended for housing and activities. Indeed, this strategic sector is likely to accommodate more than 3,000 inhabitants and 2,000 jobs in a dense neighborhood, whose new identity has yet to be invented. The continuation of the various investigations of the Studio focuses, among other things, on this challenge by exploring different conceptual and spatial scenarios to create a new suburban polarity on the site.
Team
Professor: Prof. Emmanuel Rey
Teaching assistants: Jean Camuzet, Didier Collin, Loïc Fumeaux, Nicolas Strambini
Lecturer : Dan Bolomey
Expert: Pierre Bonnet (Genève), Nicolas Favet (Paris)
Visiting lecturers
Nicolas Bassand, architect, lecturer, HEPIA, Geneva
Jeanne Della Casa, architect, L-Architectes, Lausanne
Antonio Gallina, architect, frundgallina, Neuchâtel
Philippe Gasser, transportation engineer, urban planner, Citec, Geneva
Alice Lancien, architect, urban planner, Institut français de Barcelone
Maxime Monnier, landscape architect, MAP, Lausanne
Students
Clara Ansselin, Linda Balegamire, Diego Bazzotti, Francesca Bianchi, Clara Brun, Gilles Caron, Romain Claus, Julie Crot, Cynthia Da Silva, Charlotte Dagand, Elodie Dias, Florent Dubois, Paola Falconi, Anne-Claire Gandor, Maximilian Gester, Nicolas Goulpié, Cindy Grohe, Rita Haodiche, Ombline Heili, Quentin Huegi, Eva Hürlimann, Louise Husi, Loris Jungen, Alexia Kaas, Loris Lotti, Arnaud Miguet, Florian Millius, Raphaël Mottier, Florence Nyffeler, Hugo Pachoud, Matthias Pengg, Coline Pernet, Laura Raggi, Aureliano Ramella, Théophile Ray, Séverine Roulin, Rémy Ryser, Maryem Sadek, Zoé Salomon, Yasmin Sgroi, Salla Sivunen, Samy Stosik, Andrea Van, Elodie Verdu, Cécile Zaugg.
Related publication
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SUBURBAN POLARITY Emmanuel Rey (Ed.) Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes Lausanne, 2017 |