The building is located on the higher grounds of Geneva?s Mervelet neighbourhood. At the heart of a rapidly changing residential area, the site has the remains of a garden-city with scattered century-old houses and trees.

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Architects: NOMOS

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Architect In Charge: Massimo Bianco, Lucas Camponovo, Daniel Schwarz, Ugo Togni, Katrien Vertenten

Area: 1800.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Miguel de Guzmám

Client: SCHG

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From the architect. The building is located on the higher grounds of Geneva?s Mervelet neighbourhood. At the heart of a rapidly changing residential area, the site has the remains of a garden-city with scattered century-old houses and trees.
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Depending on use and context, the outside skin of the building can have several expressive overlays. It reacts like a sensitive interface between inhabitants and their perceived and lived environment. Facing south and west, the alternate assembly of prefabricated concrete modules creates the structure of an inhabited hive.

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7th Floor

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On the loggias, stainle...