Until the summer of 2015, the Swiss Confederation was represented in Côte d?Ivoire by an embassy located in Abidjan?s Plateau district, in an upper storey of an office building. And then in 2013 the Office Fédéral des Constructions et de la Logistique (OFCL ? Swiss Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics) decided to acquire the former residence of the Norwegian ambassador in the city?s attractive Cocody district, planning to renovate and extend the existing building in order to house its new embassy there.

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Architects: LOCALARCHITECTURE

Location: Rue du Bélier, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Area: 208.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Iwan Baan

Project Architects: Antoine Robert-Grandpierre, Manuel Bieler, Laurent Saurer, Diana Brasil

Local Architect: Cabinet A.C.A., Francis Sossah.

Structural Engineer: Thomas Jundt Ingénieurs, Carouge, CH Thomas Jundt

Electrical Engineer: Perrin & Spaeth Ingénieurs, Renens, CH Michel Marville

Security Engineer: Scherler SA, Ingénieurs conseils, Genève, CH Nicolas Tireford

General Contractor: De Luca SA, Bienne, CH Fabio De Luca

Chef De Chantier: René Häni

Plot Surface: 5.850 sqm

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From the architect. Until the summer of 2015, the Swiss Conf...