042 / CAROUGE BACHET / GENÈVE

Carouge Bachet is a follow-up assignment after winning the Europan competition in Geneva. It’s a study into the densification of the Bachet district and the creation of the optimal route to a new underground train station – designed by Jean Nouvel – for the future railway line Geneva-Annemasse (FR). Over the course of several years, a green urban district will arise here with approximately 400 homes and various urban facilities. Based on the current private owner’s plot division, the plan proposes a series of compact blocks that vary largely in terms of dimensions and typologies. A P+R facility with shops has been designed along the edge of the station square. This building volume rising from the slope forms a sound barrier between the neighbourhood and the busy traffic junction. Facing the square, this will manifest itself as a glass wall, while towards the new quarter this will become a grassy slope.