{"id":7114,"date":"2022-06-13T08:18:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T08:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.studiovulkan.ch\/projects\/2161-les-jardins-de-la-gradelle\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:35:10","slug":"2161-the-gardens-of-la-gradelle-geneva","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.studiovulkan.ch\/en\/projects\/2161-the-gardens-of-la-gradelle-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"2161 The Gardens of La Gradelle Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ba6dbca wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size\">2161 The Gardens of La Gradelle Geneva<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Location: <br>Cologny Geneva, Switzerland<br><br>Project Phases: <br>Competition 2017, 1st Prize; Realization 2019 &#8211; 2020<br><br>Client: <br>Real Investissement Immobilier<br><br>Landscape Architecture: <br>Studio Vulkan<br><br>Architecture: <br>LRS Architectes<br><br>Photography: <br>Daniela Valentini, Studio Vulkan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"project-tags-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiovulkan.ch\/en\/projects\/tag\/living\/\">[living]<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiovulkan.ch\/en\/projects\/tag\/park\/\">[park]<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiovulkan.ch\/en\/projects\/tag\/vegetation\/\">[vegetation]<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Reimagining the Garden City<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This project offers a contemporary interpretation of the garden city, subtly interweaving human and landscape dimensions. At the heart of a spacious garden, three buildings of varying volumes are embedded within the landscape. This composition provides a playful and non-repetitive response to the heterogeneous built context &#8211; defined by large ten-story apartment blocks to the southeast and smaller-scale semi-detached houses to the west.<br><br>Each apartment is conceived as an interior landscape, with a generous living space arranged around a corner loggia. The private rooms are recessed into the building volume, allowing the garden to unfold as a shared open space for all residents.<br><br>A gently curving path runs along the property boundaries, linking all of the park\u2019s amenities &#8211; play areas for children, visitor parking spaces, bicycle storage, and access points to the surrounding streetscape. Between this pathway and the buildings, spacious semi-public green areas emerge, defined by naturalistic flowering meadows. The central courtyard is reserved primarily for the residents, offering a quieter, more intimate atmosphere with low-threshold entrances to the homes.<br><br>To subtly distinguish these two zones, the perimeter path is constructed from a different material than the asymmetrical paving surrounding the buildings and garden &#8211; the landscape heart of the ensemble.<br><br>The existing trees on site are largely preserved and carefully integrated into the planting concept. Tall, high-canopy park trees are added along the outer path facing the street, while smaller to medium-sized species enrich the inner core of the site. Over time, a green framework will grow and evolve. 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