MEDIATHEQUE LAUSANNE
Unithèque à DorignyCIVIC, CULTURAL
Client UNIL
Location Lausanne, Switzerland.
Program Library, café, conference, office
Area 13,900 m² / 149,618 ft²
Value 73 million CHF
Status Competition
Location Lausanne, Switzerland.
Program Library, café, conference, office
Area 13,900 m² / 149,618 ft²
Value 73 million CHF
Status Competition
The proposed extension to the Unithèque at the University of Lausanne merges a complex of five canopies into the landscape. Complementing the existing library’s gestural form, the proposed canopies both connect and separate the internal functions of the library. The curved canopies complement the existing form while allowing each pavilion to develop a sense of autonomy, producing four seemingly independent structures that function as one, increasing the sense of urban conviviality on the site.
INTERCONNECTED TERRACES AND PAVILIONS
The intersection in plan and section generates a series of interconnected terraces and pavilions that engage to resolve the separation between architecture and landscape. The proposed pavilions disperse and return to the existing complex, creating a new credible pedestrian campus for Dorigny.
Team
Daniel Bayne, Andrew Heid, Yawen Jin, Jean Lien, Jie Xie, Jialin Yuan, Daniel Zuvi
Daniel Bayne, Andrew Heid, Yawen Jin, Jean Lien, Jie Xie, Jialin Yuan, Daniel Zuvi