Campus Pictet de Rochemont, Geneve
Winning project of an international Architecture competition created by Inès Lamunière (dl-a) with Redesco responsible of Structural Engineering as part of the Team.
The lot will consist of a block of four buildings, including a 90-meter high tower. The project includes 54,000 m² of administrative space (approximately 2,500 work places), including 5 underground levels and 10,000 m² of residential space (100 apartments), including 4 five underground levels.
The project is being developed in Joint Venture with AB Ingénieurs SA form Geneva, and is located along the Route des Acacias in Geneva.
The structure, mainly in reinforced concrete, includes the construction of 4 underground interconnected levels, from which the four different buildings stand out (T, J, S and L).
The complexity of the project results in satisfying the high standards and spatial requirements of the architectural design with minimal impacts of the structures. This objective is pursued by resorting, where necessary, to particularly performing materials (high resistance prefabricated spun columns, steel elements, specific detailing).
Further complexity derives from the presence of a large space for the Aauditorium at the first basement level of building J. This configuration requires large transfer structures (mega beams in S460 steel) of 20m span which convey the load of the core and some columns of building J to the perimeter vertical structures of the auditorium hall.
