x .studio

GREEN  TOWER . Vegetal belvedere . Lausanne

photos: X .Studio

A new vertical travel through a great vegetal volume that integrates as a new façade in the urban landscape. A travel across through different gardens that at the same time function as a skin of an observatory in the urban space.   The project is located in an area of constant urban transformation. Now a days in this area in a transformation process and change, different temporary structures can be seen: cranes, fences, trucks, containers. Our proposal consists on using a temporary structure for construction: the scaffolding, giving a new reading to the structure transforming it into a great vegetal volume.

The intervention is related to its surroundings through diverse scales and visual levels. On the one hand, on an urban scale, the project is a tower that sets as a new volume that integrates to the existing skyline, continuing with the chromatic rythm of the existing façades. The volume works as a great vegetal canvas where its plants dilute and transform constantly conforming a great natural canvas of diverse chromatisms and textures in the city. On the other hand, the project establishes a more approximately scaled relationship. The visitor can enter into the structure of the scaffolding, and from there, the people can travel through different gardens in several heights and levels, having the possibility to dialogue direcltly with the urban landscape of Lausanne. 

Credits:Organized by: lausannejardins

Manifestation consacrée à l'art des jardins dans la ville

Curator: Francesco Della CasaAssociation Jardin Urbain

Project made within ex.studio by Iván Juárez and Patricia MenesesAlberto Mariotti . 

Graphic Designer. Milan, Italy