Simplicity in a cultural space. Community Hall by emixi architectes
16/06/2023.
[Bussy-sur-Moudon] Switzerland
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Metalocus, ELENA DE LA FUENTE
Lausanne-based architecture studio emixi architectes has completed the reconstruction of a community hall. The project has been commissioned by the Swiss municipality of Bussy-sur-Moudon to replace the previous hall, which suffered a fire in 2019. It is located on the outskirts of the Bussy-sur-Moudon commune, a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Architecture is designed so that the neighbors can develop leisure activities, education, and a place of interaction. The hall rests on a semi-underground base that accommodates a garage and new premises for the municipal administration, giving life to all spaces.
Architecture is designed so that the neighbors can develop leisure activities, education, and a place of interaction. The hall rests on a semi-underground base that accommodates a garage and new premises for the municipal administration, giving life to all spaces.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Site plan. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
Ground floor plan. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
Basement floor plan. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
Longitudinal section. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
Transversal section. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
South-west elevation. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
North-east elevation. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
North-west elevation. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
South-east elevation. Community Hall by emixi architectes.
Axonometry, Community Hall by emixi architectes.
The Swiss studio emixi architectes organizes a simple structure with two floors, a basement, and a ground floor where all the activities will take place. In the center of the ground floor, he projects a technical volume where he groups spaces such as the kitchen and toilets that allows the separation of the hall from the entrance, thus hierarchizing the whole.
The main material of the project is wood, providing the room with a simple and calm environment for users. The colors accompany the materials and the structure to highlight the key elements of the project, such as the façade.
The materials used for the projection of the community hall are all of local origin, supporting all the artisans of the area and giving value to the materials of the territory.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.The main material of the project is wood, providing the room with a simple and calm environment for users. The colors accompany the materials and the structure to highlight the key elements of the project, such as the façade.
The materials used for the projection of the community hall are all of local origin, supporting all the artisans of the area and giving value to the materials of the territory.
Community Hall by emixi architectes. Photograph by Karina Castro.
Project description by emixi architectes
Lying on the outskirts of Bussy-sur-Moudon, this village community hall replaces the latest which burned down in 2019. The hall is designed in a wooden frame structure that opens up transversally both towards the village’s center and the landscape in the background. It rests on a half-subterranean base, which accommodates a garage and allows for the new premises for the municipal administration.
The ground floor plan reflects the apparent simplicity of the exterior. The spatial qualities of the room are enhanced by the seamlessness of the mineral floor and the rhythm given by the acoustic timber ceiling, both treated in neutral tones. At its center, a single technical volume groups the necessary services such as the kitchen and sanitary. Forming a “house within a house”, it articulates the plan and allows the separation with the entrance hall, thus giving a hierarchy to the whole.
Community Hall by emixi architects. Photograph by Karina Castro.
In this simple environment, specific colors highlight key elements of the project, such as the deep blue impregnation of the central core’s wooden surface or in the facade the green horizontal metallic line framing a horizon 2,80m expressed by the height of the main entrance and the windows, also found throughout the room.
All the craftsmen, essential protagonists to the project, are located within a radius of 30km - therefore highlighting our ambition to put forward the local know-how by identifying itself with its territory.
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Architects
Collaborators
Engineer.- Dr Lüchinger+Meyer Ingénieurs civils SA.
Client
Municipality of Bussy-sur-Moudon.
Dates
Construction.- 2020-2023.
Location
Bussy-sur-Moudon, Vaud, Broye-Vully, Switzerland.
Photography
Philippine Radat, Laurent Chassot, Stephane Grandgirard. emixi architectes
emixi architectes is a Lausanne-based architecture firm founded by the merger of APES architects and Studio 17 architects in 2022 by architects Philippine Radat, Laurent Chassot and Stephane Grandgirard.
His work takes place mainly in the countries of Switzerland and France. The emixi studio works on any scale of architectural or landscape project, from public programs to ephemeral installations. He pays special attention to the choice of materials, spatial and constructive experimentation, as well as excellence in detail and execution.
All emixi projects and commitments are united by interest in collective work, collaboration, multidisciplinary synergy and knowledge exchange.
His work takes place mainly in the countries of Switzerland and France. The emixi studio works on any scale of architectural or landscape project, from public programs to ephemeral installations. He pays special attention to the choice of materials, spatial and constructive experimentation, as well as excellence in detail and execution.
All emixi projects and commitments are united by interest in collective work, collaboration, multidisciplinary synergy and knowledge exchange.
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