Mountain road maintenance center
4th prize
in collaboration with ALIAS
La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023
Barbastella lands smoothly on the sloped site. Under her two large wings, a choreography of trucks unfolds. The project consists of two thermal zones: a compact heated inner core hosting offices, workshops and technical areas, surrounded by tempered hangars acting as a thermal buffer. When the large hanging doors open, the entire envelope of the building lifts up, removing the threshold between the inside and outside, thus ensuring a barrier-free circulation; a logistic landscape.
The solar panel roof generates enough energy to heat the building as well as to produce the hydrogen fuel for the vehicles. Also the considerable surface collects enough rainwater for the daily cleaning of the trucks. The surplus seeps smoothly into the soil. Just below the roof, the offices are accommodated with a view onto the trucks and direct access to the ourtyards, which naturally illuminate the interior spaces.
Axel Chevroulet
Anna MacIver-Ek
Guillaume Nguyen
Ole Ohlbrock
Mountain road maintenance center
4th prize
in collaboration with ALIAS
La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023
Barbastella lands smoothly on the sloped site. Under her two large wings, a choreography of trucks unfolds. The project consists of two thermal zones: a compact heated inner core hosting offices, workshops and technical areas, surrounded by tempered hangars acting as a thermal buffer. When the large hanging doors open, the entire envelope of the building lifts up, removing the threshold between the inside and outside, thus ensuring a barrier-free circulation; a logistic landscape.
The solar panel roof generates enough energy to heat the building as well as to produce the hydrogen fuel for the vehicles. Also the considerable surface collects enough rainwater for the daily cleaning of the trucks. The surplus seeps smoothly into the soil. Just below the roof, the offices are accommodated with a view onto the trucks and direct access to the ourtyards, which naturally illuminate the interior spaces.
Axel Chevroulet
Anna MacIver-Ek
Guillaume Nguyen
Ole Ohlbrock