The three housing buildings on Chemin du Chêne are organized around a tree-lined courtyard. A real haven of peace contrasting with the industrial context of the south of Renens, it offers a place of sharing and relaxation for the inhabitants with its adjoining common room. The three covered passages animated by the windows of the community laundry-lounges mark the entrances to the main building and allow access to the two similar buildings located in the courtyard. These are organized by distributive corridors, favoring the exchange of inhabitants. The diversity of the 175 apartments in terms of size and typology (through-houses, duplexes with workshops, LUPs, apartments on corridors) favors a social and intergenerational mix.
Resolutely sustainable, the project proposes a careful social approach through its multiple interior and exterior shared spaces, and environmental through the minergie certification and the proposed eco-mobility.
Inspired by the industrial context, the architecture proposes an orthogonal frame in prefabricated concrete which is transformed in the courtyard to preserve only the horizontal of the spindly balconies.
