Archello Awards 2026 · Enter your projects before 30 September 2026
Archello Awards 2026 · Enter your projects before 30 September 2026

Governmental rural revitalization program

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about governmental rural revitalization program

Project • By BARD YERSIN architectes • Private Houses

Inhabiting the stable

Creation of an apartment in the rural section of a farmhouse in Praz-Pury The project involves the creation of an apartment in the partially disused rural part of a 1930s farmhouse. Fribourg farmhouses of that era housed both living quarters and farm functions under one roof. The rural section typically consisted of two stables flanking a central passageway — the fourragère — a through-space used for feeding livestock, which also benefited from additional height allowing hay to be stored above the stables. David BARD David BARD David BARD David BARD David BARD The intervention follows a logic of continuity, enhancing existing spatial qualities. The apartment is laid out on the ground floor acros... More

Project • By BARD YERSIN architectes • Warehouses

Conversion of a farmhouse in La Bruyère

Swiss architecture studio BARD YERSIN architectes has completed the transformation of a nineteenth-century farmhouse in La Bruyère, Vuisternens-devant-Romont, Switzerland. The structure is typical of the region, where dwelling and agricultural functions are housed beneath a single roof. Willem Pab No longer used for agricultural purposes and located outside the building zone, the volume — considerable in scale — had become difficult to maintain in relation to the limited habitable surface permitted. In this context, the mixed programme of housing and permaculture proposed by the client offered an opportunity to renew the building as a whole and extend its use. Willem Pab ❌︎ Remove Applied Products block... More

News • News • 21 Jan 2023

AD Architecture injects art, design, and commerce in a rural revitalisation context

Located on the main road of Shiyihe Village in Shantou, Future Artspace H seeks to integrate public life into the market by introducing art, thereby giving new meaning to the rural neighbourhood. Designed by AD Architecture, the project breaks away from the conventional boundaries of design, creating an art space that speaks for the city and society.  ZC Architectural Photography Studio Having witnessed the incoherent evolution of the rural landscape first-hand, which changed the harmonious character of the village, the architect intends to interject commercial art in the pursuit of rural renewal. The project intentionally leaves voids within to offer opportunities for commercial operations. The designed space adapts to diffe... More

News • News • 6 Jun 2022

The Restaurant of Metasequoia Grove abstracts the form of site trees to develop a purely geometric language

Located in Shanwan Village, Suzhou, China, the Restaurant of Metasequoia Grove is an iconic small single-story project of the governmental rural revitalization program aimed at promoting local agriculture, culture, and tourism. Softly blending in the waterside landscape and carrying a delicate rustic texture, the restaurant is more landscape than architecture as it sits immersed into its natural context. Caption The first developed phase of the entire project, the building is located at the west end of the site. It operates not only as a restaurant but also a small multi-functional banquet hall that can accommodate various public events.  Caption A distinctive element of the landscape is a grove of metasequoia trees located... More