Cité Universitaire de Genève // Geneva
The project developed for the Cité Universitaire de Genève aims to upgrade and equip the common areas made available to residents. The program included a games room, a meeting area, a coffee station and a workspace. Each area was uniquely designed and furnished with a specific use in mind and destined to the students.
The design is characterised by the desire to enhance the existing architecture, complementing its materiality and resonating with the concrete present in all of the intervention areas. Developing in an organique and fusional manner, the installation complements the building geometries.
Its colourful language offers vitality and dynamism in opposition and yet complementary to the expressiveness and austerity of the concrete walls. The choice of a range of bright colours is repeated between the different areas and design elements to create a global unity. Bespoke modular furniture was specifically designed for this project in order to ensure the interchangeability between the spaces and uses.
A colourful set of murals featuring the surrounding Geneva landscape was created in collaboration with local artist Anais Coulon to complete the design of the different spaces.
The whole, creates a playful and welcoming universe, which in turn, generates a friendly and productive space for the residents of the Cité Universitaire.
Photos Gabrielle Besenval