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Carouge Community Centre

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Carouge Community Centre

Carouge Community Centre

The exist­ing commu­nity centre at the edge of the old town centre of Carouge is to be upgra­ded and the centre expanded to include a large new theatre build­ing. Like a pair of boul­ders, the two volumes occupy the public square, for­ming a multi­tude of inter­spaces.

Situation with hall on the left and theatre on the right
Situation with hall on the left and theatre on the right
Section through the hall building and the parking lot
Section through the hall building and the parking lot
Longitudinal section through the theatre building
Longitudinal section through the theatre building
View of the two monolithic bodies
View of the two monolithic bodies
Cross section through the theatre building
Cross section through the theatre building
1st floor of the theatre building
1st floor of the theatre building
Theatre hall
Theatre hall
Circulation area between the outer shell and the inner skin
Circulation area between the outer shell and the inner skin

0105 Community Centre, Carouge

Reference numbers
Competition: 2011, 2nd place

Project participants
In collaboration with Herzog Architekten
Client: Ville de Carouge
Landscape architect: ORT AG für Landschaftsarchitektur
Construction engineer: Schärli & Öttli
Building technology: Kiwi Systemingenieure und Berater
Scenographer: Hans-Jörg Huber
Visualisations: maaars

Team BBK / Herzog Architekten
Annina Baumgartner, Jaime Rodriguez

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