Geneva Arts Centre
CENTRE FOR THE ARTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF GENEVA
Genève, Suisse
THE EIG FOUNDATION
Architect: WILMOTTE & ASSOCIÉS
Associate Architect: BRODBECK & ROULET
Engineers: BONNARD & GARDEL
Scenography: SCÉNARCHIE
Acoustics: ARCHITECTURE ET ACOUSTIQUE
4,730 sqm
2014
Design of Geneva Arts Centre.
The International School of Geneva (Ecolint) is an important player in the "international" metropolis, making this city an attractive place by offering a quality educational environment. The Arts Centre, an ambitious project, offers a space for study and encounters beyond the academic disciplines and integrates the school into the cultural and artistic life of the city and canton of Geneva.
The Arts Centre is a major architectural landmark. Jean-Michel Wilmotte and his team wanted this last opportunity to build on the historic site of La Grande Boissière to be the culmination of almost a century of existence of the International School of Geneva. Transparency, lightness, conviviality and nature guided the design of this architecture, a metaphor for the creativity and innovative spirit of the future students. The use of an industrial-inspired glass material, sometimes transparent but mainly white enamel, unifies the treatment on all sides.
The building is laid out in an L-shaped plan. The large auditorium is placed along the gable of the sports hall and the theatre is placed perpendicularly on the campus side. A large oak wall in the double height of the foyer marks the presence of the auditorium by recalling the presence of the wood of the hall’s conches.
