World Trade Organisation
Geneva (Switzerland)
An optimistic building.
The competition site requires a responsible intervention answering three basic conditions: the needs of a new work and relation space for both WTO officers and visitors, the undeniable representative character of the building itself, and a respectful attitude towards the existing building and the magnificient park in which it lies.
From de decision of understanding the full Parc Barton complex, it comes the powerful reality of the whole Parc des Nations in Geneva: a complex of worldwide institutional buildings spread along parks and forests, lying in their sites almost as sculptures, surrounded by greenery and amazing centennial trees.
Client
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Size
18.300 m2
Location
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Status
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Date
2009
Team Leaders
Pablo Oriol, Fernando Rodríguez
Collaborators
Pastora Cotero, Cornelius Schmitz
Consultants
3i Ingenieria
Model
Gilberto Ruiz Lopes
Photographs
Luis Alfaro