E18 Portrait - DIE DEN GLETSCHER BEWOHNEN

St Gallen (CH) - Winner

DIE DEN GLETSCHER BEWOHNEN

Associates: Andrew Georges (LB) – architect urbanist, Bettina Kagelmacher (DE), Jorge Sánchez Bajo (ES), Roman Schober (CH) – architects

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"Our project starts from the site’s geological and ecological history. By reading the moraine, forgotten watercourses and sedimented layers, we propose a metabolic approach: production, consumption and reuse are linked through local resources, water management and adaptable typologies. Regeneration emerges from restoring ecological systems and enabling social co-creation."

Masterplan Concept. From Rural to Urban.
Terraced Building and Private Gardens section. Topography as a space.
Family Gardens. Infrastructure for the informality.