Champs des Miràcles

Toyo Ito, Architecture in a simulated city The collective housing proposal called “Champs de Miracles” by Fala Atelier is situated on a plot of northern Lausanne. With an east-west orientation, the site presents a remarkable ascending slope towards its rear area, being delimited in its more eastern side by a slope and a tree mass protecting it of the adjoining airport. Located in a hinge between the city and countryside, the proposal by Fala Atelier aims to respond at the same time to these two situations superimposed over time and place. On one hand, it proposes a prism of clear and forceful geometry, solid in its limits. This block is aligned to the western limit of the plot, defining a markedly urban character that intends to give continuity to the fabric, already diffuse, in this area of ​​the city. On the other hand, the second element of the proposal is clearly separated from the first, both from a volumetric and conceptual point of view. Conceived as a cylinder, this second building is much more ambiguous in its urban definition. Its Platonic volumetry gives it a slightly monumental presence. Its independence from the linear block, and also from the urban context, define it as a sort of Palladian village, a “Rotonda” that displays in height typologies opened to a rural-like space. La propuesta de vivienda colectiva llamada “Champs de Miracles” de Fala Atelier se sitúa en un solar al norte de la ciudad de Lausanne. Con una orientación este-oeste, el solar presenta un notable desnivel ascendente hacia el fondo, siendo delimitado en su lado más oriental por un talud y una masa arbórea que lo protegen, en parte, del aeropuerto colindante. Situado en una charnela entre la ciudad y el campo, la propuesta de Fala Atelier pretende dar respuesta al mismo tiempo a esas dos situaciones superpuestas en tiempo y lugar. Por un lado, se propone un prisma de geometría clara y contundente, sólido en sus límites.