Multipurpose Building with Residences and Restaurant, Villeneuve | tempesta tramparulo

At the eastern tip of Lake Geneva, the Île-de-Peilz complex looks out onto an idyllic setting marred by a very busy through-road. The Vieux-Pêcheur Hotel has been transformed into five apartments. At the centre of the block, the landscaped courtyard redefines the relationships within the centuriesold built fabric, while the exterior staircase ascends up to the rooftops. In the quiet of the old city, the roofs are hereby transformed into private terraces that lead to the apartments. The spatial quality of the apartments is inspired by the residences built of this same fabric (private access, multiple orientations, two separate and complementary exterior extensions, double volume). Through their large openings, the dual-aspect apartments open onto the lakeside scenery of Île-de-Peilz. Their siting, their form and their materiality have been designed to allow one to take in the landscape while remaining protected from noise. The restaurant enjoys its own access from the Rue des Quais. It extends across the road in the form of a terrace running along the length of the promenade (cf. 081). The windows flush with the façade are an artistic reinterpretation of the perforated mass that visually recalls the additional construction on site. These vary in size but are uniformly square, as a function of the interior spaces they serve.