Article source: LOCALARCHITECTURE

This new healthcare centre is located in a distinctive landscape. Along with Château de la Corbière and its church it forms a new ensemble integrated within an agricultural estate overlooking Lake Neuchâtel. With its low-level volumes it respects the existing buildings and topography, opening out generously towards the lake and the Jura Mountains. The new building connects with the existing medical centre, combining with it to form a single articulated whole that engages in a dialogue with its environment. The architecture and the surrounding landscape intermesh in the folds of the building’s form, seeking balance. An interplay of privacy and openness to the landscape lies at the heart of this complex and organic architecture.

Image Courtesy © Matthieu Gafsou

• Architects: LOCALARCHITECTURE
• Project: La Corbière – Natural Therapeutic Center
• Location: Estavayer le Lac, Switzerland
• Photography: Matthieu Gafsou
• Client: Sharings SA, Estavayer-le-Lac
• Construction Management: Pragma Partenaires SA
• Structural Engineering: Thomas Jundt ingénieurs civils SA
• Energy Engineering: Weinmann-Energie SA
• Electrical Engineering: Perrin & Spaeth SA
• Footprint Area: 5’680 m²
• Volume: 17’044 m³
• Conception: 2015–2018
• Realization: 2018–2020

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