Nouvelle Comédie de Genève - Switzerland
LAURENT GRAVIER - SARA MARTIN CAMARA - Fres architects
Biography / CV
LAURENT GRAVIER
2010 Founded FRES architectes Geneva.
2004 Founded FRES architectes Paris.
2003-2004 Architect at Jakob+MacFarlane Architectes, Paris.
2002 Visiting Professor at the Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam.
2002-2003 Architect at Claus en Kaan Architecten, Amsterdam.
2000-2001 Architect at Köther en Salman Architekten, Amsterdam.
1998-2000 Post-graduate degree at the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville.
1997 Erasmus at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Copenhagen.
1994-1998 Architecture studies at the ENSAI, Strasbourg.
1975 Born in Nancy. France.
AWARDS
1st Prize Archi Design Club Awards 2013 - 11 to 50 dwellings. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
Distinction PRIX AMO 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
Nomination French First-Work Prize 2012. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
Shortlisted WAN Residential Awards 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
Shortlisted Ugo Rivolta European Social Housing Award 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
COMPETITIONS
1st Prize Renens Gare, Lausanne, Switzerland. International limited competition. 2014
1st Prize 18 dwellings social housing, Paris, France. Limited competition. 2013
1st Prize Theater Nouvelle Comedie of Geneva, Switzerland. Internation Open Competition. 2009
1st Prize Europan 7 in Nanterre, France. European Open Competition. 2003
2nd Prize Faculty of Psychology in Malaga, Spain. International Open Competition. 2008
3rd prize Public space CEVA Station of Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland. International Open Competition. 2011
4th prize Administrative and Magistrate’s Court of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. International Open Competition. 2012
5th prize Cinema Palace, Locarno, Switzerland, International Open Competition, 2012.
Mention 80 dwellings social housing, Petite Boissière in Geneva, Switzerland. Internationl Open Competition. 2011.
SARA MARTIN CAMARA
2011- Teaching assistant at the EPFL, Lausanne
2010 Founded FRES architectes Geneva
2004 Founded FRES architectes Paris
2003 Architect at Nicolas Michelin Architectes, Paris
2002 Direction of the Biennial Architecture Workshops at Málaga
2000-2003 Architect at Claus en Kaan Architecten, Rotterdam
1999 Erasmus at the TU Eindhoven, the Netherlands
1993-2001 Architecture studies at the ETSA de Sevilla
1975 Born in San Sebastian. Spain
AWARDS
1st Prize Archi Design Club Awards 2013 - 11 to 50 dwellings. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
Distinction PRIX AMO 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
Nomination French First-Work Prize 2012. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
Shortlisted WAN Residential Awards 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
Shortlisted Ugo Rivolta European Social Housing Award 2013. 23 dwellings, social housing, Béthune, France.
COMPETITIONS
1st Prize Renens Gare, Lausanne, Switzerland. International limited competition. 2014
1st Prize 18 dwellings social housing, Paris, France. Limited competition. 2013
1st Prize Theater Nouvelle Comedie of Geneva, Switzerland. Internation Open Competition. 2009
1st Prize Europan 7 in Nanterre, France. European Open Competition. 2003
2nd Prize Faculty of Psychology in Malaga, Spain. International Open Competition. 2008
3rd prize Public space CEVA Station of Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland. International Open Competition. 2011
4th prize Administrative and Magistrate’s Court of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. International Open Competition. 2012
5th prize Cinema Palace, Locarno, Switzerland, International Open Competition, 2012.
Mention 80 dwellings social housing, Petite Boissière in Geneva, Switzerland. Internationl Open Competition. 2011.
Nouvelle Comédie de Genève
City of Geneva. Switzerland International Open Competition - 1st prize
Client: City of Geneva
schedule: 2009 > 2018
actual phase: detail phase
The Nouvelle Comédie de Genève is located in the new district of the Eaux-Vives railway station. Traditionally a theatre is the place where artists and public meet during performances. For the Nouvelle Comédie, the wish is to create a place more convivial, more alive, plural and dynamic, at any time, where people work on the creation of productions on the everyday.
The building offers a unique façade profile to the urban space giving it a strong identity, like a landmark in the city. The public space of the esplanade penetrates into the theatre dissolving the limit between the life of the theatre and the life of the city.
The Nouvelle Comédie is a complete theatre facility. It is composed of two main theatres: an Italian theatre, and a black-box conceived for experimentation. The theatre is also a place dedicated to creation. Theatre sets and costumes are fabricated in ateliers in the building, making the theatre a factory for artistic creation.
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