owner

The canton of Geneva

Buildings department

Architects: P. Comé & A. Carlier

project

new school of chemistry at the University of Geneva, constructed in 2 stages

• 1st stage completed in 1989
• 2nd stage completed in 2003

T ingénierie sa services

joint mandate with M. Buffo & P. Moser
full engineering services as specialised engineer

• 1st stage: basements and prefabricated buildings
• 2nd stage: sandwich load-bearing prefabricated buildings

specifications

• 5-storey building with basement designed with slab flooring on pillars
• façades built from prefabricated sandwich pieces, the load-bearing part acting as supporting parapet for the slabs.
• the access balconies are used as emergency exits for the laboratories - they are fitted in to the casing of the prefabricated pieces as well as to the stainless steel reinforcement going through the insulation

schedule2ndstage

design & planning: 1999 - 2000

construction: 2001 - 2003