ÉTABLES DESTINÉES À LA RECHERCHE, DÉVELOPPEMENT DU SITE – AGROSCOPE, POSIEUX – SWITZERLAND, 2025

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
WITH STEFANO MOOR

THE SITE THAT CURRENTLY HOUSES THE AGROSCOPE LIVESTOCK FACILITIES IN POSIEUX IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE PRESENCE OF A SHED-ROOF BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1970S. THIS BUILDING STANDS OUT FOR ITS LARGE SIZE, BUT ALSO BY ITS UNDENIABLE ARCHITECTURAL QUALITIES, AND ITS HIGHLY RECOGNIZABLE STATUS WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE OF THE FRIBOURG COUNTRYSIDE. THE FUTURE PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS COMPETITION, REQUIRES A FAR-REACHING INTERVENTION THAT CANNOT SIMPLY ACT AS ANOTHER PERIPHERAL SATELLITE, BUT MUST INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE HEART OF THE CAMPUS: THE STABLES. THIS REQUIRES A REFLECTION ON THE EXTENSION OF THE SITE’S FOUNDING MATRIX, STRENGTHENING AND ENRICHING ITS IDENTITY AND UNIQUENESS, SO THAT THE NEW PROJECT BECOMES AN INTEGRAL PART OF ITS STRUCTURE.

THE NEW PROJECT TAKES THE THREE EXISTING STABLES AS ITS REFERENCE AND RECOGNIZES THEIR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE NEW EXTENSION, THUS ESTABLISHING ORDER, GEOMETRIC CONTINUITY, AND A CLEAR READING OF THE SITE. THUS, IT IS PRECISELY THESE PRE-EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT PROVIDE THE MEASURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CAN THEREFORE BE CONCEIVED OVER THE LONG TERM.

IN BALANCE WITH THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE NEW PROJECT ENSURES THAT THE WHOLE APPEARS AS A SINGLE ENTITY WITH A STRONG IDENTITY, CAPABLE OF RELATING TO THE VAST SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE; A UNIQUE ELEMENT THAT, LIKE A RURAL TOWN, FITS INTO A LARGER TERRITORIAL SCALE.

Collaborators: Andrea Langlois, Camilla Maitan
Team: Ingegnere Pedrazzini Guidotti, Visani Rusconi Talleri, Elettroconsulenze Solcà, Maja Leonelli, Agrion
Images: © Filippo Bolognese