Bauprojekt Betreutes Wohnen zu günstigen Mieten auf zwei kommunalen Grundstücken / Projet de construction de logements protégés et à loyers modérés sur deux parcelles communales

The design for the new residential buildings in Epalinges has a double purpose:
- Assure the best integration possible with the existing urban fabric and the surrounding natural environment.
- Distribute the functional program into four buildings in order to reduce the scale of perception.
The synergy between the existing medical center (EMS) and the new residences is reflected, on a general planning level, with the distribution of small buildings around the EMS. These new volumes, comparable in scale and character with the existing fabric, seek through their own architectural language a clear relationship with the future inhabitants.
The orientation and the connection with the context (in terms of views, exposition and site topography) determine the pentagonal shape.