Atelier Descombes Rampini

Based in Geneva, the Atelier Descombes Rampini (ADR) was founded in 2000 by Julien Descombes and Marco Rampini. The practice develops its activity around urban and/or natural planning projects, as well as development surveys on a regional level, thus engaging in large-scale projects. Planning The experience of Atelier Descombes Rampini in large-scale planning has evolved […]

The project answers questions related to reintroducing nature into artificial landscape and dealing with landscape in rural-urban fringes. It reactivates the old river channel for visitors, masterfully combining new modest elements and simple structures into a powerful experience. The most poetic element is the grid of sand – a platform for the river – a natural force that expresses itself through decomposition. Designed as a ruin, the project is the process; full of play between the grid and the river, man and nature. Renaturalisation is not brought in by force; it occurs. One can imagine the river entering the grid for the first time, like an animal released from captivity, figuring out which way to go and where to settle. The power of this work lies in its honesty, taking us to a much deeper thinking about the relation between man and nature in the age of the Anthropocene.

Development of a new public beach and a port in the Rade de Genève Because of its strong presence in the center of the city and the excellent quality of its waters, Lake Geneva is undeniably an essential element of Geneva’s social life. However, since its shores are mainly made up of walls and riprap […]

One of the most ancient neighbourhood of Geneva, the Place Simon-Goulart is located between the Saint-Gervais temple, apartment buildings, two schools and several shops and replaces a car park after a huge area transformation process, which allowed the place to regain its position as a major public, breathing and relaxing space, while highlighting the surrounding […]

The Plaine de Plainpalais is an island resulting from the merging of old meanders of the Arve River at its confluence with Lake Leman. Its lozenge shape is a continuation of its former state. An open space at the foot of the old town fortifications, on the edge of past swampland, it has been woven […]