This 400-metre walk is part of the renaturation of the banks of the Chamberonne.
International competition
EAUtopia is a new chapter in the history of the place where the Chamberonne meets Lake Geneva.
We only seem to recognize the value of water when it becomes scarce in times of drought and with the changing seasons.
Water, giver of life, water, my friend, how has it come to this?
Attention: installation dismantled!
Centre d’enseignement professionnel de Morges (CEPM)
Setting up a tobacco plantation on the parking lot at the entrance to Parc Louis Bourget is a transgressive act of occupation intended to make us sit up and take notice.
Service des parcs et domaines (SPADOM)
A clear, distinct ridge appears on the shore—a line guiding the viewer’s eye from the land to the water
A group of small islands around a rocky spur, to recreate wetlands conducive to life.
Platforms to make bathing easier that follow the shape of the rocks.
ECAL/Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne
Like the reed islands of Lake Titicaca, Totora is an archipelago made up of two islands, not submerged in the water as planed, but on the sand.
Three water cannons pump the water from the lake and project it over a great distance.
A full-scale laboratory for the ‘sponge city’.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Rainwater, streams and rivers flow through the Lausanne watershed under the effect of gravity, like blood coursing through a body, until they reach their ultimate destination: Lake Geneva.
The Flon is an underground, canalized river that flows directly beneath the Maladière traffic circle in Lausanne.
Au-dessus du gazon, le brouillard is situated in the former Flon valley, now drained and dried out.
Today, the Flon empties into Lake Geneva beneath the fields to the west of the Vidy Pyramids.
Ostschweizer Fachhochschule (OST) Rapperswil
Located at the spot where the Flon once emptied into Lake Geneva, Surface aims to give a second life to this larger-than-life site, a vestige of Expo 64.
A new playground takes shape in the well-maintained grounds around the Vidy Pyramids.
In memory of the lost water surface, a fleet of small wooden boats attached to concrete buoys are open to the public.
Natures contre-cultures is a collaborative research garden exploring themes of landscape, the body, ecology, sensuality, community and emotion through the lens of queer eco(myth)ology.
Giá Thể are Vietnamese compositions in which dry pieces of wood or stones support independent landscapes of plants and flowers.
In this garden, the plant world, so intimately connected to the land, meets the waters of the lake.
Attention: No longer open to the public. Guided tours only.
Buried pipes and drains occupy the ground beneath our feet unnoticed. But here, they emerge above the surface.
Bachelor Architecture du paysage (HEPIA) Genève
L’heure du Grèbe is both a step out onto the lake and a step back in time.
La ville est leur terrain de jeux, d’épanouissement, de rencontres et d’apprentissage.
Attention: garden dismantled!
Mél-usine au jardin promotes environmentally-friendly urban and industrial practices.
The Lake Geneva becomes a scenic space with the Archipelago installation, a wide horizontal surface onto which imaginary worlds are projected.
A ring-shaped structure creating a continuous curtain of water in which to take refuge, play and contemplate the horizon.
It’s hard to imagine that, a century ago, Ouchy was not a place for strolling and sightseeing but rather a place of hard labor.
“On your marks, get set, go!”
A tsunami of flowers washes over the southern end of Parc du Denantou, evoking the waters of the lake.
Freeing up the mouth of the Vuachère offers an opportunity for urban and landscape regeneration to make the city more resilient.
A giant perch that welcomes the lake's birds and allows them to be observed without disturbing them.
A sponge for the city: Plateforme 10 invited Lausanne Jardins to create an ephemeral garden on its site near the train station.
Place de la Gare
