Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine living

Using our tools of architect, of architectural project, we suggest to study the cross-border area of Geneva region in the context of the construction of a new alpine region.The inhabitant’s daily way of life today questions the administrative borders and the limits of the metropolis of Geneva. This...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Claire Rosset, Alexis Rousset
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine 2014-03-01
Series:Revue de Géographie Alpine
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/2230
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1841546685277274112
author Claire Rosset
Alexis Rousset
author_facet Claire Rosset
Alexis Rousset
author_sort Claire Rosset
collection DOAJ
description Using our tools of architect, of architectural project, we suggest to study the cross-border area of Geneva region in the context of the construction of a new alpine region.The inhabitant’s daily way of life today questions the administrative borders and the limits of the metropolis of Geneva. This territory is particularly marked by systems of relations at various scales, from the international one, to that of the “small town” and the rural space. The process of architectural design requires a specific understanding of territorial issues, questioning simultaneously the densification of the urban poles and the sustainability of the “urban countryside” in the Geneva region.In particular, we study the hypothesis of a “countryside project” as a basis for the development of Geneva region, referring to nearby locations of the city as “the next villages”. The conceptual hypothesis of a transversal axis formed by “the next villages” becomes the basis for strategies and initiatives in various sectors, rural housing, production, and mobility.It will is experimented more exactly on the municipality of Viry through various interventions to build a new relationship between city and countryside.We plan to develop an position that distinguishes territorial differentiation, distinction between the town and the countryside, developing the idea of the inevitable influence of urban growth and the whole urbanization question of the Alpine region.
format Article
id doaj-art-c02454bc83ac4707804307cbd917bed2
institution Kabale University
issn 0035-1121
1760-7426
language English
publishDate 2014-03-01
publisher Institut de Géographie Alpine
record_format Article
series Revue de Géographie Alpine
spelling doaj-art-c02454bc83ac4707804307cbd917bed22025-01-10T15:56:06ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-74262014-03-01101310.4000/rga.2230Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine livingClaire RossetAlexis RoussetUsing our tools of architect, of architectural project, we suggest to study the cross-border area of Geneva region in the context of the construction of a new alpine region.The inhabitant’s daily way of life today questions the administrative borders and the limits of the metropolis of Geneva. This territory is particularly marked by systems of relations at various scales, from the international one, to that of the “small town” and the rural space. The process of architectural design requires a specific understanding of territorial issues, questioning simultaneously the densification of the urban poles and the sustainability of the “urban countryside” in the Geneva region.In particular, we study the hypothesis of a “countryside project” as a basis for the development of Geneva region, referring to nearby locations of the city as “the next villages”. The conceptual hypothesis of a transversal axis formed by “the next villages” becomes the basis for strategies and initiatives in various sectors, rural housing, production, and mobility.It will is experimented more exactly on the municipality of Viry through various interventions to build a new relationship between city and countryside.We plan to develop an position that distinguishes territorial differentiation, distinction between the town and the countryside, developing the idea of the inevitable influence of urban growth and the whole urbanization question of the Alpine region.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/2230Architectureland planningurban countrysidetownGeneva
spellingShingle Claire Rosset
Alexis Rousset
Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine living
Revue de Géographie Alpine
Architecture
land planning
urban countryside
town
Geneva
title Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine living
title_full Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine living
title_fullStr Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine living
title_full_unstemmed Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine living
title_short Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine living
title_sort cross border area of geneva region a culture of alpine living
topic Architecture
land planning
urban countryside
town
Geneva
url https://journals.openedition.org/rga/2230
work_keys_str_mv AT clairerosset crossborderareaofgenevaregionacultureofalpineliving
AT alexisrousset crossborderareaofgenevaregionacultureofalpineliving