TC Cuadernos No 169: Lacroix Chessex 2012–2025

This 306-page monograph covers thirteen years of production by the Swiss studio Lacroix Chessex, founded in 2005 in Geneva by Hiéronyme Lacroix and Simon Chessex.

The volume presents a selection of projects, many won in open or invitational competitions, including student residences, collective and single-family housing, kindergartens, social and cultural facilities, as well as urban transformations and elevations. These include the IHEID student residence in Geneva, the Les Jeurs house in Trient, the transformation of the Reuilly barracks in Paris, the public facilities in the Jonction eco-district or the nursery on the Route de Frontenex, etc.

The architecture of Lacroix Chessex is always based on a precise analysis of the site and is developed without pre-established formulas. Each project finds its form in dialogue with the existing, deciding whether to continue a previous logic or propose a clear rupture. The materials are shown with sincerity – wood, concrete, stone or brick – without artifice, and the construction details reveal a search for clarity and durability. In their transformations and elevations, the new layers are read as contemporary contributions that update the building, enrich its useful life, while introducing comfort and sustainability in a natural way.

The book offers complete documentation, with plans, construction details, photographs and an in-depth dialogue, which allow us to delve into the trajectory and thought of one of the most representative offices of contemporary Swiss architecture.