The Ecoquartier Jonction project is unique in Swit- zerland and Europe in terms of its size and its abil- ity to question the ways in which people live in our society. Located in the heart of Geneva, in a central urban location, it brings together more than 333 dwellings, 35 arcades, a crèche, heritage depots and an underground car park.
The centrepiece of this district, the CODHA building is the embodiment of the social loft, a hybrid con- cept that brings together two forms of housing: on the one hand, social housing - its domestic reali- ties and economic requirements - and on the other hand, the imaginary loft - housing with generous and shared spatiality, born of the gentrification of industrial spaces. The social loft embodies, through the addition of its opposites, a plural manifesto of living together, both in the city and in housing.
The CODHA Building realises this concept in the possibilities of flexible, vast, shared and uncon- ventional housing; labelled Minergie P Eco and designed according to a participative approach, it houses 113 dwellings, whose diversity of sizes (2 to 25 rooms) meets the plurality of needs. It also houses community spaces scattered throughout the floors, activity areas on the ground floor and heritage deposits in the basement. Finally, commu- nity life is structured around four green roofs that offer distinct activities.