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  • How to protect a building against the noise: Lausanne Guesthouse

    How to protect a building against the noise: Lausanne Guesthouse

    Another good exemple of protection of a building from noisy infrastructures  is given by the Lausanne Guesthouse, designed by Patrick Chiché. In this building, all the services (stairways and bathrooms) are located along the railway tracks, while living rooms and hotel rooms are all on the opposite side. A resumé of the project is available…

  • How to protect a building against the noise: Croisset Student House in Paris

    How to protect a building against the noise: Croisset Student House in Paris

    The Croisset Student House is a good example of how to protect a building from the noise of a motorway and give at the same time a public image to the building. The complex is made of 3 residential blocks, oriented perpendicularly to the motorway, and a continuous screen which runs between the blocks and…

  • How to create a private space without using fences

    How to create a private space without using fences

      This image (Geneva, square Pradier, via Microsoft Virtual Earth) shows how to create a calm square and give privacy to a block without using fences. The four external buildings act as a screen and separate the square from the through traffic of the surrounding roads. Access to the backside of the external buildings is…