Collège Rousseau in Geneva

 - Roland Pawlitschko

The Collège Rousseau building is a remarkable example of brutalist architecture in Switzerland. The historic listed structure was erected in 1969. One of its distinctive features is the interior furnishing, mostly preserved in its original condition. In 2017 the Canton of Geneva, the client, initiated an architectural competition for the general renovation and expansion of the secondary school.

Collège Rousseau in Geneva
Collège Rousseau in Geneva: Old and new form a harmonic symbiosis – the extension can only be recognised as such at a second glance. © Olivier Di Giambattista