Build Architecture Awards

Build Architecture Awards 2015 65 Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés, formerly Jean- Paul Jaccaud Architectes, is an innovative architects practice based in Switzerland which specialises in high quality social housing projects. Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés was established in Geneva in 2004. The practice’s work is sustained by a long-term interest in interventions in complex built environments with strong specific identities. Through projects of varying scale and nature in Switzerland, Europe and the Middle East, the practice has been confronting the material wear, the gaps and the functional obsolescence of these environments in different ways, attempting with every project to establish renewed meaning with specific, precise and sustainable responses. The firm’s founder, Jean-Paul Jaccaud, graduated from the EPF Lausanne in 1995 and collaborated with Bernard Huet, David Chipperfield Architects and Herzog & de Meuron prior to establishing his practice. He was visiting professor at EPF Lausanne from 2006 to 2010 and has been visiting critic at numerous universities since 2004. In response to the increasing scale of their projects, at the beginning of this year the firm announced a number of important changes to their practice structure as well as the adaptation of their company name to Jaccaud Spicher Associated Architects (Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés) as of January 2015. In addition, the firm welcomed Stephan Gratzer as an associate architect. Prior to that Stephan had been working as an architect for the firm for five years, working closely with the firm on design projects. These important changes have paved the way for exciting new projects for the firm, includ- ing creating two award winning social housing complexes, Les Adrets, Geneva which was created in association with Sergison Bates Architekten and Sentier des Saules, Geneva. Increases in work for the firm highlight their importance within the industry and that their dedication to quality is being noticed. In the future the firm plans to continue to expand and work on new projects which will provide them with fresh new challenges. Award for Excellence in Large Scale Social Housing – Switzerland Jean-Paul Jaccaud Architectes Company: Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés Email: [email protected] Web Address: www.jsaa.ch Address: 11, Avenue Sainte-Clotilde CH - 1205 Geneva Telephone: +41 (0) 22 321 80 35