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Jardin des Nations

The territory of the Jardin des Nations, host to the international Geneva, is an important urban planning issue for Geneva. In recent years, the territory has been segmented for a variety of reasons, and the spatial experience offered today to both international activities and Geneva’s residents is marked by this fragmentation.

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UN Port Restaurant & Beach club, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, December 2022
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Bleachers Rigot, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2022
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Orchard plantation at Rigot Park, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2022
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Chalet de Montbovon, Ariana Park, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, December 2022
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Chemin des Crêts de Pregny, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, December 2022
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Conservatory and Botanical garden Geneva, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, December 2021
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Museum Ariana fountain, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2022
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John Knox International Centre, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, December 2022
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Orangery of the Villa Rothschild, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Pregny-Chambésy, December 2022
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UN Port Restaurant & Beach club, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2021
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View from the rooftop of Grand Morillon Student House, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2022
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Greenhouses of Domaines de Penthes, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2021
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Greenhouses of the Swiss Embassy in Brazil, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2022
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Garden Villa les Feuillantines, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2022
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Forum 3, Walk at Domaine du Château de Penthes, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, May 2021
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Collective walk, Tram des Nations Residency Theatrum Mundi, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, March 2022
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Topographical map, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, 2021
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Public space around the lake, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, 2021
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Property map, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, March 2021
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Accessibility map, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, March 2021
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Three nights of music, with Bongo Joe Records and Canal 54, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Kiosk of the Nations, Geneva, September 2022
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Exhibition opening at Museum Ariana, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, September 2022
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Exhibition opening at Museum Ariana, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative with Alex Hanimann and Nadine Schütz, Geneva, September 2022.
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Lake crossing during the exhibition opening, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Quai Gustave Ador, Geneva, September 2022
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Walk during the exhibition opening, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Conservatory and Botanical garden, Geneva, September 2022
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Bleachers Rigot, visit during the exhibition opening, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Rigot Park, Geneva, September 2022
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Forum Culture at Villa Rigot, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, May 2022
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Pre-Forum, Miro Workshop zoom, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, February 2021
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Spatialities of the watershed, Forum IV, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, 2021
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*Curation,* Miro board, Forum 3, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, July 2021
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*Lisière,* Miro board Pre-Forum, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, February 2021
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*Versant,* Miro board Forum 2, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, April 2021
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*Voies,* Miro board Forum 2, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, March 2021
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*Lac Léman*, Bathymetric map of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, 1889, Scale : 1/50 000
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Aerial view of Pregny-Chambésy, Sheet 49, 1933
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Palace of Nations, Library Wing with a view of the park, Geneva, 1936-1950
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Museum Ariana, Geneva, ca. 1875
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Secretariat, Salève in background, Construction of the Geneva Palace of the League of Nations (Palace of the Nations), Geneva, 1929-1938
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Palace of the Assembly, Construction of the Geneva Palace of the League of Nations (Palace of the Nations), Geneva, 1938
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Palace of the Assembly, in the background the Jura and Hotel Carlton, Construction of the Geneva Palace of the League of Nations (Palace of the Nations), Geneva, 1929-1938
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Terrace of the restaurant, Palace of the Assembly, in the background the lake, Salève, Môle, Mont Blanc, Construction of the Geneva Palace of the League of Nations (Palace of the Nations), 1929-1938
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View from the Assembly, Construction of the Geneva Palace of the League of Nations (Palace of the Nations), Geneva, 1929-1938
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The Palace of the League of Nations, in summer, Geneva, 1938
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New congress building C. C. I. G., International Information Center, Geneva, 1974
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UN-Rigot, Palace of Nations, Lake Geneva, view to the east (E), Geneva, April 1967
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World Health Organization (WHO), looking south (S), Pregny-Chambésy, April 1967
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World Health Organization (WHO), view to the west (W), Pregny-Chambésy, May 1970
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Palace of Nations, Geneva, March 1953
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Orangery of the Villa Rothschild, Pregny-Chambésy, May 1965
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Spectators in the theatre, Centenary celebrations, Perle du Lac, Geneva, July 1914
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The sublacustrine quarries of La Petite Pierrière, view to north-northeast (NNE) Pregny-Chambésy, August 1953
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Centenary Theatre under construction, Perle du Lac, Geneva, June 1914
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Bleachers Rigot, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, December 2022
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Compiled walks map, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, March 2021
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Workspace Pregny Mont-Riant, Miro board Pre-Forum, Vision Jardin des Nations, Architecture Land Initiative, Geneva, April 2021
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Context

A number of paradigm shifts since the last masterplan was drawn up confirm the urgent need to place new objectives, new actors and new imaginations at the heart of the development process for this district, so as to better address the current ecological and social issues. Faced with these issues, the various planning authorities involved felt the need to build a new basis for dialogue and consensus, and to equip themselves with an innovative vision to react and guide their future decisions.

Process

Between 2021 and 2022, Architecture Land Initiative designed a process of co-construction of the vision involving more than two hundred participants. The process was first of all a way of bringing into dialogue the State of Geneva, the City of Geneva, the communes of Grand-Saconnex and Pregny-Chambésy, and the DFAE (Swiss Mission). In the course of the process, many additional players were called upon as questions and opportunities arose. In this way, state and communes services, as well as international and non-governmental organizations, various institutions and participants from the area and from Geneva were gradually involved in shaping the vision. In 2021, five public Forums allowed for exchanges, walks, collective listening and imagining. In 2022, several public events have extended the opportunity to exchange.

Vision

The proposed vision is set in the broader context of a Greater Geneva and its transition. It takes into account and echoes the concerns, strengths and proposals arising from recent initiatives such as the Cantonal Climate Plan, the Energy Master Plan 2020-2030, the Geneva Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the multimodal strategy for Geneva Mobility 2030. It contributes to the impetus and thinking needed for a transition in ways of living that favors as many people as possible, and is synonymous with a radically different and more sustainable relationship with the living than the one we maintain today. It addresses these questions through the territory of the Jardin des Nations, its specificities, materialities, relationships and potentials, while identifying much more global interdependencies that also inform the vision and help to define the contours of an inclusive Quartier-Paysage in the making.

Implementation

The vision proposes 4 inter-related strategies:

1. Potentials to activate: a strategy based on a trans-disciplinary analysis identifying and localizing potentials and specific places for development, built and unbuilt: biodiverse, social, cultural and economical.
2. Threads and grids: a strategy that enhances the qualities of the Jardin des Nations area in terms of vegetation and midlands. It will reinforce the density, connectivity and quality of the green, blue, brown and black infrastructures - allowing them to grow in intensity and become significant for the quality of the public space.
3. Road continuities: a strategy that intensifies and supports active multimodal mobility. Existing road networks are to be transformed in order to favor public and soft mobility. In addition, the strategy includes the ‘voie bleue’, with new boat lines transforming the lake into an ideal setting for active multimodal mobility.
4. Thresholds and porosities: a strategy that enables a comprehensive approach to safety in the area. A proactive approach seeks agreement on concepts and solutions upstream of projects, before planning processes begin, to avoid one-sided safety considerations.

The vision includes a catalog of actions to be undertaken, from the immediate to the long-term. This catalog lists a series of site-specific potentials and programs that are synergistic and coherent with the overall strategies, the cursors. These cursors suggest experimental implementations, called proto-projects, which are defined by their ability to initiate collective mobilizations for change in the district.

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Period:
2020-2022

Architecture Land Initiative:
Dieter Dietz (lead), Aurélie Dupuis (lead), Léonore Nemec (lead), Julien Heil, Zoé Lefèvre, Hibiki Masaki, Manon Pinget

External experts:
Thomas Hug (urbanista.ch), Bruno Marchand (EPFL), Sébastien Marot (EPFL), Martina Voser (mavo Landschaften), Yves Pedrazzini (EPFL)