Rapin Saiz Architectes

Description

The Bosquets buildings were built in several consecutive stages until 1964. Located in Vevey, on the site of the Peter company, the inventor of milk chocolate, they host the workshops and laboratories of the Produits Dentaires SA company, founded in 1940. The entire project consists in the renovation of the main building, containing workshops and laboratories, and the conversion and extension of the annex building into an office space. The conversion and extension of the annex is now finished, putting an end to the first phase of the project. The existing foundations of the annex were reinforced in order to increase the scale and add two floors. The annex was initially independent from the main building, but this new project has been designed to connect it to its upper levels. By covering the structure, the new envelope, made of aluminium and glass, considerably modifies the original expression of the building. This mutation, necessary for responding to energy efficiency and comfort issues, is also an opportunity to modify the composition of the façade and accentuate the verticality of the building, thus clarifying its position in a changing neighbourhood. To the west, a new entrance was set up as an answer to the evolution of the former industrial road, which is now serving a mixed-use area made up of housing, offices and industrial buildings, and is gradually transforming into a pedestrian walkway.