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maintenance centre_sierre VS 1992

Client : Etat du Valais

In order to create a new image for the western ap-

Location : Sierre, Valais

proach to Sierre in the form of a public building of

Competition : 1992 (5th prize)

regional status that would interact successfully with

Gross area : 9’500 m2

the landscape of the Rhône valley, the motorway

Volume : 63’650 m3

maintenance centre introduces a plantation of white

Programme : Trucks garage, police center, offices

poplars that evokes the visual reference of the or-

Associate architects : Philippe Renaud,

chards typical of the area, but on a scale appropriate

Romaine de Kalbermatten

to its new function.

Collaborators : Ariane Poncet, Christophe Pidoux Landscape architect : Sylvie Visinand

The building takes the form of a large rectangular

Civil engineer : Amsler & Bombeli SA

«plate» containing a patio. Clad in aluminium panels, the completely flat roof emphasises the expression

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«... impression d’espaces»,

The various functions interconnect simply and ratio-

NLDA ed., Geneva, 1997

nally. The spaces and workshops of the maintenan-

«meier & associés architectes –

ce centre are located around the building and are

projets, réalisations 1990–1999»,

served by a peripheral walkway. The elevations are

ITHA–Payot ed., Lausanne, 2000

finished in aluminium cladding, with glazed sections





a unitary object set down in natural surroundings.

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for the police garage.