13/02/2026
(067) Shared Mansard
Housing extension, 2025, Pully CH
The municipality of Pully is currently questioning the densification of its territory. The majority of built-up plots are subject to tabula rasa in order to maximize buildable surfaces.
With a view to gentle densification, the project proposes to take the current 1-storey mansard roof and preserve the pre-existing lines and materiality. The result is a one-storey addition that saves resources, preserves the embedded carbon and integrates through evolution rather than substitution.
In a built-up context under severe economic pressure, can gentle densification find weapons in pre-existing forms without falling into the trap of a nostalgic vision?
photographer : Emilien Itim
retoucher : Loris Theurillat
