23/08/2026
🇨🇭🌳 ARCHIBORETUM : GROW THE CITY, NOT ITS FOOTPRINT.
In Geneva, Vincent Callebaut Architectures develops a new generation of bioclimatic ecosystem: 90,000 m² of mixed-use programs, two timber towers, a public SkyPark and a metropolitan forest.
🌿 45% of the site becomes a green park
🏗️ Hybrid timber, concrete & steel structure
🌱 Urban forest + biodiversity corridors
💧 Rainwater harvesting & greywater reuse
☀️ Photovoltaic & solar thermal energy
♻️ Geothermal energy, biomass & local energy loops
🏠 600+ homes, offices, hotel, retail & cultural facilities
Inspired by biomimicry, ARCHIBORETUM takes the tree as a model: a central “trunk”, branching structures and layered canopies integrate circulation, programs, vegetation, climate strategies and energy systems.
Here, nature is not applied to architecture.
Nature is architecture.
The ambition is to move from sustainable design to regenerative urbanism, creating density while restoring biodiversity, reducing land consumption and reconnecting the city with its living systems.
BUILD DENSER.
GROW GREENER.
REGENERATE THE CITY.
📍 Geneva, Switzerland
🏗️ Vincent Callebaut Architectures