Platform 10

Platform 10

Platform10 is the transformation of a railway and industrial site  to a new district entirely dedicated to  to culture. The space, some 22,000 square meters,  hosts three recognized cultural institutions: the  Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of  the Elysée and the Museum of  design and contemporary applied arts, to  a few steps from the station, in the centre of Lausanne .   In order to complete this major transformation,  Platform 10 launched a competition (by invitation) , in  which  the 2nd year students took part to  design   coherent propositions of outdoor (urban) furniture for this new public space.

Collaboration (2018) with Michel Charlot

Assistants
Lison Christe
Students
Jérémy Aberlé, Sonja Allenspach, Marjane Amara, Anaïs T. A. Berthod Borcard, Anne Bertoncini, Léa Bonvallat, Nathalie Borgeaud, Jonas Béguin, Nathan Crettex, Kevin Dizami, Leila Farra, Gabriel Follonier, Arthur Fosse, Amandine Gini, Baptiste Husi, Victor Jacquard, Laura Lefebure, Sélène Lepoutre, Victoria Mac Sweeney, Quang Vinh Nguyen, Samuel Perhirin, Anna Piasek, Aurore Piedigrossi, Noelani Rutz, Valentin Sieber, Maximilian Sirtl, Alex Tran, Manon Vernier, Maëlle Walcher
Know-how
Architecture, Furniture
Platform 10 ECAL/Nathan Crettex, Baptiste Husi, Valentin Sieber and Maximilian Sirtl
Platform 10 ECAL/Nathan Crettex, Baptiste Husi, Valentin Sieber and Maximilian Sirtl

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Lampadaire ECAL/Valentin Sieber
Lampadaire ECAL/Valentin Sieber
Bollards ECAL/Valentin Sieber
Bollards ECAL/Valentin Sieber

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Banc ECAL/Maximilian Sirtl
Rack vélo ECAL/Nathan Cretex
Rack vélo ECAL/Nathan Cretex

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Poubelles ECAL/Maximilian Sirtl

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