LE LABORATOIRE D'ARCHITECTURE
Avenue des Tilleuls 21
CH-1203 Genève
+41 22 535 27 87
mail@lelaboratoirearchitecture.com
Le laboratoire d'architecture was founded in 2013 by Vanessa Lacaille and Mounir Ayoub. Primarily focussed on Europe and Africa, their work encompasses multiple domains: architecture, landscape, territorial studies as well as editorial and curatorial projects. A native from Reunion Island, Vanessa Lacaille is an architect and graduated in landscape design. After studying architecture in France and Netherlands, she graduated in landscape architecture at Versailles. The Tunisian born architect and critic, Mounir Ayoub studied in Tunisia, France and Switzerland before attending social science courses in Paris. In 2021, they formed part of the curatorial team at the Swiss Pavilion for the 17th International Architecture Biennale in Venice.
Updates
Welcome in Nomadland, Exhibition in the 18th International Architecture Exhibition The Laboratory of the Future, Venice (IT), mai 2023
Press :
https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/13991036
Exhibition, oræ – Experiences on the Border, La Rasude, Lausanne (CH), 03-19.03.23
Exhibition, oræ – Experiences on the Border, Zentrum Architektur Zürich- ZAZ, Zurïch (CH), 01.04-22.05.22
Lecture, édhéa, Sierre (CH), 04.11.2021
Exhibition: oræ – Experiences on the Border, 17th Architectural Biennale in Venice (IT), 22.05.2021 - 21.11.2021
Lecture: Explore, Geneva(CH), 22.10.2021
Talk with Ana Dana Beroš et Viviane Ehrensberger, Of Borders and Bodies, The physical reality of Borderscapes, Salon Suisse, Venice (IT), 23.10.2021
Lecture: Centre culturel suisse, Paris (FR), 04.11.2021
Press : A la limite, Samuel Schellenberg, Le Courrier, 07.10.2021
Coming soon: Beyond the Biennale ; Discourses on the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice
Collective work under the direction of Bianca Anna Böckle, Celina Martinez-Cañavate et Peter A. Staub
Triest Verlag, Zurich (CH), 2021
160 pages, German and English
ISBN : 978-3-03863-067-8
Radio: oræ, Experiences on the Border, Valentina Grignoli, LASER, RSI, 09.2021
Press: Architekturbiennale: Mit der Grenze leben, Gerhard Mack, NZZ am Sonntag, 05.2021
Press: La Biennale d’architecture de Venise, édition de la crise généralisée, Isabelle Regnier, Le Monde, 05.2021
Press: Die Architekturbiennale in Venedig ist kein Wohlfühl-Event. Aber es gibt Tee und eine Schaukel, Sabine Von Fischer, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 05.2021
Radio: La frontière vue par les architectes, Forum des idées, RTS, 05.2021
© 2021 LE LABORATOIRE D’ARCHITECTURE. All rights reserved.
Projects
Welcome in Nomadland, action-research on nomadic architecture, Switzerland (CH) et Tunisia (TN), ongoing, 2023-
Rihla - Looking at the Arab Word, 20 countries in the Arab world, ongoing, 2022-
A swing on the border, Collaborative children's playground project, Chancy (CH), Completed, 2022
Individual House in Maniron, Reunion Island (FR), ongoing, 2021-
Swiss Pavilion, 117th Architectural Biennale in Venice (IT), Completed, 2018-21
Installation of the Biennale des espaces d’art indépendants de Genève (BIG), Geneva (CH), Completed, 2019
Temporary footbridge, Deviant Art Festival (DAF), Geneva (CH), Completed, 2018
Strategy for the transformation of villa areas, Geneva (CH), Europan 13, Open International Competition, Prizewinner, 2017
Construction prototypes with local materials, Sidi Amor (TN), Completed 2014-18
Individual House in Lagrave, Tarn (FR), Completed, 2012-14
Publications
oræ, Experiences on the Border – The Guide
Authors: Fabrice Aragno, Mounir Ayoub, Vanessa Lacaille, Pierre Szczepski
Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich (CH), 2021
Graphic design : Irma Boom Office
240 pages, English
ISBN : 978-3-03778-675-8
Ein neuer Blick auf alte Grenzen
Published by Espazium AG, Zurich (CH), 05.2021
38 pages, German
pp.22-33
La frontière est un territoire
Published by Espazium AG, Lausanne (CH), 09.2020
64 pages, French
pp.7-17
L'École de Genève : enseignement de la sauvegarde
Published by Espazium AG, Lausanne (CH), 02.2021
48 pages, French
pp.6-20
Schools & Teachers, The Education of an Architect in Europe
Published by OASE, Rotterdam (NL), 03.2019
127 pages, English and Dutch
ISBN : 978-94-6208-485-8
“The Geneva school”, pp.43-52
L’École de Genève
Published by Espazium AG, Lausanne (CH), 12.2017
48 pages, French
pp.5-25
Inégalités urbaines, du projet utopique au développement durable
Collective book directed by Panos Mantziaras et Paola Vigano
Published by MétisPresses, 2017
336 pages, French
ISBN : 9782940563241
« Genève, deux ou trois choses que j’ai apprises d’elle », pp.283-290
Exhibition catalogue: Albums des jeunes architectes et paysagistes
Published by la Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris (FR), 2014
216 pages, French and English
ISBN : 978-8-83662-958-9
« Le projet du tiers urbanisme », pp.68-77
Mounir Ayoub's articles published in Tracés are here.
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Teaching
Visiting professors, Architectural studio, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (CH), 2022-23
Invited jury for the Diploma, Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio (CH), 2020
Workshop Leaders, Diploma Design Studio Frédéric Bonnet, Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio (CH), 01.2020
Workshop Leaders, Berner Fachhochschule, Bern (CH), 02.2020
Workshop Leaders, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Reunion Island (FR), 2019
Teaching assistant (Mounir Ayoub), Atelier Frank Escher et Ravi Gunewardena, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (CH), 2016-17
Awards
Prizewinner of the Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Designers 2014
Press selection
oræ - Experiences on the Border, Valentina Grignoli, LASER, RSI, 09.2021
Die Architekturbiennale in Venedig ist kein Wohlfühl-Event. Aber es gibt Tee und eine Schaukel, Sabine Von Fischer, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 05.2021
À Venise, la Suisse réfléchit sur la notion de frontière, Mireille Descombes, Le Temps, 05.2021
Architekturbiennale: Mit der Grenze leben, Gerhard Mack, NZZ am Sonntag, 05.2021
La Biennale d’architecture de Venise, édition de la crise généralisée, Isabelle Regnier, Le Monde, 05.2021
Experiences on the borders. La Svizzera alla Biennale di Architettura, Sara Villani, Artribune, 05.2021
Biennale, l’esperienza della frontiera trova Venezia, Valentina Grignoli, La Regione, 05.2021
Abriss der Gesellschaft, Von Niklas Maak, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 05.2021
Experiences on the Border: Vor dem Schweizer Pavillon oræ standen die Menschen Schlange, Daniele Muscionico, Tagblatt, 05.2021
La frontière vue par les architectes, Forum des idées, RTS, 05.2021
Taking a Border for a Walk, In conversation with Jørg Himmelreich and Brett Petzer, Architese, 03.2020 Geolpolitik, février 2020
Architectes et artistes explorent la frontière, Irène Languin, La Tribune de Genève, 01.2020
Con un camion lungo i confini della Svizzera, Valentina Grignoli, Rete 2, 10.2019