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haus am opernplatz
circus omnibus
demolition as the first stage
raummodell
co-care
pavilion epikur
nobody is an island
genius pyrenaei
white elephant
venusberg II
last places for women in afghanistan
zeile für zeile
wo wir alt werden
das haus als organismus
le phare
poniente
sportzentrum windelsbleiche
how to repair robin hood gardens?
(neue) grossform
funkturm
über das wohnen
repair the system
empty beauties
framework for occupation
schwarz zu blau
fresno farmers market
addition
wohnen in sicht
drawing at perceptual limits
mind the gap
collection 01
hotel interim
living metamorphosis
intermission
verrerie
traumhäuser des kollektivs?
dis/assemble
01/17
fermen-t-able
void
drushba
hotel national
forum 27
re-fulfilment centre
beyond demolition
gecekondu
idle water
was ist phase?
das wilde bauen
das ist doch gemein!
under the bridge
a (siegen) learning space
ivry’s pier
kandylakia
craftmanship campus
oberhammer
split
extraordinary standards
the collected building
fiktion
documentary of spaces
ko(r)nversion
embracing uncertainty
who cares?
zwischenhaus
concrete operations
triemli+128
house of desires
leipziger allerlei
parasite
zeitdokument
data center
how many rooms you need?
anonynums sculture
rooms of curiosities
neues kösk
on what a shodow falls
post auto mobile
random access memories
panorama
umbau um umbau
kosmos der dinge
superparkmarkt
archifiktionherberge am grimselpass
kraft und licht
wandelhalle nord
reconstruct häring
upcyclinghof
hybrid
big mix
atelierhaus
revitalisierung einer werft
bauteildepot
sml
faust III
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max sandred
felix piel
jonathan burkard, christian sternhagen
andreas stanzel
cäcilia halbgewachs
fernando garrido carreras
killian paterson
aberle, klein, jakoby, grebe
meryl barthe, noémie perregaux-dielf
jonathan burkard
hannah ehre, marlene koßmann
léon bührer
gabriyel dari
olga cobuscean
pierre bomey
francis cheung
kimberly rahn,  toni bethäuser
joshua delissen
max bender
lucy wang
christian sternhagen
thilo preuß, clemens urban
kaya liffler, paula scheibke
matthias walbröl
getas, lambard, bomey
christian sternhagen
dardenne, leridee, correia, bomey kaya liffler, paula scheibke
anna schmitz
mathis bergmann, jonas könig
emily bardenz, finn gredel, kian matine leander lentner
marlene koßmann
dao le
jonathan burkard, marlene koßmann, pola machinska, felix schröder, liffler, scheibke,  sternhagen, kiparski, faixfinn marcelli
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lilly irmer, sophie kalwa
léopold parras
johannes zerfass
christian sternhagen, jonathan burkard yannic kohnen
maximilian gömann, paulina kirschke jakob naujack
hannah herrmann, cecelia vincent
lina etzkorn, lorena cirillo
vitus michel, levin arnold
lina etzkorn
lukas frenzel eva beule, gerda callista, melissa enriquez, katharina glorius, franziska wilk, leander lentner, marlene koßmann
malte mittelstädt
jonah burgsteiner, klara schmidt
finn marcelli
marlene koßmann
felix piel
sebastian schaaf, ulrich kneisl, felix schröder, kaya liffler, paula scheibke
mathis bergmann
lina etzkorn
felix piel, fabian jäger
jonathan burkard, yannic kohnen
jonas könig, paul stockhausen
joshua delissen
jonathan burkard
dao le, christian sternhagen
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Circus Omnibus
The transformation of large sporting complexes into public spaces or integral components of the urban fabric has been a recurring theme in the development of Western cities. From ancient arenas to modern stadiums, these structures have continuously influenced the spatial, cultural, and social evolution of urban life.

This also highlights the significance of scale in sports infrastructures within cities. Their vast dimensions often serve as a familiar reference for measuring space — for instance, Italians often remark that Vatican City is roughly the size of sixty football fields. Such comparisons reveal how deeply these monumental structures are embedded in our collective understanding of spatial proportion and urban identity.

Our project site lies in Geneva’s Jonction neighborhood, an area named after the confluence of the Rhône and Arve rivers. When Geneva hosted the National Exhibition in 1896, one of the new building typologies introduced for the event was a velodrome, located in the Jonction. However, as the city’s industrial sector expanded, the demand for workers’ housing grew urgent. Consequently, the velodrome was demolished in 1917, lasting only twenty-one years.  During this period, a new typology appeared in the area: public transport infrastructure. In 1906, a tram depot was built on this very site, and remarkably, it still exists today. Next year, it will celebrate its 120th anniversary, marking over a century of continuous operation.

With the Jonction now set to be transformed into a large public park, we identified the opportunity to reintroduce the velodrome as a contemporary public sporting infrastructure. The proposal envisions grafting it into the existing, still-functioning bus depot structure — preserving its operations while activating the riverfront through a new public tribune, constructed from reused steel trusses sourced from the bus depot that is soon to be dismantled.