Along Rue de Neudorf in Luxembourg City, the project occupies a plot roughly 135 metres long, marked by a natural double slope and a pronounced topography reshaped over time.
On the edge of the building perimeter and bordered by a protected, non-buildable green zone within the Natura 2000 network, the site enjoys dense, mature vegetation. This unusual relief and established planting together guided an architecture attentive to its surroundings and respectful of the natural qualities of the place.
The project is made up of two distinct buildings. The first is given over entirely to housing, while the second holds a mixed programme combining homes, co-living and co-working spaces. The residential typologies run from studios to duplex apartments, offering a range of homes suited to different household sizes and to evolving contemporary ways of living.
The two volumes sit on the site's natural ridges and rely on the existing accesses, limiting intervention on the land and preserving its landscape setting as far as possible. In the same spirit, no basement is built below the reference level of Rue de Neudorf. The buildings follow the slope naturally and seem to unfold gradually along the relief.
The layout favours residents' quality of life through carefully studied orientations. The main façades open widely to the south for generous sunlight, while the rear façades, set against the rock face, mainly house the vertical circulation and the parking integrated within the building.
Every home has a private outdoor space in the form of a loggia. Many apartments also enjoy large roof terraces, made possible by the successive setbacks of the volumes from the street, offering privileged views over the surrounding landscape.
The project stands out for its fluid, organic architectural language. The soft curves of the façades converse with the site's natural relief and reinforce the visual link between the architecture and its setting. This supple geometry also softens the volumetric impact of the scheme while giving it a distinctive identity.
