Cross-border area of Geneva region: a culture of alpine living Between distinctions and relationship, a countryside project

Using our tools of architect, of architectural project, we suggest to study the cross-border area of Geneva region in the context of the construction of a new alpine region. The inhabitant's daily way of life today questions the administrative borders and the limits of the metropolis of Geneva. This territory is particularly marked by systems of relations at various scales, from the international one, to that of the "small town" and the rural space. The process of architectural design requires a specific understanding of territorial issues, questioning simultaneously the densification of the urban poles and the sustainability of the "urban countryside" in the Geneva region. In particular, we study the hypothesis of a "countryside project" as a basis for the development of Geneva region, referring to nearby locations of the city as "the next villages". The conceptual hypothesis of a transversal axis formed by "the next villages" becomes the basis for strategies and initiatives in various sectors, rural housing, production, and mobility. It will is experimented more exactly on the municipality of Viry through various interventions to build a new relationship between city and countryside. We plan to develop an position that distinguishes territorial differentiation, distinction between the town and the countryside, developing the idea of the inevitable influence of urban growth and the whole urbanization question of the Alpine region.