Geneva, 2026
The proposal of gdap architectes in the competition for the renovation of the International Convention Center (ICC) building next to the Cointrin airport in Geneva, where xmade participated as a specialist team for the renovation of the facade, has received the second prize.

The project envisaged a total renovation of the existing facade, which if it was formally iconic, had become obsolete in terms of thermal and acoustics performance, and also had a very complicated and expensive maintenance.

A new hybrid facade (wood and aluminum) to reduce the carbon footprint as much as possible, with easy maintenance (external linear walkway on each level) and with a modular system for quick assembly, together with the reuse and recycling of the materials of the original facade (aluminum and glass), built the main arguments of the renovation works.