From Greenhouse to Winter Garden

Issue
12/2025 Transparency Translucency
Author
Claudia Hildner
Author
Jakob Schoof
Source
DETAIL
Task
Conversion / Refurbishment
Location
France, Mulhouse
Year of construction
2005
Architecture
Lacaton & Vassal
Location
France, Bordeaux
Year of construction
2017
Architecture
Lacaton & Vassal
Residents can adapt the different elements of the winter garden to the weather conditions on every day and throughout the seasons. This allows them to improve the indoor climate.
© Cité du Grand Parc, Lacaton Vassal / Philippe Ruault
The London-based environmental consultancy Atmos Lab investigated the bioclimatic performance of winter gardens designed by Lacaton & Vassal. Florencia Collo, Olivier Dambron, and Rafael Alonso Candau present their findings to us.
Residents can adapt the different elements of the winter garden to the weather conditions on every day and throughout the seasons. This allows them to improve the indoor climate.
© Cité du Grand Parc, Lacaton Vassal / Philippe Ruault