The Quartier de Logements La Pala maintains the scale of the overall ensemble of the objects that define this metropolitan context and at the same time, belongs to the same urban “Still Life”: a ring and a tower with an identity of their own and a similar scale, which are introduced to the Campus des Haute Ecoles.

But this project has some qualities never seen before on the campus:

1. It configures a singular space employing the element of the yard form the best architecture seen in universities as a reference. Opposite to the disassembled campus free space, it suggests a free interior space.
2. It breaks, articulates and fragments, creating a heterogeneous shape that reduces the possible impact its size could generate on the landscape. Thus, it is topologically complex (interior vs exterior), volumetrically varied (horizontal vs vertical) and spatially diverse (square and garden).
3. Sensitive topography alterations as well as its altimetry position, allows it be seen from some points of view and hidden from others.
4. The temporary apartments (the ring) and the houses (tower) share a space of their own that also fits into the context, intensifying the connections with the Mèbre forest, the campus urban fabric and the void of the sports facilities.