Steven Holl Architects' "Colors of Humanity" wins competition for new Doctors Without Borders center in Geneva


Steven Holl Architects—in collaboration with Rüssli Architekten—has won the international design competition for Doctors Without Borders' new Geneva Operational Center. Titled Colors of Humanity, the team's design beat out proposals from Pool Architekten, Mak Architecture, Sauerbruch Hutton, Emilio Tuñon Arquitectos, Ruckstuhl Architekten, Blue Architects, and Consortium Sou Foujimoto with The New Talent Workshop.

The design for the new Operational Center, which will house over 250 of the international humanitarian organization's staff, features a cubic geometry created from colored photovoltaic glass. Deploying 40% transparent solar cells, the bold, colored façade expresses the program's flexibility, provides shade, and raises the building's self-produced electricity by 72%. The roof, too, will house high efficient photovoltaic panels in addition to a roof garden.

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