The EDEN project consists of two six-storey residential buildings resting on a shared podium. Located at the entrance to Luxembourg City, it seeks to establish a continuity between architecture, topography and landscape.

The composition of the buildings follows the natural slope of the site in order to minimise earthworks and preserve the site’s landscape structure. Their fragmented volumes evoke the rocky outcrops characteristic of Luxembourg’s valleys, allowing the buildings to accompany the terrain rather than oppose it. This approach provides diverse views, generous daylight and a continuous relationship between the dwellings and the surrounding landscape.

The project adopts a restrained architectural language in which constructive choices simultaneously respond to spatial, technical and environmental objectives. Materials have been selected for their durability, simplicity of construction and ability to age gracefully.

The load-bearing structure is reduced to what is strictly necessary. With the exception of a limited number of reinforced concrete columns, the internal partitions are non-load-bearing. This structural strategy allows the apartments to evolve over time, facilitates future adaptations and limits the extent of interventions throughout the building’s life cycle.

The light-coloured mineral façades combine different surface textures whose variations in relief and light recall the cliffs and rocky formations that characterise the Luxembourg landscape. This material expression enters into dialogue with the existing vegetation and new planting, both of which play an essential role in the identity of the project. Vegetation accompanies the buildings, extends the landscape into the living environment and contributes to the long-term comfort and well-being of the residents.