{"id":2006,"date":"2022-06-23T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T12:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/philosophy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:37:11","slug":"philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2006\" class=\"elementor elementor-2006 elementor-37\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b379723 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b379723\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a599f9b\" data-id=\"a599f9b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aeaa10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aeaa10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Philosophy<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b49cfaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b49cfaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">O\u00cfKOS was founded by the architects Renaud PITHION and Benoit SERAPHIN, whose philosophy is oriented towards two strong concepts, which contribute to its specificity: <\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbe52d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbe52d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The development of an eco-responsible architecture and the enhancement of the built heritage.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5129f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5129f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The workshop designs architectures with a conscious approach oriented towards eco-responsibility, by associating for example the use of bio-sourced materials, thus developing energy-saving and healthy constructions for its occupants. This project design is part of a frugal approach to construction.<\/p>\n<p>In this sense, O\u00cfKOS develops the recovery and reuse of materials or architectural elements in an approach that develops the principles of eco-construction or participatory construction. They work towards the social involvement of the act of living, through participation in cooperative and participatory housing projects.<\/p>\n<p>The architectural style of the agency is expressed by the nature of the materials used such as wood, earth, straw and by the diversity of their implementation. The office already works in close collaboration with specialized companies for the execution of this type of work. The architects are surrounded by actors with whom they work together to make the way of conceiving and living the buildings evolve.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c46bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78c46bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Making the most of the built heritage<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ab40ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ab40ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The patrimonial aspect is treated with the care linked to the act of conservation and the will to appropriate the character of the existing.<\/p><p>Indeed, many protected areas encircle the canton of Geneva and are developing in addition to the densification of the urban center. These zones, which are still not very well exploited, offer the possibility of developing collective housing in the countryside, within old rural dwellings or farmhouses.<\/p><p>The workshop works to perpetuate as much as possible by new uses of this precious cultural heritage, especially through the use of bio-sourced materials by adapting the implementation processes to the service of the architecture and its occupants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cca81a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cca81a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d31c422\" data-id=\"d31c422\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c8a27 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33c8a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>partner of :&nbsp; Soreva, Materiuum, Twiza, Num\u00e9robis, Ville et Am\u00e9nagement Durable<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philosophy O\u00cfKOS was founded by the architects Renaud PITHION and Benoit SERAPHIN, whose philosophy is oriented towards two strong concepts, which contribute to its specificity: The development of an eco-responsible architecture and the enhancement of the built heritage. The workshop designs architectures with a conscious approach oriented towards eco-responsibility, by associating for example the use&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/philosophy\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Philosophy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3992,"href":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2006\/revisions\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oikos-architecture.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}