Landscape extension. OASIS by Atelier Stéphane Fernandez

The composition of the built environment, as conceived by Atelier Stéphane Fernandez for OASIS, responds to the various scales of the territory. Its slender form and height optimize views, the ingress of natural light, and air circulation, effectively treating air as a tangible material within the project.

The building houses coworking spaces, study rooms, a gym, a café, a laundry facility, and shared green spaces on the rooftop, designed as community gardens. The ground floor accommodates commercial units, a community bicycle repair workshop, a literary café, a shared garden featuring local plant species, a ground-level courtyard, and covered bicycle parking areas.

OASIS by Atelier Stéphane Fernandez. Photograph by Vladimir de Mollerat du Jeu.

The transparency of the ground floor, the natural cross-ventilation within the apartments, the open-air corridors, and the curved façades all contribute to a genuine "aerodynamic porosity," allowing fresh air from the park and gardens to circulate throughout the entire complex.

The project’s materiality further reinforces this approach: the façades—clad in slats of recycled, opalescent-looking glass—filter the Mediterranean light and evoke the historic agricultural greenhouses once found across the plain.

OASIS by Atelier Stéphane Fernandez. Photograph by Vladimir de Mollerat du Jeu.

The presence of vegetation symbolizes the intersection of culture and nature, fostering visual continuity between the buildings, the park, the hanging gardens, and the native plant species. In this way, the project creates a tranquil, shaded habitat where landscape, air, and light become the fundamental pillars of life and well-being.

The construction of these 200 student housing units utilizes a column-and-beam structural system with dry-construction partitions, ensuring complete flexibility in the use of the spaces. All of the units feature dual orientation and are arranged along walkways.