Introduction
The headquarters of the Swiss factory Vacheron & Constantin watches based in Geneva, was inaugurated on September 8, 2004, after two years of planning and 18 months of intensive construction work.
Vacheron & Constantin, brand in the select circle of Haute Horlogerie, sought in this work a facility that matches the philosophy of the company, which focuses on creativity and quality instead of pointing to ever-increasing volumes production.
Determined to regroup his forces, hitherto scattered among various sites around Geneva, the brand launched an international competition, won in the second round by the study of Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi.
The program was to gather in one physical space, all productive and bureaucratic functions of the company: management, management, design and manufacturing. But the project was to interpret also the symbolic and testimony of the oldest watch brand in the world, in a country known worldwide for the industry, the time for a firm with two and a half centuries of existence, and a permanent art career making design and technology.
The building combines the dynamism and permanence, the preciousness of craft and technological precision of a clockwork.