About us

The Swiss architectural office CCHE manages urban planning, architecture, interior design and design projects from initial conception to end product. Its multi-disciplinary team, representing up to 25 professions, 350 employees and 17 partners, is spread across 7 offices in Lausanne, Geneva, Nyon, the "Vallée de Joux", Zürich and Porto in Portugal, as well as the subsidiary Perspectives Construction.

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Métiers CCHE

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Urbanism - Architecture - Interior design - Design - Completion

We bring under the same roof all the skills of architecture with passionate, dynamic and creative teams in order to offer high quality know-how and global thinking, regardless of the scale of the project.

Whether it's the renovation of a protected structure with a historical inventory, the development of a large housing estate or the creation of a museum of fine watchmaking, projects signed CCHE are distinguished by a vision that is economic, ecological and social.

Architecture de CCHE Tour HIAG pour le campus The Hive

3D images, videos, views with a drone or virtual and augmented reality scenes are all tools that enable them to embody CCHE projects and reveal all their subtlety.

Signalétique de CCHE pour le bâtiment administratif Headquarters HP Inc. et HP Enterprise Suisse

The collaboration between interior architects and designers allows the development of arrangements and atmospheres in accordance with the activity of a company and its functioning.

Secteur Design de CCHE

From the object to the graphics, from the custom-made piece to the industrial production, each detail is worked to serve a whole.

Architecture de CCHE d'un bâtiment administratif Pallin-Panchaude Suisse

The metal elements of this custom-made façade are bevelled in order to give the building an airy feel and confer it its own identity.

Réalisation de CCHE pour le Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet en Suisse

The realization of this glass spiral in the Vallée de Joux represents a technical feat made possible by the transversal intervention of different specialists in the office, supported by the best technologies.

Architecture de CCHE des bâtiments Parallèle I et II Suisse

The installation of these buildings combining housing and workshops has allowed the creation of an intimate courtyard offering a meeting place, a special world protected from external nuisances.

Professions

Our multi-disciplinary teams of architects, urban planners, designers and parametric designers, project managers, works managers, landscapers or environmental and construction specialists offer much more than just projects. Each development is considered from a cross-disciplinary perspective to give it vision, coherence and precision.

The pooling of skills and experience allows, through a broader analysis of each situation, to take care of every detail while preserving the overall vision of the project. This attitude unites all employees around a common objective: to surprise each client and push them to go further.

This desire to surpass oneself is also reflected in a commitment to various international collaborations, notably with the BIG (DK) and Kengo Kuma (JA) offices, for the realisation of ambitious projects.

Our office is constantly evolving and we are always on the lookout for new talents: visit our job page to discover our vacancies.

CCHE séance architecture

From the development of an idea to the realization of a building, each step is supported by the use of specific tools and technologies allowing us to sharpen our intervention in a targeted way.

Les métiers CCHE
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Innovation

The long-term vision and the sustainability of our activity are anchored in the DNA of CCHE and encourage us to take an interest in the development of tools and techniques in order to carry out our core business and meet tomorrow's expectations.

Being a permanently evolving structure, CCHE is constantly on the lookout for the latest technological innovations to support efficient, coordinated, precise and safe interventions.

Our research and development (R&D) units work on new tools, linked for example to the world of BIM, parametric management, studies on algorithms, virtual and augmented reality and all other themes linked to new project development processes.

CCHE innovation imprimante 3D

Virtual or augmented reality and 3D printing allow to materialize intentions, ideas or principles and to verify their viability in the whole project.

Architecture 3.0

Our Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles and Unreal Engine software are used to create virtual environments that can be visited in real time. Spherical renderings, 3D images and augmented reality presentations are developed by an in-house team of computer graphics designers. Customers can thus immerse themselves in their future spaces and actively participate in their development without having to resort to technical documents.

The Hive NoSound

Discover the Hive project in virtual reality mode.

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Building Information Modeling - BIM @ CCHE

Thanks to a consistent framework put in place in the 2000s, CCHE can now develop digital BIM models in ArchiCAD and Revit, with the support of a dedicated team.

No BIM modeling services are handled externally. Half of the office's staff work with BIM software on a daily basis.

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us by email at bim(at)cche.ch.

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Expertise

A century-old office

CCHE was founded more than 100 years ago by the architects Charles and Frédéric Brugger. Thanks to a resolutely forward-looking spirit, Brugger designed several buildings in French-speaking Switzerland that are representative of Lausanne life: the Elysée school complex (1957-1965), the Kodak SA administrative building (1959-1962) and the social housing of the Tours de la Borde (1962-1968). His open-mindedness and entrepreneurial vision opened the doors to the 1964 National Exhibition, for which he was the architect responsible for the industry and crafts sector.

It was then Edouard Catella and Erich Hauenstein who took over the reins of the office, continuing the original spirit: to make CCHE a workshop where value is created together, where the group rather than the individual is emphasized. Anxious to offer ever more suitable solutions, they gradually surround themselves with innovative and complementary architects capable of perpetuating the perennial and multidisciplinary vision instilled from the outset.

Since its origins, CCHE has evolved considerably, both in terms of its size and the diversification of its fields of expertise and services. Generations have succeeded one another and the group is today led by 16 partners, at the head of 7 complementary subsidiaries, who challenge each project with meaning and conviction to create a story for it.

Collège de l'Elysée

The interior design of the Collège de l’Elysée in Lausanne in 1965 ...

Architecture d'intérieur et trabsformation de CCHE pour le siège d'Incyte Biosciences International Suisse

... and those of Incyte an international company active in the pharmaceutical industry in 2020 call on the same know-how to accurately determine a scale in relation to the ergonomics of the place and its future use.

Training at all levels

The creation of a tightly knit community includes internal training, which is at the heart of CCHE's concerns and is an integral part of the office's values. 



In addition to a model that encourages employees to support and train their colleagues in their field of expertise, CCHE welcomes several apprentices (draftsmen and commercial employees) and trainees (short and long term) each year.

In addition, every month of year, programmes called "Lunch & Learn" are offered to employees during lunch at one of the different sites, but also by videoconference broadcasting. These training sessions are given by in-house staff to enable their colleagues to discover or deepen their knowledge of subjects related to their jobs.

With the aim of constantly improving the office, CCHE offers opportunities for future development accordingly to each person's ambitions.

See the news "Trainees Portrait" and the "Micro-trottoir presentation of the trainees teams in one of the CCHE offices"

CCHE Entreprise formatrice CFC

CCHE's commitment to internal training is reflected in its support for the dual training model and the hosting of several apprentices and trainees each year.

Bourse de CCHE pour la formation à tous les niveaux Suisse

Each year, the management of CCHE Lausanne SA awards the CCHE Study Grant to the Vaud trainee who has obtained the best average overall in the professional branches and in the final practical examination - or who has demonstrated, through his or her work, the greatest progress during his or her training. This support rewards the results achieved during the apprenticeship and encourages further vocational training after the CFC.

Sustainable commitment

CCHE Logo Développement durable certifications 1

A sustainable commitment that accompanies the office's projects to push them towards the best economic, ecological and social balance.

CCHE Logo Développement durable certifications 1

CCHE was the first architectural firm to be certified as an EcoEntreprise in 2009. It is a company that is keen to push the ecological qualities of its projects and reflections ever further: the elimination of PUR in buildings, the Minergie and Minergie ECOlabels used as a guideline for design and implementation, the ecobalance of materials, etc.

CCHE has several experts in sustainable development issues in construction in its teams, as well as a One Planet Living integrator, who is able to accompany the office's projects to push them towards the best economic, ecological and social balance.

The office is also a member of the Espace Suisse association, which encourages sustainable territorial development, and is committed to efficient, optimal and economical land use.

Urbanisme et Architecture de CCHE pour le quartier Ancienne Papeterie à Marly Suisse

The district "Ancienne Papeterie" designed by the Magizan-CCHE architects' group will be located on a former industrial site to accommodate 800 inhabitants and areas dedicated to activities in a first phase. It is the first ecological district in the canton of Fribourg to be OPL® certified.

Network

7 sites in permanent synergy

Based in the booming Malley district, CCHE Lausanne is run by 7 complementary partners who bring their own sensitivity, experience and skills to the projects. Hannes Ehrensperger, Marco Cennini, Marc Fischer, Daniel Grosso, Franziska Lakomski, Victoria Stoddart and Eric Mathez have a unanimous desire to respond in an ever more adapted and personalised way to the demands of their clients, and give rise to projects on all scales, from the district to the object, with Architecture as a common thought.

In order to be geographically closer to its clients and local partners, CCHE Lausanne has initiated the deployment of its brand through various subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad since 2011. CCHE Nyon SA was created at the end of 2011 from the association with Jacques Suard's Nyon office "Suard Architectes SA" and is today managed by Stéphanie Suard Dancet and Max Nack joined by Timoté Mopty in 2023. The synergy and complementarity effects between the two structures have enabled the office to consolidate its role as an important player in the region. 



Continuing its history, CCHE strengthend its activity in the Vallée de Joux with the opening in 2016 of a third office in Le Sentier, CCHE La Vallée SA, with Marie Ståhl and Funda Kozanoglu as a partners.

In 2017, CCHE joined forces with CLM-ARCHITECTES to actively participate in the urban development of Geneva and its region. CCHE Genève SA, which is now jointly managed by Frédéric Ducrest and Cornélia Volkringer, is on a roll and has almost doubled its workforce in two years to cope with the many mandates in progress.

In 2018, the CCHE Porto Lda office, headed by Carolina Azevedo and Michael Pereira, marked the international deployment of CCHE and allows the combination of Swiss rigour and Portuguese creativity to this day.

More recently CCHE being its deployment with the opening of the subsidiary CCHE Zürich AG, Dietlikon in 2022.

Portrait de CCHE Marie Ståhl Architecte associée Suisse

The situation of the various subsidiaries that make up the CCHE network allows the company to immerse itself in the culture of the place and to forge close links with local players.

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The use of videoconferencing for inter-group exchanges and collaboration is one of the components set up to support the group's international expansion.

Perspectives Construction SA

The latest addition to the CCHE family, sharing its premises with CCHE Nyon SA, Perspectives Construction SA is part of this development and offers turnkey projects, from design to delivery, at guaranteed prices and deadlines in the form of general and/or total contracting.

Architecture de CCHE pour Malley Phare Suisse

Malley Phare, project to be executed by Perspectives Construction