On June 4, SIA Vaud organised an architectural tour of Creative Factory in Renens.

TransformationNews June 28, 2026

A Visit to the Creative Factory

The event attracted around fifty people keen to explore this unique project from the inside – which involves the conversion of a former logistics centre into a multifunctional building – comprising residential lofts, craft workshops, a training centre and a restaurant.

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On June 4, SIA Vaud organised an architectural tour of Creative Factory in Renens.

A Visit to the Creative Factory

Tour of Creative Factory in RenensA visit to Creative Factory was organised for the studio led by Emmanuel Rey at the Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST) at EPFL.

Creative Factory wins the Architizer A+AwardsThe Creative Factory project has won the Jury Prize at the 14th Architizer A+Awards in the "Residential adaptive reuse project" category.

Creative FactoryThe project "Creative Factory" transforms an old logistics center into a multifunctional building.

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