Smoking techniques emerged alongside humanity’s mastery of fire. They allowed people to eat differently and, above all, to preserve food obtained from hunting. Transmitted from generation to generation, they have evolved into various forms. The Smokehouse seeks to revalue this ancestral know-how in the heart of the city.

Located on Place Châteaubriand in Les Pâquis, this project reinterprets the fundamental stages of smoking as a series of pavilions. These architectural interventions dedicated to salting, washing, drying, and smoking are strategically distributed across the site. This process culminates in the smokehouse, where the chimney redirects smoke from the fire at its base for hot smoking, and then toward its upper part for cold smoking.

This project lives in rhythm with the territory, dedicating each season to a local product: Lake Geneva fish in summer, game in autumn, alpine cheeses in winter, seasonal vegetables in spring. This public space turns the smoking process into an invitation to encounter, transmission, and sharing in one of Geneva’s most multicultural districts.