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Trade Center OMC Switzerland, Rabago__Architects + Neil Damy | International Design Awards Winners

Trade Center OMC Switzerland

CompanyRabago__Architects + Neil Damy

Lead DesignersArnoldo Rabago and Neil Damy

Design Team Gabriela Gutiérrez, Ivette Romero, Yannick Portillo, and Jorge López de Obeso (Eosis)

Project LocationGeneve Switzerland

ClientWTO – World Trade Organization and Switzerland

CreditsSustainability: Civita Edificios Verdes

Prize(s)Silver in Commercial Architecture / Public / Government Buildings

Entry Description

The intervention at the Trade Center WTO by Rábago__Architects and DAMNOV is located at the William Rappard Center (WRC) in Geneva, near the UN and Red Cross. The project expands office space without compromising the heritage value, separating the new structure with a plaza to highlight the WRC. Glass façades on varied-height volumes optimize light and dialogue with the original. Two axes—vertical (lobby) and horizontal (offices/services)—organize the layout. Spanning 18,000 m², it combines glass, steel, and concrete to enhance efficiency and reaffirm the WRC’s diplomatic role.