2025-10-29

Call for Projects – Commercial Arcades at Passage Morillons, in the Heart of International Geneva

The Terra et Casa Foundation is opening a call for projects for commercial arcades that will be located in the heart of the Nations district.
Fittings to be provided by the tenant.

2025-09-24

"Placemaking" - a new paradigm for true collaboration between authorities, real estate industry and local activists

An evening with Samuel Leder who is Program Manager of the CAS Urban Management at University of Zurich - CUREM and Co-President of Placemaking Switzerland. His work and teaching focus on urban transformation, real estate development and community engagement.

Dec 11, 2025, 6:30 PM

 
2025-09-22

Julien Beauvallet, new board member

 Attaché for International Affairs
Republic and Canton of Geneva
2025-09-21

Radical Heimatologies and Sensory Democracies

An evening with Arjun Appadurai who is Emeritus Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York. 

Sep 23, 2025, 6:30 PM
2025-09-17

A new President for the Foundation

We are pleased to annonce that Timo Sulc is the President of the Foundation. 
2025-07-03

Commercial arcades available at Passage Morillons

Discover our available commercial spaces and join the Passage Morillons adventure, where sustainable architecture meets urban living!
2025-07-02

Maison Mondiale to rent

La Maison Mondiale is not only a precious heritage building, it is also a place to live, work and meet.
Learn more about renting and using this unique architectural masterpiece.
2025-06-30

Conference "De la culture à la ville, du Centquatre-Paris au monde"

From culture to the city, from Centquatre-Paris to the world. July 29, 6:30pm, Maison Mondiale

An evening with Martin Colomer-Diez, Director of Cultural Engineering at CENTQUATRE-Paris
2025-06-16

2024 Annual report online

Discover the Foundation's annuel report (in French) for 2024 
2025-06-03

Exclusively for interns

Furnished rooms to rend as of January 2026

   
2025-05-20

News about Passage Morillons

The project is progressing well despite the season and the structural work should be completed before Spring.

The commercialization of the arcades will begin in September and end of 2025 for the apartments. 
2025-04-16

Relaunch of the urbanology conferences

 

Urbanology is a creative research program exploring the themes of habitat, culture and diversity in Geneva, a unique international city, home to more than half a million people representing 189 nationalities. Residencies, talks and informal exchanges are hosted in Geneva's international quarters - Le Jardin des Nations - at the Maison Mondiale, a listed heritage building and garden designed by renowned architect Maurice Braillard in 1937.

 

 
2025-02-24

Video presentation of the participatory consultation

A project for the improvement of outdoor spaces, carried out using a participatory approach in which residents jointly developed proposals during collaborative workshops.
2025-02-20

Report on the participatory process at Cité-Choiseul

What if you could shape your living environment?
That's the challenge taken up by the residents of Cité Choiseul in Versoix, who have embarked on an unprecedented participatory process to rethink their outdoor spaces and improve the quality of life in the area. Here's a look back at a collective adventure full of ideas and encounters.
2024-11-18

The restauration of the Villa Boccard presented through a video

Discover the restoration of the Villa Boccard, told by Silvia Solari, Virginie and Christophe Ganz.
2024-10-11

Video portrait of the concierge at Trembley Parc

Meet the Trembley Parc concierge as he goes about his day-to-day work, looking after the residents. 
2024-10-11

Video portrait of the caretaker at the Cité Internationale du Grand Morillon

Discover the daily life of the concierge at the Cité Internationale du Grand Morillon, taking care of the residents. 
2024-09-30

Work in prograss at Passage Morillons

Geotechnical problems will delay the handover of the Passage Morillon buildings to mid-March 2026.

Marketing of the retail stores should ideally begin in spring 2025.
2024-08-30

Video portraits of the caretakers of the Pont-Céard buildings in Versoix

Meet the two caretakers as they go about their day-to-day work, looking after the residents. 
2024-08-25

Discover the Villa Boccard during the Heritage Days 2024

On Sunday September 8th, between 2 and 4 pm, the newly renovated Villa Boccard will be open to visitors.
2024-06-25

2023 activity report online

Discover the Foundation's activity report (in french) for the year 2023
2024-05-11

The development of Passage Morillons has started

Our new housing project in the heart of Les Nations is underway: discover the construction site from the air.
2024-04-28

Villa Boccard : restauration work is in progress

The restoration work has three main objectives in order to preserve its heritage while adapting it to contemporary needs. 

The Terra & Casa Foundation's desire is to open this historical building to the public and thus make this exceptional place known to a greater number of people. 
2024-02-26

François Guisan, new board member

The board hat enlarges its competencies

 
2024-02-12

Restauration of the Villa Boccard

The Foundation has started the renovation of the villa in order ideally to host as of this fall the Urbanology programm
2023-12-07

Video presentation of the apartment for trainees in International Geneva

This apartment, designed for trainees from Geneva International, has been furbished with great care and beautiful ideas by architect Audrey Lecomte.

 
2023-11-16

Arev Salamolard, new member of the Board

The Fondation Terra et Casa has a new boardmember 
2023-09-21

Our tenant Cuisine Lab combines social vocation and gastronomy

In the heart of the Nations district, in the new Cité internationale du Grand Morillon, the doors of an integration restaurant that coaches a team of chefs from migration supervised by professionals has been packed since its opening last February.

 
2023-05-25

Our latest annual report is available!

In 2022, the Foundation continued to develop its property portfolio, with energy efficiency as a priority.

 
2023-02-01

The Fondation is moving to the Domaine de la Pastorale

The office of the Fondation Terra et Casa will be located a the Pastorale with the other entities and organisations that aim to welcome to Geneva their newcomers and their families.
2022-09-19

Inauguration festivities for the buildings of the Cité internationale du Grand Morillon

The inauguration party for the headquarters of Médecins Sans Frontières and the housing of the Terra et Casa Foundation at the Cité internationale du Grand Morillon took place on September 19, 2022.
A great opportunity to renew the spirit of Geneva and to celebrate the beginning of a new neighborhood, see in the video...
2022-09-15

The arcades are open ...

And our merchants are looking forward to welcoming you!

These arcades symbolize the beginning of a new life in the neighborhood, with culinary offers & take away, wellness and soft mobility, at the service of the tenants and people passing by.

A video tells you more...
2022-09-05

Trembley-parc beginns to live

Discover the new Trembley-Parc building: from the move-in at the end of 2020 to the opening of the playground in 2022, the building comes to life thanks to the residents...

 
2022-09-01

Official inauguration Cité Internationale du Grand Morillon

We are please to inaugurate with MSF the new neigbourhood with our 88 apartmtents at the Cité Internationale du Grand Morillon. The official part will be followed by a "fête de quartier" as of 19.30. Welcome to all of you!

 
2022-08-22

Our latest annual report is available!

In 2021, the Foundation continued its work at a steady pace.
2022-06-09

Urbanology

Thanks to the collaboration with urbz, the foundation Terra et Casa is proud to publish the programm of the talks that will take place at the Villa Boccard during 2022.
2022-05-05

The Trembley-Parc playgound

The official inauguration of these new installations is planed on Wednesday May 11 at 18.00

2022-04-27

Elsalad is open for lunch
2022-03-30

Conference : "What's cooking" with Cuisine Lab, April 5th at the Villa Boccard

An evening with the Cuisine Lab team prior to the opening of their new restaurant and a discussion on social integration by the celebration of cultural (and culinary) diversity.
2022-03-21

Some figues of the Foundation end 2021

While we are still working on our annual report, we are please to publish the activities and figues 2021 of the Fondation Terra et Casa
2022-02-15

The project CIGM ist almost completed and the tenants have moved in

Last update and somes new pictures of the project Cité internationale du Grand Morillon.
2021-10-11

All the arcades are rented

The lease contracts for the 6 arcades have been signed! We are happy the announce that the shops and restaurants will open betweend March and April 2022.

 
2021-09-30

A walk to discover the other

Come and discover what the Fondation Terra et Casa is cooking for you! A new building, new apartements with nice arcades and a new chefs!
2021-09-27

First annual report 2020 for the Foundation

2020 has been an intensive year for the real estate development
2021-09-24

Fête des voisons Trembley-Parc

Thanks to the initiative of the Trembley-Parc residents, a magnificent neighbors' party has been organized in the courtyard of the new buildings! Thanks to everyone who contributed to this beautiful participatory event.
2021-09-01

The foundation's beginnings more than 60 years ago...

The history of the Foundation Terra et Casa began with an ambitious projet in Versoix in the 1960's.

 
2021-05-06

UN Today - Collaboration with the CAGI

Présentation of the new real estate projet located at the Cité internationale du Grand Morillon in the UN Today
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