Designed and built by second year students of the Alice Studio at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the Evolver is a wooden alpine structure that “provides a more interactive way to take in the views of the glorious mountains – especially the Matterhorn.”
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Switzerland unveiled the model of its national pavilion for World Expo Shanghai, a pavilion with soybean-fibre coverage and entertaining rooftop cable cars.
The design by Buchner Bründler Architects, chosen out of the 104 candidates through a world-wide competition, focuses on the sustainable development as well as harmony and balance, which coincide with the Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang.
“This piece of work best shows the characteristics of modern Switzerland – pursuing excellence, innovation and high-quality life,” said Manuel Salchli, deputy commissioner general of the Swiss pavilion in the Expo. “We hope to attract a big percentage of the 70 million visitors to the Expo Shanghai.”
The most distinguished feature of the pavilion is the outside curtain, made from degradable soybeans and dye-sensitized solar cells that are capable of generating electricity, introduces Salchli. The curtain will present an image of forest, which will remind people of the nature, said Salchli. And the fibre of the curtain could be degraded after being disposed in the soil in two week.
Seen at Archtracker. More images after the break. read more »
Architects: Alejandro Aravena
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Project team: Alejandro Aravena + Ricardo Torrejón + Víctor Oddó
Partner Architects in Germany: Osolin Plüss
Models: Ricardo Torrejón
Built Area: 600 sqm
Project: 2008
Renders: Víctor Oddó
Also, Alejandro Aravena shared with us the Sketchup model that you can download here
Architect: Nunatak Sàrl Architectes
Location: Wallis, Switzerland
Project team: Vassaux Roland, Chervaz Joël, Vassaux Raymond, Scrufari Philippe, Cretton David, Chassot Philippe
Constructed Area: 182 sqm
Project year: 2003
Photographs: Dominique MarcWehrli
Architect: Luca Selva Architects
Location: Lupsingen near Basel, Switzerland
Client: Private
Project year: 2004-2005
Project architect: Christoph Rothenhöfer
Civil engineer: Bitterli + Partner Ingenieure AG, Gelterkinden, Switzerland
Building physicist: reber.physics, Riehen, Switzerland
Photographs: Ruedi Walti, Menga von Sprecher
Architects: EM2N
Location: Greifensee, Switzerland
Programme: new building: 3 childrens’ rooms, 1 bathroom, 2 patios, 1 home cinema/hobby room
Client: Private
Engineers: Tragwerk Bauingenieure GmbH, Zürich
Design year: 2003-2008
Constructed Area: new building: 67 sqm, conversion ground floor: 127 sqm
Photographs: Hannes Henz
Architects: Luca Selva Architects
Location: Binningen, Switzerland
Project year: 2008
Collaborators: Barbara Andres, Roger Braccini
Site Manager: Sabin Achermann
Landscape Architects: August Künzel Landschaftsarchitekten, Basel
Structural Engineer: Walther Mory Maier, Basel
Photographs: Ruedi Walti
Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects
Location: Scaiano, Switzerland
Site Area: 330 sqm
Construction Area: 70 sqm
Project year: 2005
Photographs: Hannes Henz
From april 18 to april 26, 2009, Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA) organizes the Contemporary Architecture Week. All along the week, visits to more than 100 contemporary buildings will be organized and led by each building’s author. In the same days, a series of conferences will be held in Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg and Bern. The list of all visits and conferences can be downloaded here and here.
Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects
Location: Caviano, Switzerland
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Wespi de Meuron
Built over the only thermal springs in the Graubunden Canton in Switzerland, The Therme Vals is a hotel and spa in one which combines a complete sensory experience designed by Peter Zumthor.
Architects: Francis Isoz
Location: Rue du Grand Chêne 8, Lausanne, Switzerland
Project Year: 1898-1900
Client: Jean-Jacques Mercier
Architects: EM2N
Location: Liestal, Switzerland
Project team: Bernd Druffel, Marc Holle, Fredrik Johansson, Katharina Klinger, Thilo Kroeschell, Satu Marjanen, Claudia Meier, Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli, Claudia Peter, Christoph Rothenhöfer
Programme: Shelter rooms for cultural assets / Archive extension / New office spaces for archivists / Customers‘ area and reading room
Client: Department for Construction and Environmental Protection, Canton Basel-Landschaft, represented by the Office for Building Contruction (Hochbauamt)
Engineers: Walt + Galmarini Bauingenieure AG, Zurich
Contractor: Otto + Partner AG, Liestal
Facade Planners: Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG, Muenchenstein
Design year: 2001-2007
Construction year: 2005-2007
Constructed Area: 4,705 sqm
Photographs: Hannes Henz
Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects
Location: Brione sopra Minusio, TI, Switzerland
Construction Supervision: Guscetti Arch. Dipl., 6648 Minusio
Engineer: Anastasi SA, 6604 Locarno
Building Physics: IFEC Consulenze SA, 6802 Rivera
Contractor: Merlini + Ferrari SA, 6648 Minusio
Carpenter: Erich Keller AG, 8583 Sulgen
Project year: 2004-2005
Photographs: Hannes Henz
Architects: Charles Pictet Architecte FAS SIA
Location: Colony, Switzerland
Collaborator: Anjéla Aubert, architecte DPLG
Engineering: ESM, Jérôme Ponti, Genève
Project Year: 2003-2005
Photographs: Francesca Giovanelli
Architects: R&Sie(n)
Location: Évolène, Switzerland
Creative Team: François Roche, Stéphanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro
Engineer: Guscetti & Tournier, Geneva
Interior Design: R&Sie(n) + Mathieu Lehanneur (furnitures)
Museum design concept and apparatus: Mathieu Lehanneur
Key dimensions: 1,000 sqm
Client: Maison des Alpes, Public Foundation
Photographs: ©François Roche/R&Sie(n)
“Mais voilà qu’en travers de notre route se dressa une silhouette voilée, de proportions beaucoup plus vaste que celles d’aucun habitant de la terre. Et la couleur de la peau de la silhouette était de la blancheur parfaite de la neige… ”
E. A. Poe, les Aventures de Gordon Pym, traduction C. Baudelaire.
Architects: Localarchitecture & Danilo Mondada
Location: Hôpital de St-Loup, Switzerland
Project year: 2008
Structure: IBOIS – Hani Buri, Yves Weinand
Client: Deaconess Community of St-Loup
Photographs: Milo Keller ©2008
Architects: Luca Selva Architects
Location: Witterswil near Basel, Switzerland
Project year: 2005-2006
Project Architect: David Gschwind
Copper Contractor: Leonhardt AG, Basel, Switzerland
Main Contractor: Risi Holzbau AG, Allschwil, Switzerland
Photographs: Ruedi Walti
Architects: ssm Architekten ag
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Project year: 2004
Construction year: 2005
Engineering: H. Katzenstein AG
Constructed Area: 1,720 sqm
Photographs: Hansruedi Riesen
Architects: ssm Architekten ag
Location: Grenchen, Switzerland
Project year: 2005
Construction year: 2007-2008
Landscape: bbzlandschaftsarchitekten
Site Area: 3,838 sqm
Constructed Area: 458.5 sqm
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