Bleu / Estudio Barozzi Veiga
Barcelona-based architects Estudio Barozzi Veiga have unanimously been selected as the winners in a competition to design a new Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. More images, a video and information after the break.
Children’s Clinic Wildermeth / bauzeit architekten
Architect: bauzeit architekten
Location: Biel, Switzerland
Client: Stiftung Kinderspital Wildermeth
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 2,845 sqm
Photographs: Yves André
Operation Center Burgergemeinde / bauzeit architekten
Architects: bauzeit architekten / Roberto Pascual, Peter Bergmann, Yves Baumann
Location: Biel, Switzerland
Project Year: 2007
Project Area: 1,500 sqm
Photographs: Yves Andre
Apartment Building In Brünnen / kit
kit architects recently finished the design for an apartment building in Brünnen, the city of Bern in Switzerland with a very unique master plan scheme resembling a honeycomb structure.
Entreprise Frésard Frères Sarl / Dubail | Begert Architectes
Architects: Dubail | Begert Architectes
Location: Saignelégier, Switzerland
Project area: 480 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2009
Photographs: Joël Tettamanti, dB
Coral House / group8
The Coral house is located in the Chandieu area, formed by a large urban block surrounded by Rue Giuseppe-Motta, Grand-Pré and Chandieu. This new housing estate takes part of the regeneration of a former industrial site and completes, together with the Bamboo Residence, a large city block. At the intersection of the avenue and the Chandieu road, a public square supplemented by a fountain and a sculpture will be built in collaboration between the artiste Fabric Gygi and the architectural office ADR. The construction aims to high quality standards in terms of space and equipment, as well as construction materials and coating. It also seeks the MINERGIE label, by using optimum insulation for the exterior envelope, and highly efficient technical installations (heating is provided by geothermal heat pumps; double flux air system is distributed through the ceiling – ERV). The use of a high energy standard allowed use to obtain 10% additional net surface, compared to what was requested by the neighborhood plan.
Architect: group8
Location: Rue du Grand-Pré, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Photographs: Régis Golay, FEDERAL Studio
Cargo / group8
group8 settled down in its new workspace on May 20 2010. A former industrial hall, near the center of Geneva (Switzerland), hosts these new offices designed in order to make the best use of the 780 sqm and the 9m of height. This white and luminous space contains a hidden treasure: 16 recycled shipping containers. All of which have been traveling across the world for thousands of kilometers over the oceans of the globe. Piled up as giant Legos, the containers were preserved “as found” without any outside cosmetic transformation. This aesthetic keeps the poetry of their former use and differentiates them from the immateriality of the big neutral space they lie in. Realistically, the use of containers represents a gain of about 200 sqm, while making good use of the height within the space.
Architect: group8
Location: 37, chemin Philibert-de-Sauvage,1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Civil Engineer: T-Ingénierie SA
Acoustical Engineer: D’Silence acoustique
Furniture: Dynamobel
Project Area: 780 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Régis Golay, FEDERAL Studio
‘Jean Prouvé Architecture’, at the Galerie Patrick Seguin
For the first time in public, the Galerie Patrick Seguin will present live, every day, the set up of a Jean Prouvé 6×6 meter demountable bungalow, created for the war victims in Lorraine.
Indeed, a team composed of 3 persons will take care of the set up of this reference of demountable architecture on the booth on a daily basis – from 11am to 7pm – unveiling each day the absolute modernity of this project. At night, a second team will be in charge of the taking down and crating of each of the elements composing the house (portal frame and ridge beam, exterior joint covers, facade panels, metal floor structure…)
For the nocturne on Thursday 16 June the gallery will organize the set up, dismantling, and crating all in one day. More information and images after the break.
Negrellisteg / Explorations Architecture
Paris based designers, Explorations Architecture, have recently won the international competition to design the Negrellisteg pedestrian walkway in downtown Zurich. For more images of the work and a brief explanation follow after the break.
Video: Rolex Learning Center / SANAA
This short video by architectural photographer Pedro Kok, features the Rolex Learning Center at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Designed by SANAA, the building features impressive concrete lines that create a fluidity between the interior spaces.
What Anchors a House in Itself / Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hächler
Architects Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hächler recently published a monograph detailing seven buildings and their design philosophy. It is easy to get caught up in the mesmerizing images of this book. With little more than plywood and concrete, they bring spaces to life in a way that few can. They demonstrate how “spatial quality is by no means merely an issue of the materials employed.” That being said, make sure you pull yourself away from the images as the text should not be missed. Besides their own contributions, other authors include, Kurt W. Forster, Marie Theres Stauffer, Gianni Jetzer, and Hubertus Adam.
More on the monograph after the break.
Sow Geneva / SAOTA, SRA Kössler & Morel Architects
Architects: SAOTA (Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects) with SRA Kössler & Morel Architects
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
SAOTA Project Team: Stefan Antoni, Greg Truen & Juliet Kavishe
SRA Project Team: Karin Fatio & Pierre Kössler
Interior design: Antoni Associates – Mark Rielly
Project area: 2,800 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Stefan Antoni
Luzern Stadtarchiv / XTEN Architecture
The Luzern Stadtarchive is conceived as a marker in the landscape. XTEN Architecture‘s entry for a library competition in Switzerland the design was driven by orienting the public areas to the landscape, the site topography and adjacent mountains.
Architects: XTEN Architecture
Location: Luzern, Switzerland
Principals: Monika Haefelfinger & Austin Kelly
Project Team: Scott Utterstrom, Jae Rodriguez, Tina Rothermund, Annie Ritz, Qichen Cao
Project Area: 4,750 sqm
Renderings: Courtesy of XTEN Architecture
Vocational Education Center / Durisch + Nolli Architetti
Architects: Durisch + Nolli Architetti
Location: Gordola, Switzerland
Client: Società Svizzera Impresari Costruttore
Project area: 9,328 sqm
Project year: 2004 – 2010
Photographs: Durisch + Nolli Architetti
Centre for Hearing and Language / e2a
Architects: e2a – Wim Eckert, Piet Eckert
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Project Team: Hans-Peter Kistler, Sebastian Holzhausen
Construction Management: Oppliger von Gunten, Zürich
Structure: Walt + Galmarini, Zürich
HVAC: Rechberger Huustechnik, Zürich
Electric engineering: Thomas Lüem Partner AG, Zürich
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Radek Brunecky, Dominique Marc Wehrli
GSC House / e2a
Architects: e2a – Wim Eckert, Piet Eckert
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Project Team: Markus Giera, Hans-Peter Kistler, Harris Illiadis
Landscape: Vogt Landschaftsarchitektur, Zürich
Construction Management: Oppliger von Gunten, Zürich
Structure: Walt + Galmarini, Zürich
HVAC: Rechberger Huustechnik, Zürich
Electric engineering: IBG Engineering, Winterthur
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Radek Brunecky
School Centre In Opfikon / e2a
Architects: e2a – Wim Eckert, Piet Eckert
Location: Opfikon, Switzerland
Project Team: Susanne Mocek, Markus Giera, Hans-Peter Kistler, Thorsten Haack
General Contractor: HRS Real Estate AG, Zürich
Landscape: Hager Landschaftsarchitektur AG, Zürich
Construction Management: Caretta Weidmann Baumanagement, Zürich
Structure: Dr. Lüchinger + Meyer AG, Zürich
HVAC: Basler & Hoffmann Ingenieure und Planer AG, Zürich
Building Physics/Acoustics: Leuthardt + Mäder, Brüttisellen
Façade Engineering: Müller Buri GmbH, Muri
Photographs: Radek Brunecky
Lakeside House In Zurich / e2a
Architects: e2a - Wim Eckert, Piet Eckert
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Project Team: Samuel Benz, Stefan Berle, Bryan Graf
Construction Management: Witzig Architekten GmbH, Zurich
Structure: Marti + Dietschweiler AG, Maennedorf
Landscape: Beat Nipkow, Landschaftsarchitekt BSLA SIA, Zurich
Building Physics: Leuthardt + Mäder, Ingenieurbüro für Bauphysik + Akustik, Brüttisellen
Electro Engineering: R+B engineering ag, Zürich
HVAC: Gruenberg + Partner, Zürich
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Radek Brunecky
Dress Code / Complex City
Olivier Brouillard, from Complex City, shared the design of Dress Code, an elementary school designed for the community of Fréchy, Switzerland, an area surrounded by farming and nearby hills. Under the idea that once the program and the function are defined, the architect’s job consists in dressing up architecture; Dress Code was conceived. It gives a major importance to the facades and to the way the building is seen externally. Visual communication is a key point, especially considering that school is the first source of knowledge for youngsters.More images and project description after the break.
Heerenschürli Sports Facilities / Dürig AG + Topotek 1
Architects: Dürig AG
Location: Helen Keller Strasse 20, 8051 Zürich, Switzerland
Landscape Architects: Topotek 1
Client: The City of Zürich, represented by: Grün Stadt Zürich, Immobilien-Bewirtschaftung, Amt für Hochbauten
Project area: 100,200 sqm
Project year: 2004-2010
Photographs: Hanns Joosten, Ruedi Walti
Multigenerational Building in Gland / SM-arch
The young architecture firm of SM-arch has recently won a architectural competition for their Multigenerational building proposal in Gland, Switzerland. They are now engaged with the municipality for the execution of the project. Additional images and a brief narrative from the architects after the break.
