zwitsal.projects 130 Elsässertor II Extension of Kino Xenix Zurich, Switzerland Frei + Saarinen Architekten bar, cinema St.

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1 zwitsal Projects 130 Created 14-Feb-11 By philippe dirix, landen, Belgium Extension of Kino Xenix Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten bar, cinema St Antonius Church Pavilion Suva House The Picassohaus St Jakob Park Central Signal Box Allschwilerstrasse Residential and Office Building 12 Herzog & De Meuron Office Headquarters Bad Allenmoos 19 Theater Novartis Campus - Forum 3 21 Housing Schwarzpark 22 Basel, Miller & Maranta social housing 13 Apartment building 23 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron apartment, housing 14 General Trade School 24 Basel, Hermann Baur secondary school, sport 15 La Tuffière 25 Corpataux-Magnedens, 2b architectes auditorium, community centre 16 Schaulager 26 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron archive, atelier, exposition space Basel, Herzog and De Meuron housing, mixed-use development, office Basel, Diener & Diener education, office Basel, Mario Botta museum 11 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron Musuem Tinguely 18 Zurich, EM2N auditorium, theatre Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial space, football stadium, shopping centre, sport 10 Basel, Peter Märkli meeting room, office Elsässertor II Zurich, M E Haefeli sport, swimming pool Basel, Herzog and De Meuron housing, office 9 Zurich, Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten kiosk, pavilion, restaurant Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial space, office, restaurant Basel, Karl Moser church 8 17 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron atelier, office REHAB Basel 27 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron clinic, health care 1

2 Institute for Hospital Pharmaceuticals Basel, Herzog and De Meuron laboratorium, office Novartis office Bar Rouge Heidi Weber Museum Albisriederhaus Conversion Library of the Institute of Law Im Birch School Freitag Flagship Store Stadelhofen Station 32 Railway Switching Box Single Wall House 39 Dynamo Metal Workshop 40 Obsidian 41 Leutschenbach School 42 Zurich, Christian Kerez kindergarten, primary school, sport 33 Glattalbahn Light Rail station 43 Zurich, Kai Flender bus station, shelter, train station 34 Brunnenhof 44 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten housing, kindergarten, nursery 35 Home for a Priest 45 Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten apartment, religion 36 Zurich, Santiago Calatrava train station Zurich, baumschlager & eberle office Zurich, spillmannechsle architekten landmark, shop 31 Zurich, Peter Märkli education, primary school, secondary school 38 Zurich, Phalt education, workshop, youth house Zurich, Santiago Calatrava archive, library, renovation, university 30 Zurich, huggen berger office Forsterstrasse Apartments Zurich, Christian Kerez dwellings, private house Zurich, Le Corbusier museum 29 Basel, Morphing Systems bar, club Zurich, Christian Kerez housing Basel, Peter Märkli office 28 Kirchner Museum 46 Davos, Gigon Guyer Architekten museum 37 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten industry, office, watch-tower Therme Vals 47 Vals, Peter Zumthor spa 2

3 Hotel Therme Vals Vals, Peter Zumthor hotel Busterminal Twerenbold Church San Benedetg House Truog Gugalun House Lötscher-Williman Cow Shed Paspels School Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site School and multipurpose hall 52 Vineyard Estate Gantenbein Museum Liner 59 Ricola Storage Building 60 Zentrum Paul Klee 61 Das Gelbe Haus 62 Flims, Valerio Olgiati museum 53 House Meuli 63 Fläsch, Bearth & Deplazes private house 54 Studio Olgiati 64 Flims, Valerio Olgiati atelier 55 House for a Musician 65 Scharans, Valerio Olgiati atelier, private house 56 Vella, Bearth & Deplazes primary school, secondary school, sport Bern, Renzo Piano museum Chur, Peter Zumthor exposition space, landmark, shed 51 Paspels, Valerio Olgiati secondary school 58 Laufen, Herzog and De Meuron industry, renovation, shed Lignières, Localarchitecture shed 50 Sevgein, Bearth & Deplazes private house Skilift Carmenna Appenzell, Gigon Guyer Architekten museum Versam, Peter Zumthor private house 49 Sumvitg, Peter Zumthor church Arosa, Bearth & Deplazes sport, tourism Baden-Rütihof, Knapkiewicz & Fickert AG canopy, touring car terminal 48 The Hotel 66 Luzern, Jean Nouvel hotel 57 Fläsch, Bearth & Deplazes winery Rolex Learning Center 67 Lausanne, SANAA culture, education, library 3

4 Kunstmuseum Winterthur Extension Winterthur, Gigon Guyer Architekten museum Aargauer Kunsthaus Extension Oskar Reinhart Collection Am Römerholz Zillis Sports Hall Maracon House Wegelin House Annalisa Zumthor House Villa Schwob Turque Le Petit Maison Villa Le Lac 72 Disentis Cloister Girls Dormitory Viewing Platform Ruinaulta Conn 79 Entrance of the Graubünden Parliament 80 Atelier Zumthor 81 La Congiunta 82 Giornico, Peter Märkli museum 73 Pfaffenholz sport centre 83 Saint-Louis, France Herzog and De Meuron sport 74 Ricola Europe Mulhouse 84 Mulhouse, France Herzog and De Meuron factory, industry 75 Haus Rudin 85 Leymen, France Herzog and De Meuron private house 76 Vevey, Le Corbusier private house Haldenstein, Peter Zumthor atelier, private house la Chaux de Fonds, Le Corbusier private house 71 Vals, Peter Zumthor private house 78 Chur, Valerio Olgiati court building Malans, Bearth & Deplazes private house 70 Maracon, Localarchitecture private house Neue Monte Rosa Hutte Flims, Corinna Menn belvedere, landmark, watch-tower Zillis, Bearth & Deplazes education, secondary school, sport 69 Winterthur, Gigon Guyer Architekten museum Zermatt, Bearth & Deplazes hotel, landmark, restaurant, tourism Aarau, Herzog and De Meuron culture, exposition space, museum 68 VitraHaus 86 Weil am Rhein, Germany Herzog and De Meuron museum, shop, showroom 77 Disentis, Gion A Caminada monastery, secondary school, student housing Vitra Fire Station 87 Weil am Rhein, Germany Zaha Hadid s exposition space, fire station 4

5 Conference Pavilion Weil am Rhein, Germany Tadao Ando congress centre, meeting room, pavilion Vitra Design Museum Gas Station Vitra Dome Vitrashop Factory Hall Vitra Bus Stop Land Formation-one Zurich, Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten housing Casa Bianchi Villa Vals Kunsthaus Bregenz 99 Spittelhof Housing Estate 100 Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein 101 Vaduz, Liechtenstein Christian Kerez cafe, museum 92 Vaduz State Capitol Forum 102 Vaduz, Liechtenstein Hansjörg Göritz government Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory Zurich, baumschlager & eberle auditorium, education, laboratorium, library, university Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp, France Le Corbusier church 95 Jussieu 16M Atrium 105 Paris, France Périphériques es university 96 Riva San Vitale, Mario Botta private house 91 Weil am Rhein, Germany Zaha Hadid s exposition space, horeca, office 's and Artist's Apartment House 98 Biel-Benken, Peter Zumthor housing, urban plan Weil am Rhein, Germany Jasper Morrison bus station 90 Weil am Rhein, Germany Alvaro Siza Vieira factory Hotel Alpina Bregenz, Austria Peter Zumthor museum Weil am Rhein, Germany Thomas C Howard auditorium, exposition space, pavilion 89 Weil am Rhein, Germany Jean Prouvé gas station Vals, Gion A Caminada hotel, renovation Weil am Rhein, Germany Gehry Partners 88 Concert Hall 106 Bruges, Belgium Robbrecht en Daem en music theatre 97 Vals, search hotel, leisure, private house, tourism Chapelle de St-Loup 107 Pompaples, Localarchitecture chapel, religion 5

6 Vitra Headquarters Basel, Gehry Partners meeting room, office New Museum Storefront for Art and ure Thor United Nations Headquarters New York Times Building Hearst Building Chrysler Building The Met Breuer 112 Apple Store Fifth Avenue Solomon R Guggenheim Museum Bond 120 Seagram Building 121 Empire State Building 122 New York, United States Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates office 113 Tribeca Issey MiYake 123 New York, United States Gehry Partners retail, shop, showroom 114 Flatiron Building 124 New York, United States Daniel Burnham commercial space, office 115 Prada flagship store 125 New York, United States OMA - Rem Koolhaas retail, shop 116 New York, United States Marcel Breuer museum New York, United States Ludwig Mies van der Rohe office New York, United States William Van Alen office 111 New York, United States Foster & Partners office 118 New York, United States Herzog and De Meuron housing New York, United States Renzo Piano office 110 New York, United States Wallace Harrison auditorium, congress centre, library, office MoMa Museum of Modern Art New York, United States Frank Lloyd Wright museum New York, United States Marcel Wanders club, leisure, restaurant 109 New York, United States Steven Holl gallery New York, United States Yoshio Taniguchi museum New York, United States SANAA museum 108 The High Line 126 New York, United States James Corner Field Operations bridge, park, promenade 117 New York, United States Bohlin Cywinski Jackson retail, shop 41 Cooper Square 127 New York, United States Morphosis education 6

7 IAC Headquarters New York, United States Gehry Partners office The MetLife Building TWA Flight Center LVMH Tower NYU Department of Philosophy Shepard Hall at City College 133 Combined Police & Fire Facility 134 New York, United States Elemental ure fire station, police station 130 Armani Fifth Avenue 135 New York, United States Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas retail 131 New York, United States Christian de Portzamparc office 129 New York, United States Eero Saarinen airport, passenger terminal New York, United States Elemental ure education New York, United States Emery Roth & Sons office 128 Alessi Flagship Store 136 New York, United States Asymptote shop 132 New York, United States Steven Holl auditorium, library, university De Kikker 137 Amsterdam, Netherlands Dok en education, kindergarten, primary school 7

8 photo: Hannes Henz photo: Hannes Henz Extension of Kino Xenix Kanzleistrasse Zurich In 1904, several temporary wooden pavilions were erected in Zurich in order to respond to the rising demand for classrooms In 1984, one of these 'temporary' structures was conquered by a group of young film enthusiasts who wanted to set-up an alternative cinema The schoolrooms became the auditorium and the corridor served as a bar In order to achieve a more efficient, more flexible, and more user-friendly building, we were asked to redesign every single corner inside the existing structure and to project an extension The result is a seamless new whole of old and newthe bar, for example, is one continuous space consisting of two halves from 1904 and 2007 This effect is achieved by a continuation of the existing ceiling, including replicas of the old beams, as well as the mimetic materialization of the extension The strategy of unification is used on the exterior as well: The roof of the extension is stretched over parts of the existing building in order to fuse old and new photo: Hannes Henz Floor area/size m² Frei + Saarinen Architekten City of Zuerich MS Daily open except 31Dec Mon-Thu , Fri , Sat , Sun Zurich "Langstasse"-District, Tram Nr 8, Bus Nr 32, Helvetiaplatz 8

9 photo: Evan Chakroff photo: Evan Chakroff St Antonius Church Kannenfeldstrasse Basel Karl Moser envisioned a structure that stood flush with the street's building line, with unpainted walls and large stained-glass windows that would fill the interior with light transformed into a maze of colour The church is built entirely of in-situ reinforced concrete and its plan is a simple rectangle of remarkable size: 60 metres by 22 metres; the height also being 22 metres The dimly lit, tunnel-like entrance area is a cleverly staged introit to the church's long, bright interior Eight remarkably slim concrete columns carry a barrel-vault over the nave and a flat roof over the aisles, both of them coffered on structural and acoustic grounds The choir is flat, closed off, and over-furnished; the mosaic cross put up later by Hans Stocker also seems out of scale The opposite side, with the soloists podium and mighty organ, has a grid of fine concrete ribs Floor area/size m² Karl Moser evanc photo: Evan Chakroff Services take place saturdays at 1730 and sundays at 715 and 1000 You can take tram #3 to Burgfelderplatz or #1 and #3 to Kannenfeldplatz 9

10 photo: afgh Pavilion Seefeldquai Zurich This take on the classic glass pavilion is no demonstration model for a transparent utopia, nor is it an attempt to 'frame' the natural surroundings It is a less formal design for a kiosk in the park beside Riesbach Harbour in Zürich The take-away restaurant, with seating for 35, is contained within a glass object that is in keeping with a series of sculptures in the park The polygonal shape, the transparency and lightness of the material, and the various tints of the colored films on the glass, ensure that, depending on the time of day, this object stands out from or merges with its surroundings On a less prosaic note, another reason for choosing glass was the fact that graffiti and dirt can be easily removed photo: afgh Floor area/size m² Supplier Supplier Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten Glas Trösch AG MTV Villmergen City of Zürich Kirsten_Hannema 10

11 photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Nazar Leskiw Suva House St Jakobs-Strasse Basel This building was originally built in 1950 and was designed for offices Around 1990, Herzog and De Meuron integrated the building with a new addition, designed for residential use Both structures were encased in a glass skin on the street façades Project is not public! 1993 Herzog and De Meuron Marco_De_Trizio photo: Nazar Leskiw 11

12 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw The Picassohaus Brunngässlein Basel The building site is prominently located on Picassoplatz This is a corner lot with, for the most part, six-story building in perimeter block development Distinctive buildings, among them the art museum and the Baloise Insurance Company's free-standing headquarters, are its next-door neighbours The proportioning of the building and the arrangement of each single part is based on a modular systemthe ground floor contains conference rooms and offices as well as access to the underground parking garage The upper floors are reached via a prominent staircase Location of and accessibility to service spaces are organized around a type of core, allowing entry from both sides Single-space offices as well as large open ones are thus possible The high spaces of the 'attic story' are used for conferences, employee's break, and offices The building's facade is rather elegant in dark gray steel photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is not public! Peter Märkli UBS Property Fund Roderick Tram 8 to Aeschenplatz, short walk from there 12

13 photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber St Jakob Park St Jakobs-Strasse Basel St Jakob Park is the stadium where FC Basel play "Joggeli" as it is nicknamed, has a current capacity of 39'000 seats 's first multi-purpose stadium, was inaugurated in 2001 after just two and half years under construction Situated on the south-eastern edge of the city in extensive park and recreation grounds, the world-renowned Basel architects Herzog & De Meuron have constructed an "experience park", which, with its unique dimension, bold architecture and ultramodern infrastructure, provides the optimum setting for large-scale events It combines a football stadium with shops and restaurants photo: Monique van den Berg 2001 Herzog and De Meuron Basel United + City of Basel Marloes_Faber Basel United Stadion-Management AG, responsible for the professional marketing of the St Jakob Park, helps to plan and stage events professionally and provide guided tours of the St Jakob Park are offered (to book in advance) It is easy to get there by tram 13

14 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Central Signal Box Münchensteinerstrasse Basel This is a railway utility building in Basel, near the Guterbahnhof Wolf called Signal Box and has an exterior cladding of copper strips that are twisted at certain places to admit daylight Herzog and De Meuron won the Pritzker prize in 2001, the jury explained: "The beginnings of most architects practices consists by necessity of small projects with budgets to match It is these early buildings with great constraints that test an architect s talent for original solutions to often ordinary and utilitarian commissions In the case of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, the railroad signal box was such a project They transformed a nondescript structure in a railroad yard into a dramatic and artistic work of industrial architecture, captivating both by day and night" Project is not public! 1999 Herzog and De Meuron Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, Anlagen Management boeboe photo: Nazar Leskiw 14

15 photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Ryan Taube Musuem Tinguely Grenzacherstrasse Basel Jean Tinguely ( ) grew up in Basel and belonged to the Parisian avant-garde in the 1950s and 60s He stimulated and revolutionized the "static" art world with his kinetic works The Museum's permanent collections present a selection of the artist's machine sculptures, reliefs and drawings from all the periods of his career The Museum also offers a varied and lively programme of temporary shows devoted to Tinguely's fellow artists and contemporaries - Bernhard Luginbühl, Niki de Saint Phalle and Yves Klein - and to his models such as Marcel Duchamp and Kurt Schwitters, as well as to related subjects such as contemporary kinetic art photo: Ryan Taube Floor area/size m² Mario Botta F Hoffman-La Roche, Basel rtaube Tuesday - Sunday Mondays closed Tel: +41 (0) every Sunday there are guided tours: 1130 h (no booking necessary, cost: admission ticket) Main Rail Station SBB: Tram no 2 to Wettsteinplatz, switch to Bus no 31 Badischer Bahnhof: Bus no 36 Highway: exit Basel Wettstein 15

16 photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Allschwilerstrasse Residential and Office Building Allschwilerstrasse Basel This is the first large building in Basel by Herzog and De Meuron The rectangular lot is slightly curved along its length, so the main façade follows this curve The building is located in an upscale residential area in Basel, not too far from the city centre Project is not public! 1988 Herzog and De Meuron Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio 16

17 photo: Marco de Trizio photo: Marco de Trizio Herzog & De Meuron Office Headquarters Rheinschanze Basel The office headquarters of Swiss architectural firm Herzog and De Meuron are located in Basel The complex is composed of various buildings, one of them a six-storey, glass volume looking towards the Rhine river An interesting detail is the original entrance: a small, simple, wooden door, typical of Basel Public access unknown! 2009 Herzog and De Meuron Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco de Trizio 17

18 photo: Evan Chakroff photo: Nazar Leskiw Elsässertor II Centralbahnstrasse Basel This commercial and office building next to Basel's main train station sits between the train tracks and the Centralbahnstrasse, a major thoroughfare The façades along the building's length (facing the street and the tracks) consist of floor-height glass panels tilted at various angles, giving off a fractured reflection of the surrounding historic context The shorter sides of the building are indented to allow for open public space These façades are a double-skin, with the outer layer of glass screen-printed with a colored dot pattern (red on one side, blue on the other) This gives a soft colored glow to the exterior, but (unlike tinted glass) allows clear daylight into the office interior 2005 Herzog and De Meuron evanc photo: Nazar Leskiw 18

19 photo: Samuel Hasler photo: Bad Allenmoos Ringstrasse Zurich The Bad Allenmoos is in the inventory of local art and historic-cultural objects included, and internationally well known under architects It was built in 1939 by architects ME Haefeli and Werner M Moser together with the landscape architect Gustav Amman They made one of the most beautiful works, a combination of park and swimming pool: A public parkbad The fine and slender architecture, combined with the nearby waterworks make a unprecedented picture In the 1990 s the whole complex was renovated by architect Ueli Zbinden and Kienast Vogt, landscape architect photo: Samuel Hasler Main designer, Landscape architect M E Haefeli Ueli Zbinden Vogt Landschaftarchitekten Werner M Moser City of Zürich Samuel_Hasler Open from the beginning of May, until September Take tram 11 to Bad Allenmoos, and walk another 300 m along the road 19

20 photo: Hannes Henz photo: Hannes Henz Theater 11 Thurgauerstrasse Zurich 'A case of cannibalism in architecture' is what EM2N architect Daniel Niggli calls his conversion of the Stadthof 11 in Zurich-Oerlikon into a theatre for musicals The new building incorporated everything of the old theatre it could use, though that was little more than the stage house and the cellar, and gave it state-of-the-art technology Faced with the large buildings of its surroundings and the open space in between, the theatre responds without copying their scale Its highest corner juts forward, opening up at the base like a shark's jaws From this corner, the dark casing of perforated sheet metal enveloping both the outer walls and the roof, angles downward until, by the time it gets to the back wall, it is down to the level of the single-family homes there Piercing the perforated sheet-metal shell, a few large windows frame particular views into the building In the evening, light shines through the many small openings in between, which are visible only in outline by day photo: Hannes Henz 2006 EM2N MCH Messe Zuerich Axel_Simon Depend on the agenda Check the website for information on current events Located in Oerlikon, an industrial district in Zurich's north, across the street from the Velodrome and indoor Stadium Public transport: S-Bahn Lines S2, S5, S6, S7, S8, S14, S16 until Bahnhof Oerlikon then take Bus lines 63/94 or Tram line 11 until Messe/Hallenstadion 20

21 photo: Giovanni Bellinvia photo: Giovanni Bellinvia Novartis Campus - Forum 3 Fabrikstrasse 3 CH-4002 Basel Novartis Campus at Basel will be an international significant place of knowledge and innovation Roger Diener, Helmut Federle and Gerold Wiederin designed and realized the first building, the Forum 3 It is one of the aims of this project to foster communication, creativity and the commitment of the associates through an aesthetic and functional approach to the design of the working environment Both in the building interior and also in the outer spaces, a wide variety of working and meeting areas are being created-providing open, transparent, versatile and flexible spaces that offer plenty of scope for interaction and interdisciplinary teamwork Immensely large coloured glass panels dance almost weightlessly in several layers around the building, making it move, gleam and shimmer, responding to the light at particular times of day and in different weather conditions Inside are office landscapes whose solid elegance combines open-plan spaces with places of concentrated seclusion photo: Giovanni Bellinvia Project is not public! 2005 Main designer, Artist Diener & Diener Gerold Wiederin Helmut Federle Novartis archviews 21

22 Housing Schwarzpark Gellertstrasse Basel This project contains a great generous public housing because of both their spatial and their material quality Most of them have four bedrooms in a compact container located on one end of an urban park The insertion of the building into the grounds of the park by means of a folded block reduces its visual impact It incorporates various measures that contribute to the saving of energy and sustainable consumption, this without giving up a design that allows for maximum enjoyment of the area photo: Ruedi Walti Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Miller & Maranta Zentralstelle für staatlichen Liegenschaftverkehr aplust 22

23 photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber Apartment building Schutzenmattstrasse Basel Sinuous cast-iron screens are used in the façade of this apartment building They resemble drain grilles This inventive use of unexpected but ordinary and readily available things is typical for the work of Herzog and De Meuron "Something mysterious is revealed in the normality of everyday life" photo: Marloes Faber Project is not public! 1993 Herzog and De Meuron unknown Marloes_Faber Close to the city centre There is a post office opposite the building 23

24 photo: photo: Marloes Faber General Trade School Vogelsangstrasse Basel Four strikingly different structures are grouped around a courtyard The 1950's building houses the industrial trade school and the Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung (College of Art and Design) Also noteworthy are Hans Arps stele in the courtyard, and the stepped pyramid the steps form seats by Armin Hofmann Spectacular vaulted ceiling in the gym hall photo: Marloes Faber Project is not public! 1961 Hermann Baur Allgemeine Gewerbeschule und Schule für Gestaltung Marloes_Faber It's close to the railway station "Anschluss Basel-Bad Bahnhof" and quite near to the city centre and Messeplatz Take tram 2/6 and stop at the Gewerbeschule; or Bus 30 to Gewerbeschule 24

25 photo: Thomas Jantscher photo: Thomas Jantscher La Tuffière CH 1727 Corpataux-Magnedens At first glance, this community centre in Corpataux, seems to have been dropped casually into the middle of the village, with no direct connection to its setting And although the monolithic volume accentuates the confrontation with the neighbouring houses, the building's form actually alludes to an architectural archetype -the farm- which it reinterprets in a contemporary way The simple shape and monolithic aspect have been treated independently of the internal organization generated by the juxtaposition and position of spaces side by side This compact organization within a unified volume can be deciphered on the outside from the wall openings, because each opening is emphasized by a massive concrete frame and has different dimensions and proportions The use of a single material for both roof and façades makes the building stand out as an unique object Its integration with its context hinges on the material used, local tufa, and as such establishes a strong link photo: Thomas Jantscher 2007 Main designer, 2b architectes nbarch City of Corpataux-Magnedens Manuel_Bieler Take exit to Rossens from the highway with direction Fribourg At the intersection of the route to Corpataux et Magnedens, follow signs with direction Corpataux When you are in the centre of the village, you've arrived 25

26 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Schaulager Ruchfeldstrasse 19 CH-4142 Basel photo: Naomi Schiphorst The Schaulager ('viewing warehouse') is neither museum nor traditional warehouse It keeps the Emanuel Hoffmann collection in optimal condition and is primarily accessible for specialists: conservators, curators, researchers etc The heavy outer wall is built up in layers and its outer surface scratched, exposing the pebbles excavated on site This material is not only a visual expression of weight and storage but also, as a result of its great inertia, an essential factor in the interior climate control On one side the box is somewhat indented, creating a forecourt, so that the entrance side is visible from great distance It appears to be guarded by a small building with a gabled roof The courtyard-like space radiates urbanism and publicness Schaulager is thus not simply an anonymous box on the urban periphery, but rather a place that is active and self-confident, expanding the public dimension of the city of Basel to the south, towards the new district of Dreispitz/Münchenstein Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Herzog and De Meuron Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation Laurenz Foundation MI_MOA The building is ONLY OPEN for the public during exhibitions! Check the Schaulager website for info Tue, Wed, Fri noon 6 pm Thu noon 7 pm Sat, Sun 10 am 5 pm By tram: Take tram No 11, bound for Aesch, at the Swiss Railway Station SBB to "Schaulager" stop (approx 10 min) 26

27 photo: Marieke Mannens photo: Marieke Mannens REHAB Basel Im Burgfelderhof Basel You expect clinics to look, well, clinical, modernist, austerely immaculate boxes, hygienically white inside and out REHAB Basel is a privately run rehabilitation clinic for patients with spinal-cord or brain injuries, they can stay here up to 18 months It appears residential and natural, though not with a funky, down-home earthiness, but crispy modern Here, oak, pine, larch, and ironwoods enclose and screen exterior walls, and a rectilinear plan brings daylight and landscape into its precincts through courtyards, grassy roofs, glazed walls, upper-level decks, and skylights The double and single rooms have daylight from above and an outside balcony The indoor swimming pool offers views into the sky from a pyramid-like dome above The floors are very wide, open giving wheelchair-bound patients a sense of autonomy Almost a place where anyone would like to live photo: Marieke Mannens Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Main designer, Landscape architect Acoustics consultant Herzog and De Meuron August Künzel Martin Lienhard Rehab Basel AG Marieke_Mannens 27

28 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Viktor Ramos Institute for Hospital Pharmaceuticals Spitalstrasse Basel The Hospital Pharmacie (in German: Institut für Spitalpharmazie) houses offices, labs and production The building is placed on the Rossetti-grounds, and presents itself to the street with a green monumental shield The building marks the entrance to the city, from the Spital-side The position of the elevator, stairs and entrance side for services was determined by the existing building from the 1960 s The façade is made with glass, covered by a Chromogenic colour print If you come close, you can see the structure of the print on the green, semi transparent building surface photo: Viktor Ramos Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Herzog and De Meuron City of Basel Marieke_Mannens Basel Tourist office offers the whole year guided tours of the most interesting examples of 20th century architecture in and around Basel as well as along the current axes of urban development Or visit the Swiss architecture museum in Basel Bus 30/33/36/38/603/604 to Frauenspital 28

29 photo: Goran Potkonjak photo: Goran Potkonjak Novartis office Fabrikstrasse 6 CH-4002 Basel Before the advent of modern scientific methods in chemistry and pharmacology, it was the alchemists who endeavoured to discover remedies for human ailments The office building Peter Märkli architekten designed for pharmaceutical giant Novartis Pharma recalls alchemy's other enterprise, its attempts to turn base metals into gold: or rather, Märkli has succeeded in maintaining that illusion The anodised aluminium of the loadbearing façades has been coated with a champagne-coloured paint and the air ducts that run across the roof are encased in gold-coloured aluminium sandwich board While such non-designed service elements are often an eyesore, here they look like costly treasures photo: Goran Potkonjak Project is not public! 2006 Peter Märkli Novartis Pharma Kirsten_Hannema The campus and offices of Novartis are not open to the public, its like a forbidden city for architecture lovers Maybe you could get in with a tour from the Basel ure Museum but don't count on it The campus is situated next to the river, just before (or after) the Dreirosenbrucke Coming from France: Motorway A35/E60 direction Basel, after customs enter left into the tunnel and follow the signs to Basel St Johann From EuroAirport Basel take Airport Express Bus PTT 50 to Kannenfeldplatz Change to Tram 1 (direction Dreirosenbrücke) stop Novartis Campus Across the street you find the main entrance to the Novartis Campus From Bahnhof Basel, also take tram 1, same way 29

30 photo: Marloes Faber Bar Rouge Messeplatz 10 CH-4058 Basel The original Bar Rouge was designed for the Expo02 in at the beach in Yverdon-les-Bains The bar stood here from May 2002 until October that same year Since then, the bar has slept until it was reused in the Messe-tower, at the 31th floor From this spot you will have amazing views over Basel Owwwand you definitely have to visit the toilet, could tell you more: it is a great experience! photo: Marloes Faber 2006 Interior architect Morphing Systems Bar Rouge Marloes_Faber Monday Wednesday 17:00 01:00u Thursday 17:00 02:00u Friday and Saturday 17:00 04:00 Sunday closed Messeplatz is easy to find, most of the trams are heading to this place 30

31 photo: Leonardo Noguez photo: Leonardo Noguez Heidi Weber Museum Höschgasse Zurich The Heidi Weber Museum reflects the harmonic unity of Le Corbusier's architecture, sculptures, paintings, furniture designs and his writings which is unique and possibly the only one such existing structure in the world: a total work of art Located on the wooded shores of Lake Zurich, the last building designed by Le Corbusier, synthesizes Corbusier's genius Yet it marks a radical change of his achievement of using concrete and stone so poetically He to put in practice the construction system based on cubic units of 226 meters each side, created according to the Modulor measures He framed his final masterpiece in steel and glass and thus created a signpost for the future Le Corbusier made great use of prefabricated steel elements together with multi-coloured enamelled plates fitted to the central core, and above the complex he designed a 'free-floating' roof to keep the house protected from both the rain and the sun (text by Arch Leonardo Noguez) photo: Liesa Siegelmann Le Corbusier Mrs Heidi Weber JMMM From July to September on Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 5 pm for updates take Tram 2 along Seefeld Strasse to Hoeschgasse Walk along Hoeschgasse towards the lake (that's to the right if you're coming from the town center) The pavilion is at the end of the road on the left, within the Zürichhorn park 31

32 photo: Beat Bühler photo: Beat Bühler Albisriederhaus Conversion Albisrieder-Strasse Zurich en/sozialzentrum_albisriederhaushtml After winning the design competition, huggen_berger converted the Albisriederhaus, which had been a community centre since 1934, into a regional social welfare centre with offices and consulting rooms The refurbished façades do not immediately reveal the fundamental changes that have taken place behind them The glass façade was reopened and the articulation of the main part of the building, with its striking concrete buttresses, was emphasized with colour The main problem was the transformation of the large hall into two low-ceilinged office floors The architects' solution was to site an access corridor along one side, emulating the height of the former hall - the false ceiling ending here in the form of a gallery What distinguishes this conversion is the undogmatic ease with which the architects have assimilated the old building and transformed it into something new - obscuring the chronology and abandoning the prevailing diktat of contrast between the old and the new photo: Beat Bühler 2004 huggen berger City Council of Zurich Axel_Simon Monday - Friday , tel:

33 photo: Michael Buschor photo: Michael Buschor Library of the Institute of Law Rämistrasse 76 CH-8001 Zurich Library for the law faculty of the university of Zurich (Rechtswissenschaftliches Institut RWI) The old building from Hermann Fietz was built 1909 Calatrava received the assignment already in 1989 but it took another ten years until the construction started The exterior stayed pretty much untouched The whole intervention is more of a giant piece of wooden furniture placed in the atrium of the existing building The library has 5000 meters space for books and 500 working places The oval skylight has an integrated mechanical sun shade Santiago Calatrava University of Zurich Buschi photo: Michael Buschor Library: Mo - Fr: 8:00-21:00 Sa: 8:00-17:00 Info desk: Mo - Fr: 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-17:00 train station 'Zurich Stadelhofen' (by Calatrava as well), tram 11 (to Auzelg) or tram 15 (Bucheggplatz) or 3 minutes walk to 'Bellevue' Take tram 9 (to Hirzenbach) or tram 5 (to Kirche Fluntern) to 'Kantonsschule', then 100m walk in the direction of the tram Classizistic building on the right with a bronze sculpture Entrance on the back 33

34 photo: Georg Gisel photo: Georg Gisel Im Birch School Margrit-Rainer-Strasse Zurich Peter Märkli demonstrates that 'big' does not necessarily mean 'anonymous' but can also stand for 'dense' With a length of 250 metres, this school in Zurich is quite a hunk Even so, it fits into the scale of the former industrial district and can be taken in at a glance Two four-storey volumes, slightly staggered, face each other The third volume contains the gym, one of the biggest in town Despite the stateliness and severity, there is never a feeling of monumentality This comes from the scale of the building's volumes, for Märkli is a master of proportion; the vertical texture of the concrete articulates all of the façades, and the uppermost strip, forming the edge of the roof, recedes slightly This prevents the corners of the building from appearing apart from the top Märkli applies this knowledge completely naturally, even though it is no longer familiar today The slight shifts that distinguish his work therefore keep being seen as a lack of precision photo: Georg Gisel Public access unknown! 2004 Project manager Associate architect Artist Project manager Landscape designer Peter Märkli Christof Ansorge Gody Kühnis Hans Josephsohn Jakob Frischknecht Zulauf Seippel Schweingruber City of Zurich Axel_Simon 34

35 photo: Roland Tännler photo: Roland Tännler Freitag Flagship Store Geroldstrasse 17 CH-8005 Zurich Freitag started to make tarp-bags in 1993, inspired from a view onto the transit-bridge In 2006 they decided to sell bags-made-from-tarps in a shop-made-from-containers Completely built from 17 rusty, recycled freight-containers, selected in person in Hamburg and brought to Zurich by rail Stacked low enough not to violate the city s restriction on high-rise, high enough to send shivers down anyone s spine The way the elements are stacked is authentic, and only connecting elements from the shipping industry are used This also means that dismantling the tower and leaving the site in its original state will be a straightforward process Freitag s decision to locate its flagship store here enriches the area, adding a new, high profile building which is used by members of the public during the day The view from the roof of the Freitag shop onto the transit-bridge is the same view that started the whole shebang in 1993 For some it s just noisy For others it s a source of inspiration photo: Roland Tännler 2006 Landscape designer Structural engineer spillmannechsle architekten bbz Landschaftsarchitekten Henauer Gugler Daniel und Markus Freitag MI_MOA Monday to Friday: 11:00-19:30 Saturday: 11:00-18:00 Sunday: closed 35

36 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Stadelhofen Station Stadelhoferstrasse 8001 Zurich Stadelhofen Train Station, built in the early 1980s, is a major transportation junction for the Zurich area The original design consisted of a 300 metres long terminal building, running along a curved railway line, which itself runs along a hillside in the town's centre In 1990, Santiago Calatrava received the assignment to add a new third track to the existing train station In order to accomplish this, his design envolved excavating part of the hillside to add the track, only to restore the hillside in part on top of the new structure This way the new track has an open, naturally lit platform, while above ground space was created for walkways photo: Maarten Helle 1984 Santiago Calatrava HelleBeelden Depending on departure times Swiss Railways operates regional train services through Stadelhofen However, the station is only for regional lines, and is not the main station in Zurich You can reach it from the main station in about minutes by tram (No 11, going south) 36

37 Railway Switching Box Duttweilerbrücke Zurich This project was designed by Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, a Zurich based architecture office Their plan won the design competition in 1996 Construction took place from 1998 to 1999 photo: Project is not public! Gigon Guyer Architekten y_kanezuka This building is located at the the crosspoint of Duttweilerbrücke and Hohlstrasse 37

38 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Forsterstrasse Apartments Forsterstrasse Zurich This project is spread over five levels The lowest is a column-free, underground car park, accessed directly off the street Above this is a partially buried entrance and service floor Finally there are three levels of apartments The lower two levels - 3 & 4 - are handed versions of each other and have two units each, whilst the smaller top floor has only one Internally, the planning is reminiscent of Mies' brick wall houses, with a series of orthogonal perpendicular walls defining individual spaces which flow from one to the next The perimeter of the building is column-free and totally glazed to maximise light and views The floor slabs cantilever out on the Forsterstrasse elevation to help combat solar gain Walls and floors are exposed reinforced concrete, and disguise very clever and subtle methods of load transference As with the Single Wall House, this initially simple building rewards study, and reveals itself to be both spatially and structurally sophisticated photo: David Baugh Project is not public! 2003 Project manager Landscape designer Structural engineer Christian Kerez Archobau Catherine Dumont d'ayot, Lucas Schweingruber, Christian Kerez Oberageri - Joseph Schwartz davidb Take the number 6 tram to Toblerplatz From here walk up the hill (north) and turn left into Freudenbergasse and then turn immediately right into Mittelbergsteig This is impassible to cars and motocycles At the top of Mittelbergsteig turn right onto Forsterstrasse and the project is approximately 40m along on the opposite side of the road 38

39 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Single Wall House Burenweg Zurich Outwardly simple, this project is, in fact, rather sophisticated, both structurally and spatially On a small and narrow plot, overlooking the heart of Zurich, the architect has built a structure containing two houses Instead of sitting them one above the other, or in tandem, the volume has been split vertically and longitudinally, so that each dwelling can take equal advantage of the views The parting wall zig-zags and follows a different line on each of the three floors This stabilizes it transversely and maximises the variety of spaces, which flow from floor to floor via open stair flights The wall is formed in reinforced concrete as is each floor plate, which is cantilevered from it, so that there are no perimeter columns to obstruct the views The above ground external walls are completely glazed; some sections can be slid open for ventilation External roller blinds located along the edge of the floor slabs can be lowered to control solar gain and help with privacy photo: David Baugh Project is not public! 2007 Project manager Structural engineer Christian Kerez BGS & Partner Architekten AG Dr Schwartz Consulting AG davidb Take the number 11 tram to Burgweiss and the Tram Museum From here turn east into Wasserstrasse (this road is very steep) At the first crossroads, turn right into Eierbrechtstrasse Follow this road until it turns left and becomes Burenweg The project is at the end of the turn at the junction with Hirtenweg 39

40 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Dynamo Metal Workshop Wasserwerkstrasse Zurich Dynamo is a cultural organisation, based in Zurich and aimed at young people It offers classes and workshops in a diverse range of subjects such as music, dance, theatre, graphics, photography, sculpture and textiles It now boasts this metal workshop designed by Phalt In spite of the address on Wasserwerkestrasse, the building sits down from the road on the Limmat waterfront, where the Drahtschmidlisteg bridge meets Neumuhle-Quai Thanks to Dynamo this area serves as a popular meeting place for young people The building is very simple A distorted rectactangle in plan contains a small office/workshop and a secure store The roof cantilevers out several metres all around to provide additional covered work space The entire building (apart from the roof) is clad in galvanised steel flooring plate This has been punched with numerous little circular cut-outs reminiscent of moon craters This gives the building a very utilitarian air, with a highly textured yet transparent surface photo: David Baugh 2008 Phalt City of Zurich davidb The project can be reached on foot: travel north from the Schweiz Museum (on the north side of the Hauptbahnhof) At the end of the park, cross the footbridge over the river Alternatively take a number 14 tram (direction Seebach) or a number 11 tram (direction Auzeig) Alight two stops after the Hauptbahnhof at Beckenhof and make your way on foot to the riverside 40

41 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Obsidian Hohlstrasse Zurich This project sits on a small plot, sandwiched between a main rail route and the residential area south of Hohlstrasse It is one of numerous new commercial developments recently built on this thin sliver of land For an office building, it is a new take on the classic slab and podium model Here, B&E spring the tower slab from one side of the podium rather than striking it from out of the top The three visible corners of the tower are marked where they reach the ground by double-height entrance features The slick, tinted glass envelope features a double façade which acts as a thermal and acoustic buffer On the inner façade, openable windows are located at 1200mm centres Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Services engineer Landscape designer Structural engineer baumschlager & eberle Helbling Ingenieurunternehmung Vogt Landschaftarchitekten Wismer + Partner Senn BPM AG davidb photo: David Baugh Take a number 2 tram in the direction of Farbhof, and alight at the end of the line The Farbhof terminus is on a traffic island at the junction of Badenerstrasse and Hohlstrasse The project is approximately 300m walk along Hohlstrasse 41

42 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Leutschenbach School Saatlenfussweg Zurich The Leutschenbach School (Schulhaus Leutschenbach) is located in the north of Zurich Designed by architect Christian Kerez, aimed to offer a completely new dimension for learning, this building has brought all the function zones under one roof and one next to another: classrooms, meeting rooms, the cafeteria, the music room and even the gym hall To highlight the architectural creation, the gym hall is designed to be on the top floor instead of submerged under the earth The statics of the building is provided by a steel structure and an embedded slab which is supported on only six points These form the foundation for the large gym hall and ensure the building to be completely earthquakes resistant photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Landscape designer Building physics consultant Project manager Roof & facade consultant General consultant Project manager Roof & facade consultant General consultant Services engineer Acoustics consultant Infrastructure consultant Infrastructure consultant Supplier Structural engineer Roof & facade consultant Building physics consultant Christian Kerez 4d AG Landschaftsarchitekten BSLA Bakus Bauphysik & Akustik GmbH BGS & Partner Architekten AG Dr Lüchinger + Meyer Bauing Dr Schwartz Consulting AG dsp Ingenieure & Planer AG SIA/USIC gkp Fassadentechnik AG Gysi Leoni Mader AG Hartmann Engineering GmbH Lienhard Martin MPA Engineering AG MTP Meili Tanner Partner AG Planbar AG SCE GmbH Sika Waldhauser Haustechnik AG Stadt Zürich Roderick From Oerlikon Bahnhof: Bus 63 / 94 to stop Saatlenstrasse or Bus 781 to stop Kehrichtverbrennung 42

43 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Glattalbahn Light Rail station Bäulerstrasse Zurich w&id=210&itemid=142 The Glattalbahn is a new rail service linking downtown Zurich with the airport via the Glattal communities The Glattalbahn project consists of 127 km of new double track light rail track and 20 stations The city of Zurich's public transport company (VBZ) operates this service under contract to the VBG It operates as an extension of Zurich's tram #10 under the new name 'Glattalbahn tram #10' for the whole line The striking architecture of the lightrail stops is a part of the overall plan with regard to urban development The railway stops designed by the architect Kai Flender follow a modular construction system with installation kits for technical equipment The standard materials are special powder-coated steel (anti-graffiti), aluminium as well as ESG/VSG glass with special silk-screen The railway stops are multi-functionally fitted with integrated loudspeakers, light boxes, information boxes, special lights, waste bins and ticket machines (text from vbgch and burriagch) photo: Roderick Trompert 2007 Cooperating designer Developer Developer Kai Flender Burri AG VBZ Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich ZVV Zürcher Verkehrsverbund VBG Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal AG Roderick From Zürich HB: Tram 10 direction Zürich Flughafen (Fracht), stop Bäuler (all stops in the area have same design, also along Tram line 11) 43

44 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Brunnenhof Brunnenhofstrasse Zurich Two lightly bent, elongated volumes of different heights restructure Buchegg Park The six-storey building on Hofwiesenstrasse is oriented towards the park as well as to the street It borders off the park from the street and protects it from the street noise The facades are formed by the protracting balconies and the concrete bands that wrap horizontally around the building Between them storey-height windows and alternately coloured glass panels form together with sliding anti-sun and screening glass panels an interplay of reflecting and matt, translucent and transparent coloured surfaces The colour concept was developed together with the artist Adrian Schiess Facing the street the glazing is dark blue and violet while facing the park the colour tones progress over large spaces from blue tones to green and then red The impression of the fluent, changing play of colours is enhanced by the varying positions of the sliding elements photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! 2007 Artist Project manager Structural engineer Landscape designer Gigon Guyer Architekten Adrian Schiess b+p baurealisation ag Dr Lüchinger + Meyer Bauing Hager Landschaftsarchitektur AG Stiftung Wohnungen für kinderreiche Familien Roderick From Zurich HB take tram 11 direction Auzelg to stop 'Radiostudio' 44

45 photo: Hannes Henz photo: Hannes Henz Home for a Priest Röntgenstrasse Zurich Frei + Saarinen refurbished a 100-years-old penthouse and extended it partly over a former terrace The mayor spatial effects happen in the "shifted" interior space between the old and new exterior wall A generous dormer window consisting of mirroring glued glass connects the main room to the wooden terrace and new rooflights open views to the sky Project is not public! , Interior architect Frei + Saarinen Architekten MS photo: Hannes Henz 45

46 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Kirchner Museum Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Platz 1 CH-7270 Davos Created to house the art of the German expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, the museum s 4 double-height volumes connected by a lower volume, blend into the snow-caped, mountainous landscape of Davos, with a varying opaque, translucent and clear glass cladding Natural light enters through a translucent ceiling into a plenum space above the galleries Photo-electronic sensors detect too much daylight and shades are used to block off the light When there is too little light artificial illumination is directed to bounce off of the opaque ceiling of the plenum and indirectly and atmospherically into the galleries Between the 4 exhibition volumes is the darker circulation space that punctually opens up framed views of the landscape It is the first major commission of Zurich architects Annette Gigon & Mike Guyer The sleek, nevertheless highly functional construction of glass, concrete, steel and wood is neighbored by 2 other of their designs: the Sportscentre and wooden Werkhof photo: Naomi Schiphorst Gigon Guyer Architekten Kirchner Museum MI_MOA Open year round Tuesday to Sunday 1 July to 14 October and 17 December to 15 April: 10 am to 6 pm Otherwise 2 pm to 6 pm Train: Swiss Federal Railways, SBB, from Zurich via Landquart Davos is 2:20h See wwwsbbch/en for timetable information Stop at station Davos Dorf or Davos Platz Car: Davos is 145 km from Zurich: see wwwdavosch for detailed driving directions 46

47 photo: Margherita Spiluttini photo: Margherita Spiluttini Therme Vals Hotel Therme 7132 Vals With the only thermal spring in Graubünden, the Therme Spa is a stunning landmark built from stone slabs of Valser quartzite Stone by stone The combinations of light and shade, open and enclosed spaces and linear elements make for a highly sensuous and restorative experience Only two years after its completion the Therme was listed as a protected building It has been described as a lesson in combining audacity with aesthetics, a totally unique, yet traditional spa and therapeutic centre that is the last word in peaceful sensuality, and a world first in spas The Vals quartzite quarried just two kilometres from where the building stands The great slabs of the roof are grassed over: sections of flower studded alpine meadow photo: Henry Pierre Schultz 1996 Lighting designer Peter Zumthor Viabizzuno Hotel und Thermalbad Vals AG MI_MOA daily: 11:00-20:00 Season 2006/2007: 17th June th April 2007 Season 2007/2008: 26 May March 2008 Open to children from 5 years old The bathing facilities are open to Hotel Therme guests from 07:00 Night bathing for hotel guests: Sunday: Wednesday: 22:30-24:00 Thursday: 22:30-24:00 Car: from Zürich take the high-way to Chur 8 kms after Chur follow signs to Flims / Laax / Ilanz In Ilanz follow signs for Vals which lead to the entrance of Vals valley If you choose to take the route over "Oberalppass", only open in summer, you have to leave the main road in Ilanz too Train: From Zürich Kloten airport, train to Zürich HB Central station From there, train for Chur In Chur, change to Ilanz/Disentis In Ilanz take a bus to Vals Zurich Kloten to Vals is about 200 km 47

48 photo: Walter Mair photo: Walter Mair Hotel Therme Vals Hotel Therme 7132 Vals In the Hotel adjacent to the world famous Therme Spa Peter Zumthor has redesigned 52 rooms without altering the hotel s original 1960s structure As part of the redevelopment, Der Rote Saal (The Red Room), the hotel s restaurant, was extended Although some parts of the complex are still in their original state, they are all gradually being brought up to the standard of the Therme itself, meaning the guest experiences In 1983, the town council bought the thermal spring and hotel, and the company that manages the site today, Hotel und Thermalbad Vals AG, is still 100% owned by the council In 1986, Peter Zumthor, an architect from Haldenstein,, was commissioned to build a new spa, and the resulting project received praise from around the world It has been described as a lesson in combining audacity with aesthetics, a totally unique, yet traditional spa and therapeutic centre that is the last word in peaceful sensuality, and a world first in spas 2007 Peter Zumthor Hotel und Thermalbad Vals AG MI_MOA photo: Walter Mair 24/7 By rail with the SBB Swiss Federal Railways to Chur, change to the Rhätische Bahn as far as Ilanz and then by postal coach to Vals (20 km) Access by road via Chur - Flims - Ilanz 48

49 photo: Ruedi Walti photo: Ruedi Walti Busterminal Twerenbold Fislisbacherstrasse 5406 Baden-Rütihof The task was relatively banal: the construction of a departure hall for touring coaches But the more one looks, the more Knapkiewicz & Fickert's structure becomes an intriguing adventure The new terminal, which is trapezoid in plan and around 33 to 56 metres along the sides, has space for two coaches one behind the other and six side by side A folded roof spans both coach and passenger areas Its irregularly shaped, steel-ribbed underside is clad with green PVC-sheeting printed with a map of Europe On the outside the roof is clad with green-and-yellow striped corrugated plastic The details reveal the architects' pleasure in disrupting clarity and generating contradictions For instance, the otherwise concealed steel construction is exposed on the side faces On each side, an exposed beam up to 3 metres high joins the main support at its far end at an acute angle that resists bending photo: Ruedi Walti 2006 Knapkiewicz & Fickert AG Twerenbold Service AG Axel_Simon 49

50 photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber Church San Benedetg Caplutta Sogn Benedetg Sumvitg This Zumthor church in a small village located in the Mountains is a cylinder that turns into an oval and then into a keel: the geometry of this church, however definite, is also dynamic and elusive to the eye, all this exacerbated by the implantation of the building on a steep slope The church has a wooden construction and the façade is made with wooden shingles, wooden snips, similar to the locally build houses The building is very carefully detailed even on places you would normally not come (like behind the concrete stairs of the entrance) The setting is wonderful 1988 Peter Zumthor City of Sumvitg Marloes_Faber photo: Marloes Faber You can visit the church daily apart from Sunday Take the car to Sumvitg in the canton of Graubünden In this village is one road up to San Benedigt (different ways to write) It's about a km tough climbing for the car In San Benedigt it is easy to find your way to the church 50

51 photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber House Truog Gugalun Gugalun 7104 Versam Between the mountains you can find a little Zumthor-house The first part of the house is an old Switch cottage Zumthor build on to this cottage on a very subtle way Project is not public! photo: Marloes Faber 1994 Peter Zumthor Bernadette and Peter Truog Marloes_Faber It is not easy to get there You have to pass Versam to the south You have to drive about 1,5km by car after you will pass the last hotel in Versam Then you will have to take a small road to the right (before a tunnel) Then it is maybe 500m up to the hill The Gugalun is not visible from any place so look after a strange mailbox behind the road Park your car somewhere in the grass and go further by feet, good luck! 51

52 photo: Chang Fang photo: Harald Mooij House Lötscher-Williman Fir 7127 Sevgein The family of this house wanted something like a mice-house, with numerous single units rather than a horizontal, open sequence of rooms The result was a tower-like concept with rooms divided into half-storeys which also complied with the placement of the building on the site The house stands like a wedge between the mountain slope and the foothills The house is constituted of a wooden structure of prefabricated elements, with skylights also prefabricated set in copper frames The lightweight timber-frame structure of the house was erected within one week photo: Jeroen Bos Project is not public! 1999 Bearth & Deplazes Theres Lötscher & Urban Willimann Jeroen 52

53 photo: Milo Keller photo: Milo Keller Cow Shed Le Cerisier 2523 Lignières In 2003, two Swiss farmers commissioned Localarchitecture to design a free-stall barn for 30 cows The brief for the design was to minimize earthworks and provide a balance of cuts and fills It was to be positioned near the existing farm, delineating an outdoor space for the livestock it houses Keen to respect the local architectural tradition, the architects conducted a detailed analysis of regional farm typologies, identifying two types The earliest is characterized by a roof ridge set perpendicularly to the contour lines, creating building façades that are generously open to the valley This model's disadvantage is that it makes any enlargement problematic As agriculture became more mechanized, therefore, this layout was replaced by a more flexible typology, with a roof ridge running parallel to the contour lines and side gables By combining these two types, the architects have created a synthesis of different traditions, giving them a contemporary shape with a new identity photo: Milo Keller Project is not public! 2005 Localarchitecture Daniel Juan + Fernand Cuche Manuel_Bieler 53

54 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Paspels School Alte Domleschgergasse Paspels Paspels school is a reinforced concrete monolith The architect did not use right angles for the outside, so although at first glance the exterior geometry seems simple, closer study reveals a chain-like reaction of slight distortions that shroud the building in an air of strangeness Inside, however each classroom on the first and second floors has two right-angled sides that make up the walls of cruciform access corridors In sum, the school can be interpreted as an exercise in the phenomenology of perception photo: João Morgado Project is not public! Valerio Olgiati Oberstufepaspels JMMM 54

55 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site Seilerbahnweg Chur Protective housing for the remains of the foundations of three Roman Buildings (which one of those only a corner is visible) This protective casing for the archaeological finds was conceived as a kind of abstract reconstruction of the Roman volumes: a lightweight framework for walls made of timer lamella which admit light and air exactly follows the Roman outer walls, thus producing a package-like effect which give a visible form to location of the Roman buildings in today's city landscape photo: João Morgado Peter Zumthor City of Chur JMMM 55

56 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado School and multipurpose hall Sutvitg Vella The school extension was made by addition of 2 new volumes (entirely made of local wood) and open spaces with them connected Each building faces a different direction according their individual functions (educate school building, community centre and multi-purpose hall) The entire work shows a strong relation with the surroundings: the topography, local materials and related construction methods, etc persists in the building logic photo: João Morgado Project is not public! Bearth & Deplazes Politische Gemeinde Vella JMMM 56

57 photo: Ralph Feiner photo: Ralph Feiner Vineyard Estate Gantenbein Im Feld CH-7306 Fläsch This exclusive wine estate is a family run business, situated at the edge of gently sloping vineyards The extension to the vineyard exists out of 3 simple buildings that form a small courtyard 2 existing single storey buildings have been completed by a new structure The basement has 8 mushroom-columns, and forms an extension to the fermentation cellar, which is half sunk in the ground At courtyard level is a hall where the grapes are pressed, and at the top are the rooms for tasting wines It's a pragmatic, yet aesthetically pleasing building The concrete skeleton frame is filled in with bricks which are turned and have open vertical joints Together with the ETH Zurich these wall elements were assembled by industrial robots The open-jointed brickwork gives the facade an image of stacked grapes It provides sun shading and ensured an almost constant temperature for an optimal fermentation process Transparent polycarbonate sheeting provides protection against wind and moisture photo: Ralph Feiner 2007 Bearth & Deplazes Martha and Daniel Gantenbein Naomi 57

58 photo: Ralph Feiner photo: Ralph Feiner Skilift Carmenna Carmenna 7050 Arosa This is a chair cable lift of which 3 stations were designed: in the valley, in middle and on the top They all match their design The roof of the first station has multiple angles and spans from the ground up, over the large garage and the entrance and exit of the cable lift Its shape integrates the station into its environments in winter it is completely covered in snow; in summer overgrown by grass as if the lift is part of the mountain The chameleon-like character also visually reduces the prominent size of the base station The striking angular entrance facade has a translucent polycarbonate sheeting All stations are built with lightweight materials such as plastics, corrugated metal sheeting and wood, because of limited access to the area The steel-frame construction was brought up to the site by helicopter The interior is painted in Neon-red and -green These shrill colors have enough power in clear sunlight, match the loud world of winter sports photo: Ralph Feiner 2001 Bearth & Deplazes Arosa Bergbahnen Naomi 58

59 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Museum Liner Unterrainstrasse Appenzell Museum Liner is located in the Swiss village of Appenzell and exhibits artworks of the twentieth century The entrance is located to the south, behind which a series of exhibition rooms unfolds, in declining order of volume To the north, a reading and media room closes this series The walls of the rooms were deliberately kept devoid of ornament, with white walls and a poured concrete floor making up the surfaces This way the artworks on display get a surrounding as solemnly as possible photo: Maarten Helle 1998 Gigon Guyer Architekten HelleBeelden April October: Tuesday - Friday: & Saturday & Sunday: / November March: Tuesday Saturday: Sunday:

60 photo: Evan Chakroff photo: Evan Chakroff Ricola Storage Building Baselstrasse Laufen 13FB7F610F47C6 This is a mechanized warehouse had to be built for herbs and herbal throat drops The structure appears to rest on ribs which can be seen protruding below the bottom-most of these layers They are attached to the slab which has been cast directly on the rocky ground forming the foundation of the warehouse Because of the open structure which is formed, the yellow colour of the thermal insulation can be detected between the panels The only exception to this is on the side exposed to the weather, where a silver foil offers additional protection against moisture The architects have given various reasons for the shape of the shell All of them have to do with the stacking of materials: planks piled to dry, or panels of cement, or even the shelves of the new hall In images like these, which they called upon when creating the design, the function and construction of the warehouse are rendered congruent in a complex fashion (text from website Ricola) photo: Evan Chakroff Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Herzog and De Meuron Ricola AG evanc 60

61 photo: João Sousa photo: João Sousa Zentrum Paul Klee Monument im Fruchtland Bern At the heart of this new cultural institution is the artist Paul Klee ( ), his life and his work Today Paul Klee, who was also a musician, teacher and poet, ranks as one of the 20th century s most significant artists Of the 10,000 or so works that make up Paul Klee s oeuvre a good 40 per cent, that is to say around 4,000 paintings, watercolours and drawings as well as archives and biographical material, has been brought together at the Zentrum Paul Klee The Centre s collections are considered as the largest collection of a single artist of world renown Renzo Piano's fascination with the terrain on the eastern outskirts of Bern gave him the idea of creating a spacious island of green from which the architecture would emerge in the form of three undulating waves photo: João Sousa Renzo Piano Joao_Sousa Tel +41 (0) kontaktzpkorg Exhibitions: Mon closed, Tue Sun: 10 am to 5 pm Tickets on sale: 930 am to 5 pm Museum Street / Shop / Café: Mon closed, Tue Sun: 930 am to 530 pm Bus no 12 (direction: Zentrum Paul Klee)To the end station; the bus stops by the Schöngrün Restaurant and the north entrance to the Paul Klee Center Tram no 5 (direction: Ostring) Take it to the end station; then there is a walk by foot going slightly upwards through a shopping center and then, after turning left, along the Giacometti street to the south entrance and also to the main entrance to the Paul Klee Center It takes ca 15 minutes Bus no 10 (direction: Ostermundigen) 61

62 Das Gelbe Haus Via Nova Flims Shortly before his death, architect Rudolf Olgiati donated his collection of cultural assets to the municipality of Flims on the condition that 'Das Gelbe Haus' (The Yellow House) in the heart of Flims was rebuilt according to his liking Before all, it had to be "painted white from top to bottom" In 1997, his son, Valerio Olgiati, was comissioned by the municipality to redesign the house into a museum (text from website museum) 1999 Valerio Olgiati JKA photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Tuesday - Sunday:

63 photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti House Meuli Bovelweg Fläsch In the village of Fläsch, Swiss architects Bearth & Deplazes have built a private house for the Meuli family The monolithic structure is made from concrete with foam glass gravel No further insulation was needed Project is not public! 2001 Bearth & Deplazes Meuli Family JKA photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti 63

64 photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Studio Olgiati Via Stretga Flims Next to his private house, architect Valerio Olgiati has built this new studio for his architectural office It refers to traditional local architecture and is yet radically different Project is not public! 2008 Valerio Olgiati JKA photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti 64

65 photo: Archive Olgiati photo: Archive Olgiati House for a Musician Fravgia Scharans The house with atelier for musician Linard Bardill occupies the site of a former barn in the old centre of Scharans To get a planning permission for constructing the new building in the protected historical villagescape, the volume of the old barn had to be rebuilt For an atelier where he can work properly, Linard Bardill did not even need a third of the footprint of the old stable The missing volume is surrounded by a red concrete wall covered with a myriad of ornaments This walled room in the random geometry of the old barn receives an unexpected monumentality in this clustered surrounding by a gigantic elliptical opening in the roof (text from website architect) photo: Archive Olgiati 2007 Valerio Olgiati JKA Fridays: There are buses going from Thusis 65

66 photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Marco De Trizio The Hotel Sempacherstrasse Luzern The Hotel in Luzern celebrates simplicity and spirituality as much as it does elegance and refinement The central idea is to create something quite unlike anything before that provides guests with a magical, exciting and unforgettable feeling (text from website hotel) 2006 Jean Nouvel Marco_De_Trizio photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek 66

67 photo: Trevor Patt photo: Trevor Patt Rolex Learning Center Route des Noyerettes 1015 Lausanne Point of entry to Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Learning Center is a place to learn, access information and live A place where virtual and physical components are combined Its very concept includes the flexibility and growth potential to evolve and follow the pedagogical, social and technical trends of the School It houses the EPFL Library, providing the 10'000 students on campus with 900 working seats arranged in various configurations: silence space for personal work, quiet space for collaborative work and sound-proofed rooms for group work The Library is public and offers free access to its 500'000 volumes and over 1 million online documents, focused on the School topics: fundamental and applied sciences, and architecture Besides the Library are 3 restaurants, a bookshop and a multi-purpose hall, next to the EPFL Press, a laboratory for the use of technology in didactics, student and alumni associations and a Career Center photo: Trevor Patt Floor area/size m² Contractor SANAA Losinger Construction Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne timtom 7am - midnight 7/7 (except August 1st and December 25th) More info here: The Rolex Learning Center is part of the Campus 2010 project, which comprises new student housing, a hotel, office space for EPFL spinoffs and a conference centre scheduled to open in 2012 The projects also aims at redefining and opening the South sector, integrating areas of relaxation, providing a breath of air within the new context of a significant campus The Rolex Learning Center building site has become an attraction in itself, in addition to the center's stunning, pioneering architecture EPFL and Losinger have developed a series of visits tailored to different groups, from industry professionals to the EPFL community and people from the neighborhood, as well as others who are curious visiterlc@epflch or see their website for more information 67

68 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Kunstmuseum Winterthur Extension Museumstrasse Winterthur The extension of the Winterthur Museum of Art, built as a low-cost construction, creates additional space for the next decades The extension also had to include a car park The new building simply consists of a parallelepiped attached to the rear of the city art gallery A covered passageway connects the new extension to the neoclassical main building designed by Rittmeyer & Furrer in 1915 The exhibition rooms are rectangular spaces with a sawtooth oriented to the north An objective of the design was to create exhibition spaces which shouldn't compete with the works of art A simple grid is used to divide 1000 m² of space into different rooms of varying sizes and proportions Walking from room to room, the visitor enters them from different angles and experiences their dimensions in different ways Three large windows allow visitors to look out and give sense of direction The building is built as a galvanized perforated box; the façades are covered by u-glass, placed vertically 1995 Gigon Guyer Architekten Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín 68

69 photo: Filip Landa photo: Filip Landa Aargauer Kunsthaus Extension Aargauerplatz Aarau The Aargauer Kunsthaus, originally built in 1959, became increasingly unable to cope with the constant expansion of the collection and the dynamism of the exhibition programme After several years of planning, therefore, a unique extension designed by internationally renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron and the artist Rémy Zaugg was opened in 2003 The building represents a harmonious blend of old and new, a mixture of park and city, resulting from a careful analysis of the urban surroundings While the entrance area and foyer, with the two winding staircases, make a spectacular, open and inviting impact, the architecture of the exhibition rooms recedes into the background, so to speak The Aargauer Kunsthaus has a total of 3000 square metres of exhibition space (twice as much as before the extension) at its disposal in bright spacious rooms (text fom project's website) photo: Filip Landa Floor area/size m² Main designer,, Interior architect, Urban planner Artist Technical engineer Herzog and De Meuron Filipoid Rémy Zaugg Ove Arup Baudepartement des Kantons Aargau Tuesday - Sunday: / Thursday: / Monday: closed 69

70 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Oskar Reinhart Collection Am Römerholz Haldenstrasse CH-8400 Winterthur The Villa am Römerholz was built in 1915 in French Renaissance style by the architect Maurice Turrentini Oskar Reinhart bought it in 1924 and commissioned Turrentini to add a gallery to house his art collection Reinhart dies in 1965 and bequeaths the villa and the art to the Swiss Confederation Following a renovation in 1970, the villa is opened as a public museum From 1993 to 1998 Gigon & Guyer renew the villa and add three new exhibition spaces They vary in size and proportion From outside, the new rooms form a closed cube inserted between the residence and the gallery The walls are clad with large prefabricates slabs of concrete Mixed with pulverized limestone and copper, the principal materials used to build the villa, the concrete cladding will rapidly turn green Water enriched with copper ions running down the façade will accelerate the change Through this compressed process of patinization, the new building will make a journey in time to the meet the genius loci photo: José F García Martín 1998 Gigon Guyer Architekten Swiss Federal Office of Culture Jose_Garcia Tuesday to Sunday 10 am-5 pm Wednesday 10 am-8 pm Closed Monday No 3 bus from the railway station to Kantonsspital bus stop The museum is then a ten-minute walk in the direction of the Lindberg, following the Römerholz signpost 70

71 photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Zillis Sports Hall Veia da Baselgia Zillis This multi-purpose sports hall for a secondary school is located in the village of Zillis, in the Graunbunden region of The hall is sunk into the ground with gallery windows at ground level Bearth and Deplazes describe the form as "an archaic enclosure with three parallel linear spaces" photo: Ralph Kent Project is not public! 1999 Bearth & Deplazes jrhartley The school is at the heart of the village, adjacent to the church The school was also designed by Bearth & Deplazes The multi-purpose sports hall is adjacent to the school building, separated by the sports pitch 71

72 photo: Milo Keller photo: Milo Keller Maracon House Les Ottorins 1613 Maracon The building is located in the continuity of the existing farms, respecting the morphology and scale of the other constructions in the village The project is inspired from traditional architectural forms and codes and is reinterpreted to the use of the building and to contemporary esthetics The form of the building nestles itself in the topography of the ground and inscribes itself in the landscape The structure is formed of a succession of partition walls of various dimensions which generates the volume and space of the building The form is dictated by the program, thus being two families living under the same roof The north façade, concave and closed, folds itself under the pressure of the north wind to mark the main entrance The south façade, convex and glazed, visually separates the garden in two parts to create intimate spaces for the two families photo: Milo Keller Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Contractor Localarchitecture Quartal Véronique and Etienne Cuche Manuel_Bieler 72

73 photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Wegelin House Mostgasse Malans This family house in Malans,, was designed long and narrow, to leave as much space as possible to the south of the site for the walled orchard The architects also deliberately challenged planning rules by building right up to the edge of the plot and by not having an equally overhanging roof on all sides photo: Ralph Kent Project is not public! 1999 Bearth & Deplazes jrhartley 73

74 photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Annalisa Zumthor House Leis 7132 Vals The small idyllic Swiss village of Leis is expanding in the form of two new houses, designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor of thermal bath fame The lower of the two is called the Annalisa Zumthor House in honor of Zumthor s wife for whom the house was built The other is a rental Both houses are constructed in the Strickbau technique of solid laced-beam construction, a method that Zumthor seems increasingly keen on recently photo: Ralph Kent Project is not public! 2009 Peter Zumthor Annalisa Zumthor jrhartley Drive up above Vals, opposite a restaurant/bar on the south side of the valley above the town 74

75 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Villa Schwob Turque Rue de Doubs la Chaux de Fonds Le Corbusier's design for La Villa Turque was influenced by his travels in Turkey, and it made dramatic use of reinforced concrete Construction costs proved to be far beyond the architect's estimates, and Le Corbusier left for Paris after being sued by his client, watch factory owner Anatole Schwob Today, the villa is owned by Ebel, a watch company whose motto is "The s of Time" Ebel purchased the house in 1986 and invested heavily in its restoration La Villa Turque is now used by Ebel's public relations department and includes several guestrooms for employees and important visitors photo: Jeroen Meijer 1916 Le Corbusier Anatole Schwob jpmm Ebel opens the house to visitors on the first and last Saturdays of each month from 11 am to 4 pm Admission is free Be sure to visit the basement, where you can see an excellent film about the restoration in French, English, German, Italian, or Spanish A 12 minute walk ( 0,8 Km) uphill from the train station 75

76 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Le Petit Maison Villa Le Lac Route de Laveaux VD Corseaux Vevey A house for the parents of the architect, an elderly couple, on the shores of lake Geneva It is small, (16m x 4m), a simple white plaster parallelogram with one floor consisting of a living room, a bedroom, powder room, a small salon that could be converted to a bedroom for guests, a vestibule, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a closet for storing clothing and other items The front exterior wall was added later, when a new road was built in front of the property A sober and even humble porch precedes the entrance door An elevated additional (guest)room, accessible by stairs in the entrance courtyard, has a magnificent view at the lake over the roof Hollow concrete blocks that were used for the walls are good conductors of heat and cold, which was bad For these and other technical reasons, a coating of galvanized panels was added to the façade Structural problems caused by the lake and cheap construction materials led Le Corbusier to coat the outside with aluminum in the 1950s photo: Jeroen Meijer 1925, Interior architect Le Corbusier jpmm From April to October: on Monday from 9 to 12:00 On wednesday from 1 pm to 5 pm Outside opening hours, visits on request are possible by appointment with the curator: lecorbusier@corseauxch From the direction of Vevey: the building is located on the west edge of Vevey, on route de Lavaux, the road leading out of town beyond the Nestlé headquarters building The villa is shortly on the left side next to a marina( 76

77 photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Disentis Cloister Girls Dormitory Via Sursilvana Disentis This project is adjacent to the Benedictine Cloister in Disentis and is home to the girls who board at the school Having the lowest cost proposal, Gion A Caminada won the project after a competition The project is particularly interesting as every floor within the five-storey building has direct outdoor access By integrating the design so well into the terrain, Caminada eliminated the need for a secondary means of escape Consequently, there is one central spine containing the stairs, services and a lift for disabled access The stairs make a quarter turn between levels, so each floor plan is twisted 90' compared to the floor below Within this sculptural core are 'snuggle corners' heated copper plates for the girls to curl up in and chat The girls move from the ground floor towards the top level with seniority, as they move "from caterpillars, to pupae, to full butterflies" photo: Ralph Kent Project is not public! 2004 Gion A Caminada Cloister of Disentis jrhartley The project is located in the heart of Disentis You may be able to get a tour with one of the monastery's brothers during the school holidays through prior arrangement 77

78 photo: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti photo: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti Neue Monte Rosa Hutte Gornergrat Zermatt 2,883m above sea level, inaccessible by car or ski lift and a three-hour hike from the base of the mountain, the Neue Monte Rosa-Hütte is a destination for only the most dedicated architecture fans The lodge and restaurant for Swiss hikers, on the icy slopes of the Monte Rosa mountain in the Swiss Alps, was a collaborative project to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the ETH university of science and technology in Zurich The university worked with Swiss practice Bearth and Deplazes and the Swiss Alpine Club, a mountaineering club looking for a contemporary replacement for its existing 19th-century hut "The idea was to build a sustainable building as an exemplar building project," says project architect Marcel Baumgartner "The conditions were so extreme up there, with no electricity, no water supply, no roads, no streets It had to be self-sufficient and provide energy on site In a way it was the perfect test for the university" Floor area/size m² Developer Associate architect Associate architect Services engineer General consultant General consultant Bearth & Deplazes architektur + bauprozess Architektur& Design GmbH ETH Zürich Lauber IWISA AG Matterhorn Engineering AG WGG Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG ETH Zurich Roderick photo: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti 5h hike from Zermatt across the Gornergletscher, or take a helicopter! 78

79 photo: bjunker photo: bjunker Viewing Platform Ruinaulta Conn Via Punt la Reisga Flims The viewing platform is situated near Flims and gives you a stunning view down the Ruinaulta, a canyon with a depth of about 400m photo: bjunker 2006 Corinna Menn bjunker From Flims it's a walk of ca 1h 79

80 photo: Alessandro Conti photo: Alessandro Conti Entrance of the Graubünden Parliament Masanserstrasse Chur New ramp and roof to enter the house of the Graubünden cantonal parliament photo: Alessandro Conti Valerio Olgiati alekf Outdoor, always visible 80

81 photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Atelier Zumthor Suesswinggel Haldenstein This is Peter Zumthor's studio in the small village of Haldenstein, just outside of Chur in the Graubunden region of The first studio was built in 1986, with the concrete extension adjacent to his private family home - added in 2005 Project is not public! 1986 Peter Zumthor jrhartley photo: Ralph Kent The area is not fenced off, but your attention is drawn to a small plaque near the door of the concrete atelier extension which reminds people that this is Peter Zumthor's family home and to respect his privacy Park in the centre of Haldenstein and wander up north, you will pass the Zumthor atelier 81

82 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer La Congiunta Alla Monda 6745 Giornico A concrete alien in the rural fields of Giornico, this museum displays the sculptures of Hans Josephson Light enters through a rooflight along the length of the building One enters the introvert building by a small door, to be opened with a key which can be collected at the osteria in the village photo: Jeroen Meijer 1992 Peter Märkli Fondazion La Congiunta jpmm Giornico, a small village between Bellinzona and Hospental, in Ticino, The key can be obtained at the Bar Osteria Giornico (on the main road) The museum is a bit to the north, on the other side of the water, parallel to the E

83 photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber Pfaffenholz sport centre Rue Saint Exupery Saint-Louis France The central sports hall in the Pfaffenholz centre by Herzog and de Meuron, lies partly underground The building is not more than apparent but deceptively simple composition of spatial volumes Great photo: Marloes Faber 1993 Herzog and De Meuron Bürgerspital Basel Marloes_Faber For 5 Francs you will get a nice guide tour (not allowed to go in there by yourself) We made a very long walk It must be easier to go there by bike, tram etc etc 83

84 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Ricola Europe Mulhouse Rue de l'ill Mulhouse France 9BB33A63B4A4B3 This is a packing and distribution building for Ricola Europe in Mulhouse-Brunstatt When the Swiss decided against joining the EU economic area in a referendum held in 1992, it became necessary for Ricola to set up a sales company in the EU and to build a hall for Ricola Europe in neighbouring France This hall was built in a few months in 1995 It is situated on the periphery of Mulhouse, on the west bank of the Rhine-Rhône Canal, facing Brunstatt It is a simple building, 60 m long, 30 m wide an 8 m high The roof projects outwards and slightly upwards for 8 m on each of the two long sides It creates large, protected areas, those facing into the yard being used for loading and unloading the trucks, and those facing a small park for rest periods Here, the roof is of a material which allows the light through, so that these areas are bathed in soft light (text from website Ricola) photo: Maarten Helle Project is not public! 1995 Herzog and De Meuron Ricola HelleBeelden 84

85 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Haus Rudin Off Rue du Waldeck Leymen France With a simple volume and a gabled roof, Herzog & de Meuron have overdrawn the situation to a certain extent The type corresponds to what is generally understood to be a 'house', yet the building is nevertheless different The exterior form could be described as the prototype of a house, as the architects themselves claim, yet it also plays with a children's drawing On the other hand, it evokes the impression of a view of a monolithic block, albeit a raised one, floating above the ground The cantilevered floors, which project from the outside of the building, appear like a presentation tableau, raising the house while distancing it from its context The building also produces the impression of being a compact volume because roof overhangs are missing In stark contrast to the grey exterior, there are soft colours inside and the lapidary spatial concept is countered by the unusual access from below and the high space above the stairs photo: Jeroen Meijer Project is not public! 1998 Herzog and De Meuron Hanspeter Rudin jpmm Leymen is a small French rural village, south-east of Basel on the D23 It is just on the other side of the border from Biel-Benken There is good public transport (tramway) from Basel 85

86 photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan VitraHaus Charles-Eames-Strasse Weil am Rhein Germany A new building has been added to the Vitra Campus The VitraHaus lies in close proximity to the Swiss border and the furniture manufacture's Basel headquarters Here the Vitra Home Collection is shown The furnishings and objects are arranged in a variety of settings for both living and working: classics by Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Prouvé and Verner Panton are combined with contemporary designs by Maarten Van Severen, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Antonio Citterio, Hella Jongerius, Jasper Morrison and others With the VitraHaus, there is a sense of "homecoming" not only with regard to the architects, but also in the building concept Herzog & de Meuron make reference to the archetypal form of the gabled house, which is found in residential structures around the globe They have stretched this basic form and combined a series of "houses" in an intersecting stack photo: Iwan Baan Supplier Herzog and De Meuron Sto Isoned Vitra Verwaltungs GmbH, Weil am Rhein, Germany MI_MOA The VitraHaus is open Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm Vitra Design Museum offers guided architectural tours of about 2 hours on the Vitra Campus Daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm Public transport: From Claraplatz or Badischer Bahnhof Basel, take bus 55 From EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, take bus 50 to the Basel SBB Railway Station, tram 2 to Badischer Bahnhof Basel, bus 55From the train station in Weil am Rhein, it is about a 15 min walk to the museum By car: From Germany and, take the A5 motorway, exit at Weil am Rhein, turn left, follow the signs for Vitra Design Museum From France, go to the Palmrain (D) border crossing, take E

87 photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Vitra Fire Station Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D Weil am Rhein Germany Following a major fire in 1981, the company Vitra has pursued a conscious approach to its own architecture, starting with the commission awarded to the English architect Nicholas Grimshaw to build a new factory hall After completion of the first structure, he was assigned the task of developing a master plan for the Vitra grounds Now Vitra commissions a different architect for each building project, deliberately contrasting works of architecture confront one another and imbue the site with vitality and a distinctive identity The Fire Station is one of the highlights of the tour Long an icon of deconstructivist architecture, this was the first work ever to be realized by the master architect who is today entrusted with prestigious global commissions Constructed as a working firehouse within the Vitra furniture design and manufacturing complex, the building is now used by Vitra as a showplace for part of its permanent collection of chairs 1994 Zaha Hadid s Vitra Design Museum Naomi photo: Wojtek Gurak Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Vitra offers guided architecture tours in numerous languages over the premises of the Vitra company's factory in Weil am Rhein, daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm Contact: info-weil@design-museumde or call 0049 (0) Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists 87

88 photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Conference Pavilion Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D Weil am Rhein Germany Vitra, the German furniture manufacturer, has been collecting buildings by a variety of architects on their factory site near Basel They organize tours over the premises The starting point for the tour is Gehry's sculptural-expressionistic museum building, completed in the first of the California architect's buildings to be realised in Europe The Conference Pavilion by Japan's Tadao Ando was also a European premiere The introverted structure is visually impressive with its formal restraint and reduction to a few materials Most of the building is situated under ground The austere and elegantly proportioned conference pavilion is a deliberate contrast to the flamboyance of Gehry's neighboring design museum Along with the museum and Conference Pavilion, the Fire Station by London-based Zaha Hadid is one of the highlights of the tour 1993 Tadao Ando Vitra Design Museum boeboe photo: Wojtek Gurak Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Guided tours are daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm The number of participants is limited There is no advance registration for public tours Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0) Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists 88

89 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Wojtek Gurak Vitra Design Museum Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D Weil am Rhein Germany The inception of the Vitra Design Museum dates back to the early 1980s With the aim of documenting the history of the Vitra company, Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum began collecting the furniture of designers who had influenced the company's development, such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alvar Aalto, and Jean Prouvé The design museum houses temporary exhibitions on themes of furniture design, and Gehry's building makes a suitable host for them - in keeping with the theme, but - once inside supporting, not competing with, the exhibitions As well as Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw, Tadao Ando and Zaha Hadid are all represented with separate buildings on the grounds of Vitra, in a cross between an industrial plant and a model village photo: Dirk Verwoerd Gehry Partners Vitra Design Museum boeboe Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Guided tours are daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm The number of participants is limited There is no advance registration for public tours Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0) Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists 89

90 photo: Viktor Ramos photo: Viktor Ramos Gas Station Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D Weil am Rhein Germany The station was designed to be portable so that the gas station placement could be modified This made it quite easy to ship it off to Vitra and rebuild it In 2003 Vitra incorporated it into their collection on the factory grounds near Basel Jean Prouvé (8 April March 1984) was a French architect and designer His main achievement was transferring the manufacturing technology from industry to the architecture, without losing the aesthetic qualities photo: Wojtek Gurak 2003 Jean Prouvé Vitra Design Museum Naomi Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Guided tours are daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm There is no advance registration for public tours Groups can make reservation Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0) Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists 90

91 photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Vitra Dome Charles-Eames-Strasse Weil am Rhein Germany The Charter-Sphere Dome, which was erected in 1954 in Detroit, has been transferred to the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in 2000 The Charter-Sphere dome is Thomas C Howard's signature design TC Howard started using the Charter-Sphere dome as the request became more demanding Charter-Spheres are easier to design and erect than the geodesic domes They are still abundantly seen around the world TC Howard designed most of the early geodesic domes that are thought to be Buckminster Fuller's The dome at the Vitra Campus is constructed as a lightweight structure with a membrane cover and is currently used as a space for events by the Vitra company photo: Wojtek Gurak 1978 Thomas C Howard timo_mecking Monday through Sunday: / Wednesday: / Closed on December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the café have the same opening hours as the museum By public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Claraplatz or Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55 until the bus stop Vitra From the train station in Weil am Rhein it is a 15-minute walk to the museum 91

92 photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Vitrashop Factory Hall Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 D Weil am Rhein Germany This single-storey factory hall for Vitra has a footprint of over square metres With its clinker-brick façade, granite base and 4 metre-high windows, the building resembles a minimalist sculpture Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Alvaro Siza Vieira Vitra GmbH Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio 92

93 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Vitra Bus Stop Römerstraße Weil am Rhein Germany The creation of the Vitra Design Museum by Frank Gehry in 1989 was a turning point in the history of the Vitra project and completed the transformation from a purely industrial site to a meeting place for cultural and commercial activities Over the next few years, new construction projects dared to experiment with architectural forms A conscious decision was made to select architects who normally would not have designed buildings in the Basle area, the aim being to create a site that drew not on regional sources that are now recognised around the world, but designs that stamped their distinctive character on the site through their foreign influences Jasper Morrison, a leading figure of "New Simplicity" a movement that advocated a more modest and also more serious approach to design designed in addition to furniture and accessories a tram system for the city of Hanover, and this project for Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein: a pair of discreet stainless steel bus stop shelters photo: Jeroen Meijer 2006 Jasper Morrison Vitra jpmm By public transport: from Basel main station take the bus to the Vitra campus; By car: autobahn E35, take the exit Weil am Rhein and drive in the direction of the Vitra Design Museum 93

94 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Land Formation-one Mattrain Weil am Rhein Germany photo: Jeroen Meijer The project is designed to serve as an event and exhibition space for the garden festival in Weil am Rhein 1999 The suggested structure does not sit in the landscape as an isolated object, but emerges from the fluid geometry of the surrounding network of paths Three of those paths entangle to make the building Four parallel, partly interwoven spaces are caught in this bundle of paths One path snuggles up to the south side of the building, another, gently sloping, rises over its back, whereas the third path cuts diagonally through the interior The main spaces, exhibition hall and cafe, stretch along those routes and allow for plenty of sun light and views from the exterior Secondary rooms 'disappear' within the 'root' of the building A terrace including a covered performance space is located to the south of the cafe The centre for environmental research is situated north of the exhibition hall, half submerged into the ground Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Zaha Hadid s GS Projekt City of Weil am Rhein jpmm By Car: E35 exit Weil am Rhein>left 1 Km> left>left Muhlheinmerstrasse 1Km>roundabout straight>baslerstrasse>roundabout left> 700m right> 100m right>200m left arrive! 94

95 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh 's and Artist's Apartment House Sädlenweg Zurich This contemporary block of four apartments sits on a north-facing hillside in the western suburbs of Zurich It is spread over four levels, with two duplex apartments and two smaller roof top units - all of which wrap around each other At first glance (and in most photographs) it looks as if it is clad in concrete, when in fact the skin is made of 3mm-thick galvanised sheet steel The armature of the house, that is to say the foundation slab and the main internal stair cores, are indeed formed from in-situ concrete However the remainder of the walls, both internal and external, are formed using timber studs Internally, the materials and surfaces are undecorated, giving the interior a neutral appearance In total contrast are the bathrooms and kitchens which are lined with some very vivid colours, coated onto the backs of glass sheets photo: David Baugh Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten davidb Take a number 9 or 14 tram in the direction of Tremi The last part of the route runs along Birmensdorfer Strasse to a traffic island containing the tram terminus Alight from the tram, continue west along Birmensdorfer Strasse, up the hill for approximately 600m, then take the second left into Sädlenweg The project is about half-way along the street on the right-hand side 95

96 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Casa Bianchi Via Fomeggie 6 Riva San Vitale This single-family house is located at the foot of the San Giorgio mountain, on the banks of Lake Lugano The house establishes a dialectic play with the environment, emphasized by its minimal occupation of the site and by the thin metal bridge that establishes the physical relationship between the house and the mountain The 'tower', virtually defined by four corner piers and carved with geometric cuts through which the light penetrates, is organized along the vertical axis in a succession of different architectural situations and rhythms The spatial interpenetration between interior and exterior thus gives shape to a 'filter zone', terraces within the perimeter in its functional organization: the upper part holds the entrance atrium, a study, and the stairs leading to the lower floors, where the parents' room is located These levels are partially open and in communication with the living and dining area below, while the services are placed in the basement Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Mario Botta Bianchi Family jpmm photo: Jeroen Meijer From the village, take the road north along the lake Via Fomeggie is a small path upwards on the left 96

97 photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan Villa Vals Poststrasse Vals Villa Vals is designed by Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller, respectively of the architectural offices SeARCH and CMA Their design plan was to completely integrate the villa into the landscape to avoid disturbing the unspoiled nature That is why access to the villa is only possible via the nearby wooden Graubünder shed, through an underground tunnel which runs straight through the mountainside The façade of the house is slightly slanted, adding to the view of the mountain scenery across the valley opposite of the house The house, which was completed in 2009, was built and furnished in cooperation with a large number of Dutch designers and companies that produce Dutch design Their willful designs fit well in the spacious, industrial architecture of the villa Pieces and objects of, amongst others, Hella Jongerius, Demakersvan, Scholten & Baijings, Marcel Wanders, Claudy Jongstra, Royal Tichelaar Makkum and Vitra Nederland were used (text from official website) photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Services engineer General consultant Contractor Services engineer Supplier Services engineer Cooperating designer Cooperating designer Roof & facade consultant CMA Christiaan Müller s Alex Kilchmann Comet GmbH Geobrugg AG Kurt Schnyder Bauunternehmung Lippuner EMT AG Maurus Cathomas Oscar Caduff Studio JVM, Jeroen van Mechelen Thomas Eyck Walch GmbH Roderick You can only visit the Villa when renting the place Check the website how to: Car: from Zürich take the high-way to Chur 8 kms after Chur follow signs to Flims / Laax / Ilanz In Ilanz follow signs for Vals which lead to the entrance of Vals valley If you choose to take the route over "Oberalppass", only open in summer, you have to leave the main road in Ilanz too Train: From Zürich Kloten airport, train to Zürich HB Central station From there, train for Chur In Chur, change to Ilanz/Disentis In Ilanz take a bus to Vals Zurich Kloten to Vals is about 200 km 97

98 Hotel Alpina Platz Vals Hotel Alpina is located on the picturesque village square of Vals in In 2006, the hotel and guest house was completely renovated by Gion A Caminada, an architect from the Swiss canton of Graubünden The hotel is within walking distance of the world-famous Therme Vals spa photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti 2006 Gion A Caminada JKA 98

99 photo: Hélène Binet photo: Markus Tretter / Siegrun Appelt Kunsthaus Bregenz Karl Tizian Platz Bregenz Austria Peter Zumthor: "The art museum stands in the light of Lake Constance It is made of glass and steel and a cast concrete stone mass which endows the interior of the building with texture and spatial composition From the outside, the building looks like a lamp It absorbs the changing light of the sky, the haze of the lake, it reflects light and colour and gives an intimation of its inner life according to the angle of vision, the daylight and the weather" How much more incitement do you need? photo: Hélène Binet Floor area/size m², Interior architect Peter Zumthor MI_MOA Kunsthaus Bregenz Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 6 pm Thursday 10 am - 9 pm Monday closed 99

100 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Spittelhof Housing Estate Spittelhofstrasse Biel-Benken This project near Basel consists of two rows of terraced housing, with gardens on the south side A building with rental units, at the upper edge of the central green courtyard, contains five ground-floor flats for elderly people and ten apartments of different sizes on the two upper floors These all have separate access stairs and entrances from the canopied forecourt on the east side The floor plans of all three buildings were designed to provide light-filled living rooms and bedrooms lined up 'porch-like' along the façades photo: Jeroen Meijer Public access unknown! 1996 Peter Zumthor Basellandschaftliche Beamtenversicherungskasse jpmm 100

101 photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein Städtle Vaduz Liechtenstein Heinrich Degelo, Meinrad Morger and Christian Kerez have created a museum of great structural complexity and discreet simplicity The closed form is a 'black box' of tinted concrete and black basalt stone River pebbles embedded in the building's exterior provide a subtle coloration, forming a link to the landscape of the Rhine Valley The hand-carved surface of the façade invites touching, and reflects the surroundings Long rows of windows open the black cube to both inside and outside Inside the Black Box is a perfect White Cube The building is clearly structured with maximum space devoted to art The visible exterior of the building corresponds almost exactly to the public exhibition spaces There are six exhibition rooms arranged around two diametrically opposed staircases The ground plan, reminiscent of a windmill's sails, enables diagonal views through the whole building (text from website museum) photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Main designer, Christian Kerez Degelo Architekten Meinrad Morger JKA Museum: Tuesday - Sunday: / Thursday: / Closed on Mondays Café: Monday - Friday: 09:00-23:00 / Saturday - Tuesday: 09:00-18:

102 photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber Vaduz State Capitol Forum Städtle 9490 Vaduz Liechtenstein Despite a public referendum in 1991 that let Luigi Snozzi fail with his capitol project, his masterplan as the perspective conception aiming for a spatial urban composition of a state quarter was valid since 1987 This chance to have both for the first time, a state as well as an urban centre, was almost entirely wasted with solitary competition projects Individually the delicate settings of this project are made to compose a newly inspired, spatially conceivable forum, formed as an ensemble with fragments of historical monuments together with precise new elements in terms of scale, material and monochromatic Its frame in front will be an enclosed great garden of odour (text from architect's website) photo: Marloes Faber Project is not public! 2007 Hansjörg Göritz Principality of Liechtenstein Marloes_Faber When driving to the city centre of Vaduz (which has 5000 inhabitants), you can't miss the building The Liechtenstein Art Museum is nearby 102

103 photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Eke Miedaner Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse Zurich Within ETH Zurich this new building is simply called the 'HIT', but its full name is the 'Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory', named after ETH Zurich alumnus Branco Weiss who supported the building financially The building, with its panoramic view of the entire city, will certainly be filled with a lot of electronics by the users, and yet it is not a high-tech building, as a symbol of the information highway The façade is a contributor to the building's climatic properties; sensors respond to the weather and the height of the sun The depths of the balconies differ depending on their compass direction, so they also act as sunshades Openings of various sizes from the small spatial units, the entrance area and the two-story seminar rooms situated along the outer walls lend the façade its own rhythm //text from architects' website photo: Roderick Trompert Floor area/size m² baumschlager & eberle ETH Zürich Roderick mo to fr 8-22h From Zürich HB: tram 11 (direction Auzelg) to Bucheggplatz, change to bus 69 to terminal stop ETH Hönggerberg tram 14 (direction Seebach) to Milchbuck, change to bus 69 to terminal stop ETH Hönggerberg From Bahnhof Oerlikon Nord bus 80 (direction Triemlispital) to stop ETH Hönggerberg 103

104 photo: Michael Noordam photo: Michael Noordam Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut Rue Chapelle Ronchamp France On a hill, this monumental pilgrimage church 'chapel of our lady of the height' (though on most days more frequented by architectural pilgrims than the intended variety) is a dramatic form with the contrasts of a dark roof, deep windows with coloured glass and the white-washed curved walls of rough masonry Formally and symbolically, this small building is immensely powerful and complex The heaviness of the walls and roof is misleading In Le Corbusier's words: 'The shell has been put on walls which are absurdly but practically thick Inside them however are reinforced concrete columns The shell will rest on these columns but it will not touch the wall A horizontal crack of light 10cm wide will amaze' The place is truly astounding, very impressive photo: Yoshinori Kuwahara 1955 Le Corbusier City of Ronchamp Michael_Noordam Hours for the chapel are 10-16h everyday Tél Ronchamp is a little over an hour's drive west of Basel-Mulhouse, the airport near the French/Swiss/German border From Mulhouse follow the A36 southwest to Belfort, then the N19 west to Ronchamp A steep windy road to the North is signposted to the chapel from the center of Ronchamp village 104

105 photo: Andre Staalenhoef photo: Luc Boegly Jussieu 16M Atrium Place Jussieu Paris France photo: Luc Boegly Jussieu Campus consists out of a regular grid of 6-floor wings and is generally decried as an architectural failure The hollow space under the buildings enables wind to build up its force, the regular grid plan is confusing and polluted with asbestos It has increasingly degraded, leaving its facade covered in graffiti The new 16M building extends and completes the grid plan that architect Edouard Albert designed in the 60s; based on the existing system, but at the same time deforms it: where Albert laid out a single patio, Périphériques planned two The façades are glazed on the same pattern as Albert s existing building But the glass metal skin composed of ten types of panels perforated with circular holes of different sizes give the façades complex and variable depth At ground floor, the existing slab on which the university buildings are built folds up in an origami-like orange ramp to even up the levels in a fluid movement Floor area/size m² Périphériques es EPA Jussieu peripheriques The campus is served by the Paris Métro station Jussieu, as well as numerous bus lines 105

106 Concert Hall Het Zand Bruges Belgium Being the cultural capital of Europe in 2002 was an ideal opportunity for Bruges to proof that it evolves in time despite its historical, preserved character With this glorious year in sight, some architectural fireworks were realised in the centre Paul Robbrecht and Hilde Daem were commissioned for the construction of the hypermodern Concertgebouw (concerthall), after winning a design competition in 1999 The design criteria for the concert building related to openness and adventure, innovation and a modern image but also to safety and functionality The result is a sometimes surprising and creative ode to Bruges and the city's dreams The building has an overall size of 120 metres by 50 metres An eye-catching feature is the so-called 'Lantern Tower', which is slightly separate from the main volume and is 28 metres and eight storeys high and overlooks the Zand In this tower is a chamber music hall with seats for 300 photo: Adrian Law 2002 Robbrecht en Daem en City of Bruges MI_MOA Daily from 10 am to 6 pm and Thursdays to 8 pm In the evening, the box office opens one hour before the performance Closed on 25 December and 1 January The Concertgebouw is 10 minutes walking from the station Cross the station square and the main road and turn left onto the path through the Albert Park You can also take the bus from the station towards the city centre (bus numbers 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 23) and get off at the stop next to the Concertgebouw 106

107 photo: Milo Keller photo: Milo Keller Chapelle de St-Loup Route de St-Loup 1318 Pompaples Provisional chapel for the diaconnesses of the Church of St-Loup Associate architect Associate architect Structural engineer Localarchitecture Danilo Mondada Hani Burri Yves Weinand Diaconnesses de St-Loup Manuel_Bieler photo: Milo Keller 107

108 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Vitra Headquarters Klünenfeldstraße Basel photo: Jeroen Meijer The existing zoning required a building of less than ten meters in height Parking was required at a rate of one car for every three employees on site, including existing uses The building is to house various working groups which require "changeable" office planning in a way which will allow them to demonstrate and experiment with their own furniture lines The offices also become showrooms, so a relatively neutral space was designed for this program element Much research was done to investigate state-of-the-art office space before the project began As a result, "combi office" and "office landscape" types will be accommodated as well as more traditional closed and open offices The strict energy codes of mandate that there be no air-conditioning for offices, so natural ventilation is accommodated by opening windows and the entirely shaded south wall under the large wing shaped canopy Floor area/size m² Gehry Partners Vitra International Ltd jpmm by car: it is situated in a living area, on the E26 (to zurich) take the exit Hagnau, then the birsfelderstrasse, exit Rheinfelderstrasse, left Rheinfelderstrasse, first left on Burenweg > 300M, left then you see the terrain 108

109 photo: Dean Kaufman photo: Dean Kaufman New Museum Bowery 235 New York New York NY United States The new home of the New Museum of Contemporary Art is a seven-story, eight-level structure located on the Bowery at a pivotal geographic and cultural intersection in New York s urban fabric A composition of stacked boxes rising 174 feet above the street and shifted off axis in different directions from the building core, conveys the dynamism of the institution, creates skylights that bring natural light into interiors, and is punctuated by windows that offer city vistas The building is clad in a silvery aluminum mesh that captures the effects of changing daylight in a vivid metaphor for the constantly changing dynamics of contemporary art and the openness and permeability of the New Museum itself The building is the first art museum building constructed from the ground up in downtown Manhattan photo: Dean Kaufman Main designer, Structural engineer SANAA Gensler Arup New Museum Naomi Wednesday 12-6 PM Thursday and Friday PM Saturday and Sunday 12-6 PM Monday and Tuesday closed The Museum is closed to the public on Monday and Tuesday CIT Free Thursday Evenings (from 7 PM to 10 PM) The New Museum is located at 235 Bowery (at Prince Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets, one and a half blocks south of Houston) Subway: 6 to Spring Street or N/R to Prince Street Bus: M103 to Prince and Bowery or M6 to Broadway and Prince 109

110 photo: Paul Warchol photo: Paul Warchol Storefront for Art and ure Kenmare Street 97 New York New York United States Storefront for Art and ure is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of innovative positions in architecture, art and design Steven Holl and artist Vito Acconci were commissioned as a collaborative team to renovate the Storefront's aging façade The gallery itself is a limited, narrow wedge with a triangulated exhibition interior, such that the most dominant structure for the Storefront is the building's long façade Seeking to introduce improbability and to puncture the façade, Acconci and Holl challenged this symbolic border which underlines the exclusivity of the art world, where only those on the inside belong Using a hybrid material comprised of concrete mixed with recycled fibers, Holl and Acconci inserted a series of hinged panels arranged in a puzzle-like configuration When the panels are locked in their open position, the façade dissolves and the interior space of the gallery expands out on to the sidewalk (text from website Steven Holl s) photo: Paul Warchol 1993 Main designer, Artist Associate architect Steven Holl Vito Acconci Chris Otterbine Storefront for Art and ure + Shirin Neshat + Kyong Park booce Tuesday - Saturday 11: / Closed Sunday and Monday The gallery is located at 97 Kenmare Street, between Mulberry and Lafayette Street Subway: 6 to Spring; N/R to Prince; B/D/F/V to Broadway Lafayette 110

111 photo: Marcel Wanders Studio photo: Marcel Wanders Studio Thor Rivington street 107 New York New York United States Lounge, restaurant, bathrooms and private club at the Hotel on Rivington, ground floor and basement in the Lower East Side Floor finishing materials is ceramic tiles The walls and ceiling are covered with hexagon wallpaper by Marcel Wanders studio and silk screen printing Interior architect Marcel Wanders Hotel on Rivington, Marcel_Wanders_Studio photo: Marcel Wanders Studio telephone:

112 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez United Nations Headquarters First Avenue at 46th Street New York New York NY United States The Headquarters of the World Organization is located on an 18-acre site on the East side of Manhattan It is an international zone belonging to all Member States The Headquarters consist of four main buildings: the General Assembly building, the Conference Building, the 39-floor Secretariat building, and the Dag Hammarskjold Library, which was added in 1961 The complex was designed by an international team of 11 architects, led by Wallace K Harrison from the United States The UN complex is both an historical and architectural landmark It is seen all over the world as a symbol of the United Nations itself and it is a rare example of the international style architecture of the 1950 s 1950 Main designer, Wallace Harrison Le Corbusier Oscar Niemeyer Sven Markelius asanchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Guided tours of the United Nations operate daily from the General Assembly Public Lobby Guided Tours are conducted Monday through Friday from 9:45 am to 4:45 pm Tours last approximately 45 minutes Read more here: The United Nations Headquarters in New York is located on First Avenue between 42nd Street and 48th Street The Visitors' Entrance is located on First Avenue at 46th Street As the United Nations does not offer parking facilities, it is suggested that public transportation be used Subway: number 4,5,6 or 7 trains to Grand Central Station; walk on 42nd Street to First Avenue Buses: M15, M27, M42, or M

113 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez New York Times Building 8th Avenue and West 41st Street 620 New York New York United States Renzo Piano Building Workshop & FXFOWLE collaboratively designed a new headquarters for The New York Times The building, located on Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Street opposite the Port Authority Bus Terminal, unites the company's employees under one roof in an exceptional signature structure The design incorporates a transparent glass tower screened by planes of glazed terracotta tubes that seem to float above the street An advanced sunshading system, floor to ceiling glass, increased ceiling heights, efficient lighting and mechanical systems, displaced ventilation, extensive mock-up testing, and a variety of additional sustainable features will ensure that the New York Times Building will bring a new standard of comfort and efficiency in high-rise office space The building is 52 Stories (1,142 feet) tall, including antenna photo: Alberto M Sánchez Main designer, Renzo Piano FXFOWLE s New York Times Company and Forest City Ratner Companies asanchez 113

114 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Hearst Building Eighth Ave at W57 Street New York New York United States The Hearst Tower in New York is the world headquarters of the Hearst Corporation The former 6-story headquarters building was commissioned by the founder, William Randolph Hearst and awarded to the architect Joseph Urban The building was completed in 1928 The original cast stone façade has been preserved in the new design as a designated Landmark site Originally built as the base for a proposed skyscraper, the construction of the tower was postponed due to the Great Depression The new tower addition was completed nearly 80 years later The uncommon triangular framing pattern of the tower (also known as a diagrid) required (reportedly) about 20% less than a conventional steel frame Hearst Tower was the first skyscraper to break ground in NYC after September 11, 2001 It's the first green building completed in NYC, with a number of environmental considerations built into the plan The building was designed to use 25% less energy than the minimum requirements for the city of NY Project is not public! Foster & Partners Hearst Corporation asanchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Hearst Tower in New York City, New York is located at 300 West 57th Street on Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle 114

115 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Alberto M Sánchez Chrysler Building Lexington Avenue E 42nd Street 405 New York New York United States The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, has various fine architectural details and especially the building's gargoyles were modelled after Chrysler automobile products like the hood ornaments of the Plymouth; they exemplify the machine age in the 1920s Standing at 319m it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931 However, the Chrysler Building remains the world's tallest brick building The New York Times Building, which opened in 2007, is exactly level in height Composed of 7 radiating terraced arches, Van Alen's design of the crown is a cruciform groin vault constructed into 7 concentric members with transitioning set-backs, mounted up one behind each other The Chrysler Building's distinctive profile has inspired similar skyscrapers worldwide photo: Alberto M Sánchez 1930 William Van Alen asanchez The building is used as office space, you can only visit the lobby For great views from across the street, visit the German National Tourist Office at 122 E 42nd -- it's on the 20th floor, and the eagles are a lot easier to see, from their window See s_new_yorkhtm Subway: 4/5/6, 7 to Grand Central 115

116 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst The Met Breuer Madison Avenue at 75th Street 945 New York New York United States The Whitney Museum houses one of the world's foremost collections of twentieth-century American art It owes its striking granite presence at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and 75th Street to the Hungarian-born, Bauhaus-trained architect Marcel Breuer ( ) To design a third home for the Museum which had gradually migrated northward from its original location on West 8th Street to West 54th Street Breuer worked with Hamilton Smith, creating a strong modernist statement in a neighborhood of traditional limestone, brownstone, and brick row houses and postwar apartment buildings Considered somber, heavy, and even brutal at the time of its completion in 1966 ("an inverted Babylonian ziggurat," according to one critic), Breuer's building is now recognized as daring, strong, and innovative It has come to be recognized as one of New York City s most notable buildings and identified with the Whitney Museum's approach to art 1966 Marcel Breuer Naomi photo: Alberto M Sánchez Wednesday Thursday: 11 am 6 pm Friday: 1 9 pm (6 9 pm pay-what-you-wish admission) Saturday Sunday: 11 am 6 pm Monday & Tuesday: Closed General Information: (212) Subway: 6 Train to 77th Street Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 to 74th Street Car: Two parking garages offer discounts with Whitney ticket validation 35 East 75th Street (10% discount) 68 East 80th Street (3 hours for $20) 116

117 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Apple Store Fifth Avenue 5th Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets 767 New York New York NY United States Apple's second Manhattan retail store is located at 767 Fifth Avenue, the prominent site near FAO Schwarz and Bergdorf Goodman provides views of Central Park The store occupies the underground retail concourse of the General Motors Building, with entry from the plaza level above With this design, New York has a new public space Designers Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and structural engineers Eckersly O'Callahan (glass elements) in collaboration with Apple used Apple Stores' signature structural glass vertical circulation to entice plaza level passersby down to the store's underground main level The 32-foot structural glass cube marking the store's entrance makes a bold architectural statement Housing a transparent glass elevator wrapped by a circular glass stair, the transparent cube beckons potential customers down to the retail level below By day it is a skylight bringing natural light underground, while at night the lighted cube is a sign photo: Alberto M Sánchez Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Apple Computer, Inc asanchez 24/365 In the city that never sleeps, there s a store that never stops tel: (212)

118 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez MoMa Museum of Modern Art West 53 Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues 11 New York New York United States Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world Japanese architect Taniguchi won a competition in 1997 to redesign the MoMa, beating out ten other internationally renowned architects, including Rem Koolhaas, Bernard Tschumi, and Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron The MoMA commission was his first work outside Japan Taniguchi's beautiful and bold design reflects the unique vitality of midtown Manhattan and sensitively draws upon and transforms the language of modernism Highlights include larger, more flexible, sky-lit galleries for contemporary art; architecturally distinctive galleries for masterpieces of modern art; and prominent and more comprehensive areas for study, research, and educational endeavors Yoshio Taniguchi MoMa Museu of Modern Art asanchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Saturday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Sunday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Monday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Tuesday closed Wednesday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Thursday 10:30 am 5:30 pm Friday 10:30 am 8:00 pm Closed Thanksgiving Day Closed Christmas Day tel: (212) Subway: E or V to Fifth Avenue/53 Street; B, D, or F to Streets/Rockefeller Center Bus: M1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to 53 Street 118

119 photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Solomon R Guggenheim Museum 5th Avenue 1071 New York New York United States The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum is located in a key site in front of Central Park, an oasis of tranquility in the big city Wright took his inspiration from nature and organic forms But the main innovation in his design was the new concept of 'circulation' Visitors have to rise to the top of the building via an elevator, and then walk downward through the galleries on a continuous helical spiral ramp The building was finished six month after Wright's death, it being his last major work It is a masterpiece of Modern ure still now, even though it was finished in 1959 photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Frank Lloyd Wright Solomon Guggenheim MVar Saturday - Wednesday: / Friday: / Closed Thursdays, Christmas, and Thanksgiving Day To reach the museum by subway, take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street Walk west on 86th Street, turn right at 5th Avenue and proceed north to 88th Street To reach the museum by bus, take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus on Madison or Fifth Avenue 119

120 photo: Thom Mckenzie photo: Thom Mckenzie 40 Bond Bond Street 40 New York New York United States This luxury apartment building on 40 Bond Street in New York, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is a sparkling reinterpretation of the traditional cast iron and brick loft buildings of the surrounding area The 11-storey building contains 27 luxury apartments and 5 townhouses, creating a new typology of apartments which combine housing with the services and amenities of a 5-star hotel The façade is constructed of concrete wrapped in blackened copper and luminescent curved glass The materials of the façade have been treated in numerous ways which create an ornamental ground floor and shimmering upper floors that respond to changes in light At street level the private entrances to the townhouses are protected by a large cast aluminium graffiti-inspired gate The building fits comfortably into its context by reinterpreting the typical Noho loft buildings and their materiality whilst standing out through the interesting and unique use of new materials and manufacturing processes Project is not public! 2007 Herzog and De Meuron Ian Schrager thom photo: Thom Mckenzie Subway: Take the 6 Line to Bleeker St or the B,D,F, V Lines to Broadway-Lafayette 120

121 photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín Seagram Building Park Avenue 375 New York New York United States The Seagram Building located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, was designed by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in collaboration with the American Philip Johnson and was completed in 1958 The Seagram Building was meant to confirm Mies' assertion that when modern industrialized building technology is truthfully expressed, architecture becomes transcendent Ironically, the luxurious materials used (marble for the plaza benches, travertine for the lobby walls and floor, tinted glass and bronze for the curtain wall) and the carefully controlled customized details that pervade the building remind the viewer that this building is far from being the simple result of rationalized industrial production and construction techniques Much copied but not matched, the Seagram Building is generally recognized as the finest example of skyscrapers in the International Style (text from New York ure Images) Public access unknown! 1958 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Joseph E Seagram & Sons fotosvoladoras photo: Fernando Miguel García Martín 121

122 photo: Roderick Trompert Empire State Building 5th Ave 350 New York New York NY United States As a result of a competition between John Raskob (General Motors) and Walter Chrysler (Chrysler Corporation) to build the tallest building in the world, the Empire State Building was constructed The construction of the 381m high tower began on januari 22nd 1930 and finished on may 1st 1931; long before the planned finish date For a long period, the Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world In 1971 this title was taken by the Twin Towers of the World Trace Center Though, ever since the destruction of the WTC due to the terrorist attacks on september 11th 2001, the Empire State Building is once again the tallest building in New York Contractor Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates Starrett Brothers and Eken General Motors Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Open daily, 365 days a year: 08: / Last elevators go up at 01:15 6 at 33rd St B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, W at 34th St-Herald Sq 122

123 Tribeca Issey MiYake Hudson Street 119 New York New York NY United States 'Shop Until You're Blown Away' is the message of the Issey MiYake flagship store in Tribeca, New York It was designed by Frank O Gehry and his former protégé, Gordon Kipping of Manhattan-based GTECTS The designs of the eternally experimental Japanese couturier have always carried a whiff of chaos 'The Tornado' is the name of the 25-foot-high titanium column-like structure which dominates the Hudson Street shop It's pure Gehry - and yet if you squint you'd swear you're looking at a classic pleated MiYake dress Extending from a shaft emerging from the cellar floor to a turbulent sprawl engulfing the ceiling of the ground floor, the Tornado does energize the whole room, both engaging and provoking the shopper photo: Roderick Trompert 2001 Main designer, Gehry Partners Gordon Kipping Issey MiYake Roderick Monday - Saturday: / Sunday: Subway 1, Franklin St Station 123

124 photo: Roderick Trompert Flatiron Building 5th avenue 175 New York New York NY United States The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building as it was originally called, is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, and is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built Upon completion in 1902 it was one of the tallest buildings in New York City The building sits on a triangular island block at 23rd Street, Fifth Avenue and Broadway, anchoring the south (downtown) end of Madison Square The neighborhood around the building is called the Flatiron District after its signature building The Flatiron Building was designed by Chicago's Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style Like a classical Greek column, its limestone and glazed terra-cotta façade is separated into three parts horizontally Since it was one of the first buildings to use a steel skeleton, the building could be constructed to 285 feet (87 m), which would have been very difficult with other construction methods of that time (text from Wikipedia) Project is not public! 1902 Daniel Burnham Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Subway R, W / 23rd St Station 124

125 photo: Roderick Trompert Prada flagship store Broadway 575 New York New York NY United States Upon entering the store, which previously housed the SoHo branch of the Guggenheim Museum, visitors are met with a largely vacant space dominated by an oversized, round elevator OMA is said to have spent two months of research "investigating ways to reinvent the retail experience" Perhaps as a result of this, the ground floor only has a small amount of merchandise, relegating the majority of merchandise and actual shopping activity to the basement level, which feels cramped and lacks appropriate lighting The store's main design component is the half pipe-like wooden curve that connects the two floors visually On the Broadway side, the curve has steps and serves as a place for clothes to be shown According to OMA, this portion of the half pipe also serves as place for people to try on shoes, though in reality the shoe department is under the stepped side of the curve, and seating is provided there for shoppers photo: Roderick Trompert 2001, Interior architect OMA - Rem Koolhaas Roderick Prada Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 11am-7pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday:11am-8pm Sunday: 12pm-7pm Subway B,D, F, V Broadway-Lafayette St Station 125

126 photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan The High Line Gansevoort Street 100 New York New York NY United States The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan's streets Section 1 of the High Line is now open as a public park, owned by the City of New York When all 3 sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighbourhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features are also included in the park photo: Iwan Baan Main designer, Landscape architect James Corner Field Operations haaijk Diller Scofidio + Renfro New York City Department of Parks & Recreation The High Line is open from 07: daily Subway: L / A / C / E to 14th Street & 8th Avenue C / E to 23rd Street & 8th Avenue 1 / 2 / 3 to 14th Street & 7th Avenue 1 to 18th Street & 7th Avenue 1 to 23rd Street & 7th Avenue Bus: M11 to Washington Street M11 to 9th Avenue M14 to 9th Avenue M23 to 10th Avenue M34 to 10th Avenue 126

127 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski 41 Cooper Square Cooper Square 41 New York New York United States 41 Cooper Square, the new academic building for The Cooper Union, aspires to manifest the character, culture and vibrancy of both the 150 year-old institution and of the city in which it was founded The institution remains committed to Peter Cooper's radically optimistic intention to provide an education 'as free as water and air' and has subsequently grown to become a renowned intellectual and cultural centre for the city of New York 41 Cooper Square aspires to reflect the institution's stated goal to create an iconic building, one that reflects its values and aspirations as a center for advanced and innovative education in Art, ure and Engineering (text from architect's website) Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Morphosis The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 127

128 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski IAC Headquarters West 18th Street 555 New York New York United States IAC/InterActiveCorp Headquarters is a Frank Gehry-designed building located in the Chelsea, Manhattan neighbourhood of New York City Completed in 2007, it houses the offices of IAC corporation Reminiscent of several Gehry designs, it appears at a gross level to consist of two major levels: a large base of twisted tower-sections packed together like the cells of a bee hive, with a second bundle of lesser diameter sitting on top of the first The cell units have the appearance of sails, skinned over the skeleton of the building The overall impression is of two very tall storeys, which belies its actual 10-storey structure photo: Piotr Krajewski Public access unknown! 2007 Gehry Partners IAC pkrajewski_pl 128

129 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski The MetLife Building Park Avenue 200 New York New York United States Centrally located in the core of midtown Manhattan's prestigious office submarket between Grand Central Terminal and East 45th Street, The MetLife Building is a 58-storey, trophy-quality asset, comprised of 30 million square feet of office and retail space with an adjacent six-level parking garage The history of The MetLife Building begins in 1954 as part of the plan to reconstruct Grand Central Terminal Erwin S Wolfson developed the project in the early 1960's with the assistance of the architects Emery Roth and Sons, Walter Gropius and Pietro Belluschi When the doors of The MetLife Building opened on March 7, 1963, it was known as 'The Pan Am Building' and was the focal point of Park Avenue It stretches from East 43rd Street to East 45th Street and offers direct access to Grand Central Terminal, an important transportation hub in New York City (text from wwwstreeteasycom) Main designer, Emery Roth & Sons Pietro Belluschi Walter Gropius MetLife pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 129

130 photo: Ton Stam photo: Ton Stam TWA Flight Center JFK Terminal 5 1 New York New York United States The TWA Flight Center or Trans World Flight Center, opened in 1962 as the original terminal designed for Trans World Airlines by Eero Saarinen at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport Portions of the original complex have been demolished and the Saarinen terminal (or head house) is partially encircled by and ultimately serves as a ceremonial entrance to a new adjacent terminal completed in 2008 Together, the old and new buildings comprise JetBlue Airways' JFK operations and are known collectively as Terminal 5 or simply T5 The City of New York designated both the interiors and the exteriors of the Saarinen terminal a historic landmark in 1994 and in 2005 the National Park Service listed the Trans World Flight Center on the National Register of Historic Places photo: Ton Stam 1962 Eero Saarinen Trans World Airlines (TWA) pkrajewski_pl In this moment project is under renovation and it's closed, the best view is from the new JetBlue terminal 5 From Jamaica Subway Station, take Airtrain to terminal

131 photo: Piotr Krajewski LVMH Tower East 57th St 19 New York New York United States Appearing as a traditional skyscraper viewed through a broken glass bottle, the LVMH Tower is one of the skyscrapers that brings the 1990s bulge-and-bend style to New York The building certainly complements its original owner, a Parisian maker of upscale cosmetics, perfumes and luggage Much like a model on a runway, the LVMH Tower stands tall in graceful style while making the dark slabs that surround it look plain and boring by comparison It has been compared to a lily in an alley And like a model, it's more flash than reality The building is only 23 storeys tall, but makes use of its curving lines and gentle setback to create forced perspective and appear much taller This illusion is enhanced by the fact that the building's lot is only 60 feet by 100 feet (text from Public access unknown! 2001 Christian de Portzamparc pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 131

132 photo: Frankss photo: Frankss NYU Department of Philosophy Washington Place 5 New York New York United States This project is the complete interior renovation of an 1890 corner building for the consolidation of the NYU's Department of Philosophy within a concept which organizes the new spaces around light and phenomenal properties of materials A new stair shaft below a new skylight joins the 6-level building vertically with a shifting porosity of light and shadow that change seasonally Prismatic film was installed on the south-facing stairwell windows which occasionally break the sunlight into a prismatic rainbow The Ground level, utilized by the entire University, contains a new curvilinear wooden auditorium on a cork floor The upper level floors contain Faculty Offices and Seminar Rooms which are done in different shades and textures of black & white, according to the texts in Ludwig Wittgenstein's book 'Remarks on Colour' The building exists within the NoHo Historic District and is part of the NYU campus within Greenwich Village and is sited on access to Washington Square Park photo: Frankss Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Interior architect Security consultant Lighting designer Structural engineer Acoustics consultant Steven Holl CH Guernsey & Company Renfro Design Group Robert Silman Associates Shen Milsom & Wilke New York University Franks 8th St/NYU Station is 2 blocks north east of the department 132

133 photo: Elemental NYC photo: Elemental NYC Shepard Hall at City College City College of New York 160 Convent Avenue New York New York United States This $150 million dollar project has entailed the reconstruction of a 400,000 SF landmark building built shortly after the turn of the 20th Century, and in fact, the first building built for public higher education in the United States The client has been the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York acting as agent for CUNY Exterior work has included reconstructing the entire building shell including replacing 65,000 different pieces of ornamental terra cotta with new durable thin-shell GFRC Interior work has included restoration of the Great Hall, interior stairs and a complete evaluation of fire safety systems, IT systems and mechanical systems This building is now restored to its place as the centerpiece of the City University of New York's main campus photo: Elemental NYC Floor area/size m² Elemental ure Dormitory Authority of the State of New York ElementalNYC 133

134 photo: Elemental ure photo: Elemental ure Combined Police & Fire Facility East 67th St New York New York United States The Combined Police and Fire Facility is a new building serving both the New York Police and Fire DepartmentsThe old fire headquarters required the replacement of all brownstone ornament with new cast stone Sustainable features include the adaptive reuse of landmark façades, and HVAC systems using scheduling controls and occupancy sensors The project has received several awards including the Lucy G Moses Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy and New York City Art Commission photo: Elemental ure Public access unknown! 1999 Elemental ure ElementalNYC 134

135 photo: Jack Solomon photo: Jack Solomon Armani Fifth Avenue 5th Avenue 717 New York New York United States "The building that incorporates Armani/5th Avenue holds a very important place in the history of architecture because its face is one of the first examples of the 'International Style' When one is dealing with such a cultural milestone, one must always bear in mind that the exterior is totally New York, while the interior should have its own identity A reflection of the flair and aesthetic values that define the Giorgio Armani style The grand staircase is the focal point, an exciting sculptural feature which connects all the different levels that accommodate the Armani universe range by range Innovative in both layout and content, Armani/5th Avenue is the first concept store in which all the Armani products are presented in a single space, where the same design has been adopted throughout: the subtle colours and restrained shapes emphasise the value of the product" photo: Jack Solomon Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Armani jacksolo

136 photo: Asymptote ure photo: Asymptote ure Alessi Flagship Store Greene Street 130 New York New York United States The first Alessi Flagship Store New York City opened to the public in September 2006 at 130 Greene Street in SoHo Commissioned to create a new identity for the Alessi brand, Asymptote designed not only the store's interior architecture, but also all of its graphic elements from wall graphics to packaging to a unique modular display system The store also features an espresso bar and gallery/exhibition area that expands the conventional retail program photo: Jack Solomon , Interior architect Asymptote jacksolo17 Alessi Mon-Sat 11am-7pm Sun 12pm-6pm 136

137 photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Dirk Verwoerd De Kikker Evertsweertplantsoen RK Amsterdam Netherlands Two primary schools, a day-care centre and an area health authority share a new, green complex: a Community School in the neighbourhood Osdorp The goal is to encourage interaction between the groups The design allows each individual part of the building to function at its best Each classroom, for example, has a block containing a cloakroom, toilets, kitchen, (computer) work stations and a mezzanine The whole complex surrounds two inner courtyards in the form of a communal assembly hall and winter garden This forms the basis for the placing of two playgrounds One, for the youngest children, is safely fenced off, the other, for the older and local children has a large platform The whole supporting section of the building is made of wood, making it light in terms of weight and in its overall effect Wood is also a tactile, soft, colourful and varied material, this makes the whole building much more welcoming The project was nicknamed 'The Frog' (in Dutch: De Kikker) photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Contractor Dok en Heijmans Stadsdeel Osdorp Bjorn_Utpott Tram 1 stop at: Baden Powellweg Tram 17 stop at: Baden Powellweg Train Station Lelylaan, then take tram 1 or 17 with direction Osdorp 137