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Projects 13 Created 12-Sep-16 By Arezou Zaredar, tehran, Iran Novartis Asklepios 8 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron office Messe Basel Spittelhof

Churwalden, primary school, secondary school, sport 5 Hotel Therme Vals 12 Vals, hotel 6 Colorado Court 13 Santa Monica, United States

atelier, private house 3 Biel-Benken, housing, urban plan Chur, exposition space, landmark, shed Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial

1 Projects 13 Created 12-Sep-16 By Arezou Zaredar, tehran, Iran Novartis Asklepios 8 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron office Messe Basel Spittelhof Housing Estate Atelier Zumthor Annalisa Zumthor House Church San Benedetg House Truog Gugalun 9 Therme Vals 10 School Churwalden 11 Churwalden, primary school, secondary school, sport 5 Hotel Therme Vals 12 Vals, hotel 6 Colorado Court 13 Santa Monica, United States Brooks + Scarpa s apartment, housing 7 Sumvitg, church 4 Vals, private house Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site Vals, spa Haldenstein, atelier, private house 3 Biel-Benken, housing, urban plan Chur, exposition space, landmark, shed Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial space, showroom 2 Westside shopping mall 14 Bern, Daniel Libeskind mall, mixed-use development 8 Versam, private house 1

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Novartis Asklepios 8 Voltastrasse 440 4056 Basel Asklepios 8 consists

corresponding to the height of the neighbouring buildings as defined by the masterplan The cube on top has seven

Between the two cubes, a high open space provides a spacious lounge for a wide spectrum of activities, events,

2 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Novartis Asklepios 8 Voltastrasse Basel Asklepios 8 consists of two cubes of almost the same height, placed on top of each other One is six-story high and 235 m tall, corresponding to the height of the neighbouring buildings as defined by the masterplan The cube on top has seven stories, to compensate the perspectival foreshortening when looking at the building from below or a distance Between the two cubes, a high open space provides a spacious lounge for a wide spectrum of activities, events, working situations, seminars, etc Project is not public! 2016 Nazar photo: Nazar Leskiw 2

photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Messe Basel Messeplatz 1 4058 Basel http://wwwmessech The new hall for the Messe Basel includes 50 000 square meters of exhibition space that spreads

glass, is designed for public use and is shaped so as to form a "city lounge" - a covered plaza that opens to the sky through a large, mesmerizing oculus photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public!

3 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Messe Basel Messeplatz Basel The new hall for the Messe Basel includes square meters of exhibition space that spreads across two windowless floors, each 8 meters high This large volume is clad into a shimmering facade of interwoven metal strips, with each of floors slightly offset The ground floor, enclosed in glass, is designed for public use and is shaped so as to form a "city lounge" - a covered plaza that opens to the sky through a large, mesmerizing oculus photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public! Floor area/size m², Urban planner Herzog and De Meuron Messe Basel DinaBM City lounge is part of the Messeplatz, always open Tram no1, 2, 6 3

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

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

4 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 Basellandschaftliche Beamtenversicherungskasse jpmm 4

photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Atelier Zumthor Suesswinggel 20 7023 Haldenstein This is 's studio in the

with the concrete extension adjacent to his private family home - added in 2005 Project is not public!

the door of the concrete atelier extension which reminds people that this is 's family home and to respect his

5 photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Atelier Zumthor Suesswinggel Haldenstein This is '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 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 's family home and to respect his privacy Park in the centre of Haldenstein and wander up north, you will pass the Zumthor atelier 5

photo: Ralph Kent photo: Ralph Kent Annalisa Zumthor House Leis 7132 Vals The small idyllic Swiss village of Leis is

called the Annalisa Zumthor House in honor of Zumthor s wife for whom the house was built The other is a rental Both

increasingly keen on recently photo: Ralph Kent Project is not public!

6 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 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 Annalisa Zumthor jrhartley Drive up above Vals, opposite a restaurant/bar on the south side of the valley above the town 6

photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber Church San Benedetg Caplutta Sogn Benedetg Sumvitg http://wwwsumvitgch/ This Zumthor church in a small village located in the Mountains is a cylinder that

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

7 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 Project is public! 1988 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 7

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

photo: Marloes Faber 1994 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

8 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 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! 8

photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site Seilerbahnweg 17 7000 Chur Protective housing for the remains of the foundations of three 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

9 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 Project is public! City of Chur JMMM 9

photo: Margherita Spiluttini photo: Margherita Spiluttini Therme Vals Hotel Therme 7132 Vals http://wwwtherme-valsch/ With the only thermal spring in Graubünden, the Therme Spa is a stunning landmark

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

10 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 Project is public! 1996 Lighting designer 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 10

photo: Alessandro Conti photo: Alessandro Conti School Churwalden Witiwäg 19 7075 Churwalden http://wwwchurwaldench/ Very early work by, this addition to a school complex consist of

staircase leading to the upper floor, that is the main teaching space, opening on a garden in the back From the outside, the gym looks as a 3-naves church; the interior reveals that

11 photo: Alessandro Conti photo: Alessandro Conti School Churwalden Witiwäg Churwalden Very early work by, this addition to a school complex consist of two new classrooms buildings and a gymnasium, built out of concrete bricks The classrooms develop in two levels: entrance on a main corridor with a first working-space, individual staircase leading to the upper floor, that is the main teaching space, opening on a garden in the back From the outside, the gym looks as a 3-naves church; the interior reveals that the roof of the shape is given by the structure, running longitudinal to the gym photo: Alessandro Conti Project is not public! 1982 alekf By appointment 11

photo: Walter Mair photo: Walter Mair Hotel Therme Vals Hotel Therme 7132 Vals http://wwwtherme-valsch/ In the Hotel adjacent to the world famous Therme Spa Peter Zumthor has redesigned 52 rooms

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

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

12 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,, 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 Project is public! 2007 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 12

photo: Ryan Taube photo: Ryan Taube Colorado Court Colorado Avenue 502 Santa Monica California 90401 United States The Colorado Court project is the first affordable housing project in the United

water demands for the building and a solar electric panel system integrated into the façade and roof of the building, which supplies most of the peak load electricity demand If the panels generate

13 photo: Ryan Taube photo: Ryan Taube Colorado Court Colorado Avenue 502 Santa Monica California United States The Colorado Court project is the first affordable housing project in the United States to achieve a LEED gold rating as well as the first to be 100% energy neutral It features a natural gas powered turbine/heat recovery system that generates the base electrical load and hot water demands for the building and a solar electric panel system integrated into the façade and roof of the building, which supplies most of the peak load electricity demand If the panels generate more electricity than needed, the excess is fed back into the utility grid photo: Ryan Taube Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Brooks + Scarpa s rtaube From the 10 freeway, exit 5th Street in Santa Monica, it will appear on the left 13

photo: Andreina Schoeberlein photo: Andreina Schoeberlein Westside shopping mall Riedbachstrasse 100 3027 Bern http://wwwwestsidech/ The Westside project is an urban scale architecture project

concept of shopping, entertainment and living Despite its location west of the city, in Brünnen-Bern, Westside is urban in scale Critics, such as David Rogers of the Los Angeles-based Jerde

14 photo: Andreina Schoeberlein photo: Andreina Schoeberlein Westside shopping mall Riedbachstrasse Bern The Westside project is an urban scale architecture project totalling 15 million sq ft In addition to the 55 shops, 10 restaurants and bars, hotel, multiplex cinema, fun bath with wellness center and housing, this mixed-use program radically reinvents the concept of shopping, entertainment and living Despite its location west of the city, in Brünnen-Bern, Westside is urban in scale Critics, such as David Rogers of the Los Angeles-based Jerde Partnership, have faulted Bern for neglecting to integrate such a shopping center into the city s urban fabric A shopping center on the city s periphery contributes to the disintegration of the city center and leads to a loss of values, he says Defenders of Westside, such as Swiss architect Barbara Holzer, argue that Bern s urban center is not under threat and that the shopping center instead offers new urban spaces photo: Andreina Schoeberlein Project is public! Daniel Libeskind Neue Brünnen AG, Anton Gäumann, CEO Andreina_Schoeberlein shopping: Mo-Thursday: Fr Sa Sunday: closed Cinemas: Mo-Thursday: Fr Sa Sunday: Every quarter of an hour, you can reach Westside in just eight minutes from Bern main railway station by S-bahn nos S5, S51 and S52 If you take bus no 14 to the terminus Brünnen-Bahnhof, you can also hop off right in front of the main entrance There is also the postbus number 570 that will take you once an hour from Mühleberg to Brünnen-station Read more at

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Rene's cumple.projects 12 Rene's cumple Projects 12 Created 02-Nov-16 By Almudena Navarro, Madrid, Spain Annalisa Zumthor House Vals, private house School Churwalden Atelier Zumthor Spittelhof Housing Estate Entrance of the Graubünden