RoadTrip 2017.Projects 39

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1 RoadTrip 2017 Projects 39 Created 14-Jun-14 By wwera wasabi, prague, Czech Republic Atelier Zumthor Haldenstein, Peter Zumthor atelier, private house Tschuggen Bergoase Entrance of the Graubünden Parliament Public Staircase Volkshaus Brasserie & Bar Sportzentrum Mülimatt Windisch MFO-Park Church of San Giovanni Battista Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site 7 Church St-Nicolas Heremence, Walter Forderer church Heilig Kreuz Kirche 14 Goetheanum 15 St Antonius Church 16 Library Louis Nucera 17 Nice, France Yves Bayard library, sculpture 8 Mediatheque Villeurbanne 18 Villeurbanne, France Mario Botta education, library 9 Hotel de la Region 19 Montpellier, France Ricardo Bofill government 10 Lycée Sainte Marie-Lyon 20 La Verpillière, France Georges Adilon secondary school 11 Chur, Peter Zumthor exposition space, landmark, shed Basel, Karl Moser church Mogno, Mario Botta church, religion 6 Zurich, Raderschall AG canopy, park 13 Dornach, Rudolf Steiner auditorium, culture, education Windisch, Studio Vacchini sport, university 5 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron bar, restaurant General Trade School Chur, Walter Forderer church Chur, Esch Sintzel bridge, passage 4 Chur, Valerio Olgiati court building Basel, Hermann Baur secondary school, sport Arosa, Mario Botta spa, hotel 3 Le Cabanon de Le Corbusier 21 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Le Corbusier private house 12 Fondation Maeght Contemporary Art Museum 22 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France Josep Lluís Sert gallery, museum 1

2 Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp, France Le Corbusier church Ecluse de Kembs-Niffer Villa Schwob Turque Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette Vitra Headquarters Pierres Vives La Place du Nombre d'or Vitra Dome 27 Messe Basel Les Echelles de la Ville 34 Nemausus 35 Aula des Cedres 36 Westside shopping mall 37 Bern, Daniel Libeskind mall, mixed-use development 28 Carré d'art 38 Nîmes, France Foster & Partners exposition space, library, museum 29 Olympic swimming pool of Montpellier 39 Montpellier, France Ricardo Bofill olympic stadium, swimming pool 30 Musuem Tinguely 40 Basel, Mario Botta museum 31 Weil am Rhein, Germany Thomas C Howard auditorium, exposition space, pavilion Lausanne, Jean Tschumi auditorium, congress centre Montpellier, France Ricardo Bofill social housing 26 Montpellier, France Zaha Hadid s government 33 Nîmes, France Jean Nouvel housing Grenoble, France Antoine Stinco culture, theatre 25 Basel, Gehry Partners meeting room, office Maison de la Culture Zentrum Paul Klee Montpellier, France Ricardo Bofill office, shopping centre Eveux, France Le Corbusier monastery 24 la Chaux de Fonds, Le Corbusier private house Bern, Renzo Piano museum Kembs, France Le Corbusier landmark, sluice 23 Port Juvenal 41 Montpellier, France Ricardo Bofill social housing 32 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial space, showroom 2

3 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 3

4 photo: Tschuggen Spa photo: Tschuggen Spa Tschuggen Bergoase Sonnenbergstrasse Arosa "A spa is very much like a sacred space," says Botta The Tschuggen Bergoase Spa is carved into a mountain 1,800 m above sea level and runs over 4 floors The interior walls are clad in Arosa granite The building is topped by a series of 9 eye-catching "light trees" sail-like structures that capture natural light "At night, they are magnificently illuminated and shine like beacons They expose spaces to light that would not otherwise be illuminated And although the Spa is carved into a mountain, overall it is not a grotto in that it is defined by open spaces with smooth walls The concept is that of a sanctuary a place to escape" The Bergoase Spa is next to the five-star Tschuggen Grand Hotel, close to the ski slopes Hotel and spa are linked by a glass bridge that carries guests into the building through a second-floor reception area The architecture mixes an open-plan design where you can see down onto all 4 floors from the uppermost level and private treatment spaces photo: Tschuggen Spa Floor area/size m² Acoustics consultant Project manager Services engineer Contractor Mario Botta IFEC Consulenze Fanzun Bühler + Scherler Brunold AG Grand Hotel Tschuggen MI_MOA Daily ICE or IC express to Chur, from where the Arosa Express departs hourly during the day 4

5 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 5

6 Public Staircase St Luzistrasse Chur Public staircase connecting two building complexes of the cantonal school of Chur 2012 Esch Sintzel jan-alexander photo: Esch Sintzel 6

7 photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Volkshaus Brasserie & Bar Rebgasse Basel This is the first phase of a long-term renovation project of the 1925 "Volkshaus" building - in addition to the existing concert hall and beer garden, later on a hotel, a shop and a library are also to be reinstated In the renovation of the bar and the brasserie, H&dM have removed all the unnecessary interventions from the 1970s, thus bringing back the original architectural character All the new elements refer to the original - eg, oval windows or light fixtures, chairs and table tops Materials used include wood, leather and tin Wallpaper recreating 17th c Basel as depicted by M Merian cover the restroom walls thus alluding to the centuries-old history of the "Volkshaus" predecessors photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Herzog and De Meuron Volkshaus Basel Immobilien DinaBM Tram 8 or 6 to Claraplatz 7

8 photo: bjunker photo: bjunker Sportzentrum Mülimatt Windisch Gaswerkstrasse Windisch The sports complex of Windisch-Mülimatt, Aargau, has been designed as one big bright room, with no attachments or secondary service units All playing fields receive light from each building side and when the covers are lifted they have a dual external view The carrying structure is strong and important, however the architectural richness of the building is given by the transparent or translucent elements The gymnastic halls is at the same level as the natural ground; a great view is seen throughout the landscape The building structure is compact, the footprint is minimal, the height is limited The access to the gymnasium is made on the square side, the central point where pedestrians, bicycles and cars arrive The landscaping concerns only a wide and dense planting along both banks of the river photo: bjunker Structural engineer Landscape designer Studio Vacchini Fürst Laffranchi GmbH Paolo Bürgi Kanton Aargau, Immobilien Aargau und Einwohnergemeinde Brugg bjunker From the train station of Brugg, follow the tracks direction East for about 600m Then turn left, walk towards the Aare-River, after a few Meters, you can see the Building 8

9 photo: bjunker photo: bjunker MFO-Park Sophie-Taeuber-Strasse Zurich The MFO-Park is a public square/public park located in the north of Zurich Its steel construction has exactly the same size as the former industrial building situated in the place The steel structure was meant to get overgrown by various plants In the past years, the initially clean steel structure became more and more covered by leaves Within the process of getting overgrown it became more and more popular to the inhabitants of the quarter The project is part of the transformation of Zurich-Nord, forming an industrial area into an urban quarter It shows one way of how industrial areas can be transformed without losing the characteristics totally photo: bjunker Floor area/size m² Main designer, Landscape architect Raderschall AG bjunker Burckhardt + Partner AG Stadt Zürich Leave Zürich Oerlikon Train Station towards north Follow the Therese-Giehse-Strasse for about 100m, turn left (Elias-Canetti-Strasse), go 150m and there you are 9

10 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Church of San Giovanni Battista S Giovanni Battista 6696 Mogno Aside from a glazed roof, this church is enveloped, inside and out, by alternating runs and blocks of grey Riveo granite and white Peccia marble both native to the region The modern marble and granite Church of San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist), designed by Ticinese architect Mario Botta (born 1943) is the main attraction for the little village of Mogno The church was erected between 1994 and 1996 on the site of its 350-year old predecessor, which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986 This catastrophe also claimed several of the homes in the village, although luckily no-one was injured in this event (text from Wikipedia) 1996 Mario Botta HelleBeelden photo: Maarten Helle Mogno is a village in Vallemaggia District in the canton of Ticino, 10

11 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 11

12 photo: Juho Nyberg Church St-Nicolas Rue Principale 1987 Heremence The Church of Hérémence, a masterpiece of contemporary architecture, recalling the age of dams, was built by Walter M Förderer, an architect from Basel It was completed in 1971 A "Sound and Light" translated into 4 languages allows visitors to understand all the symbols it contains 1971 Walter Forderer Grondonaudart photo: Juho Nyberg 12

13 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 13

14 photo: Kylähullu Heilig Kreuz Kirche Masanserstrasse Chur Standing at the foot of the Alps is the highly contemporary Holy Cross Church in Chur, Designed by Basel born Swiss architect Walter Förderer, the church evokes strong features of Brutalism Built between 1966 to 1969, the church appears like a mass fortress that conveys a symbolic defensive attitude photo: Philip Stessens 1969 Walter Forderer Philip 14

15 photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Goetheanum Rüttiweg Dornach The First Goetheanum was a wooden structure dating from 1919, which was destroyed by arson in 1922 On the site of the former structure, a new auditorium was built, wholly built of cast concrete This building became known as the Second Goetheanum, and is now simply referred to as the Goetheanum For its exterior, architect Rudolf Steiner achieved sculptural shapes on an architectural scale Besides housing an auditorium, the Goetheanum serves as the center of the worldwide Anthroposophical Society and the seat of the School of Spiritual Science With approximately visitors annually, nearly 200 conferences of varying sizes, and a diverse offering of cultural events, the Goetheanum is dedicated to serving the spirit of the time with a thoughtful, human-oriented approach that can respond to the manifold and pressing inner and outer questions of the day (text from website Goetheanum) photo: Stefan Stegemann 1928 Rudolf Steiner archi_joost daily 15

16 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 16

17 photo: Dirk Verwoerd Library Louis Nucera Traverse Barla Nice France Located in the extension of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMAC), the library occupies a vast 10,000m2 area on a single level dominated by a huge square head devised by the sculptor Sacha Sosno The Square Head is a monumental sculpture 30 meters high It consists of a cube of 14 m square housing the offices of the Louis Nucera library To convert this small "square head" of the famous Sacha Sosno sculpture into a huge library was an incredible challenge It required a variety of trials before selecting the pattern to achieve a close copy of the original The perforation needed to be as transparent as possible from the inside but appear opaque from the outside Two criteria which in principle are contradictory Floor area/size m² Main designer, Artist Yves Bayard Francis Chapus Sonso dirkverwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Tuesday and Wednesday: 10 am - 7 pm, Thursday and Friday: 2 pm - 7 pm, Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm, Sunday: 2 pm - 6 pm (October to June) Sunday July and August: 1 pm to 6 pm Closed on Mondays 17

18 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Mediatheque Villeurbanne Cours Amile Zola Villeurbanne France The idea from the outset was to construct a central element of reference And this corresponds to the necessity the architect feels to find a 'backbone' in every project, so that people entering the building will have a chance to orient themselves It could be a shaft of light or a structural element The idea for the competition was to create a house made of empty space within the solid building, with connecting stairs winding around the void Then, little by little, Botta arrived at the final solution, perhaps less complex, but maybe also better considering the building's relatively small dimensions There are no direct references to illuminist or neoclassical architecture This space was born more of an intuition of light, of static reasoning - but also of agreements with the fire department, who forced the architect to put the tempered glass around the central void 1988 Mario Botta City of Villeurbanne jpmm photo: Jeroen Meijer Take the metro to station Flachet, walk 200 meter to the west 18

19 photo: Ricardo Bofill photo: Ricardo Bofill Hotel de la Region Allée de Platon Montpellier France Marking the end of the Antigone axis, having come right to the east bank of the river Lez, this administrative building was constructed as the seat of Government and the regional Parliament As a building emblematic of the region and the culmination of a major civic axis, it needed to have an easily recognizable monumental form It was therefore conceived as a glass-clad triumphal arch, 50 m in height, with a central opening of 12 m The two pillars of the arch house the vertical circulation and various offices The bridge element accommodates the great hall, laid out on three levels, with a large central window in which the Parliament sits The two columns of the west façade are in fact glazed galleries which provide views out over Antigone and the new axis of the river Lez towards Port Marianne photo: Ricardo Bofill Public access unknown! 1989 Ricardo Bofill Ricardo_Bofill_Taller_de_Arquitectu ra 19

20 photo: Hacienda photo: Hacienda Lycée Sainte Marie-Lyon Chemin du Couvent La Verpillière France At the initiative of Father Marc Perrot, who believed that education should take place in a beautiful space, Georges Adilon was the architect of many buildings of the Marists Often compared to that of Le Corbusier, his architecture uses the stripped concrete, glass and stainless steel This is a reference in contemporary architecture in Lyon Unprecedented situation Georges Adilon worked forty years collaboratively with management St Marie; nearly twenty years with his daughter Marie Adilon photo: Hacienda 1976 Georges Adilon Sainte Marie Lyon School Hacienda Train Station La Verpillière 20

21 photo: Maki Oishi photo: Maki Oishi Le Cabanon de Le Corbusier Promenade Le Corbusier Roquebrune-Cap-Martin France This small wooden cabin (16 m2), was the secret castle of architect Le Corbusier Designed on the corner of a table in December 1951, it was to serve as a model for minimal living The small unit was put in place in 1952 It contained basic necessities for short stays at the rim of the ocean Vistiting the small cabin, you will be amazed about the interior From the outside it looks like an ordinary shed, inside it shows the qualities of Le Corbusier photo: Maki Oishi Floor area/size m² Le Corbusier Le Corbusier tsjoemie Guided tours only, on Tuesday and Friday morning: 1000 Reservation required Call touristic information Tours start at the train station of Cabbé Go to the train station in Avenue Le Corbusier, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin The tour starts on the parking lot of the train station (sea side) It takes approx 10 minutes walking to the cabin on the promenade Le Corbusier along the train track 21

22 photo: Shawn Cooper photo: Shawn Cooper Fondation Maeght Contemporary Art Museum Chemin des Gardettes Saint-Paul-de-Vence France The museum which opened in 1964 is a superb modernist light-filled example of the Catalan Josep Lluis Sert's work (He also designed the Miró Foundation Museum in Barcelona amongst others) Painters and sculptors of the day collaborated closely in the realisation of this building by creating monumental works integrated into the building and surrounding environment: the Giacometti courtyard, the Miró labyrinth filled with sculptures and ceramics, mural mosaics by Chagall and Tal-Coat, a pool and stained glass window by Braque, a Bury fountain, etc Josep Lluís Sert ShawnC photo: Shawn Cooper Open every day, without exception: Open everyday without exception October-March: 10 am -1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm; April-June: 10 am - 6 pm; July-September: 10 am - 7 pm The ticket office closes 30 minutes before closing time (Assuming most people will come from the Cote D'Azur/Nice area) - Head to the town of Saint Paul de Vence As you reach the ton there is a sign for the fondation which directs you up a hill Follow this road and first GO PAST the signed carpark on the main road (it's only an overflow carpark) and follow signs into the Museum as there is a carpark right at the front gate 22

23 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 23

24 photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber Ecluse de Kembs-Niffer Rue des Romains Kembs France One of the most unknown Le Corbusiers projects It is a sluice (or lockhouse) that is part of the Rhone-Rhine Canal in France just in-between the towns of Kembs and Niffer 1962 Le Corbusier City of Kembs & Niffer Marloes_Faber photo: Marloes Faber You can go there by car When you are in Kembs you have to follow the D468 up to the north Just before you will pass a bridge you can see the sluice or lock at your left hand 24

25 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 25

26 photo: Michael Noordam photo: Michael Noordam Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette Route de la Tourette Eveux France Le Corbusier's last major work in Europe Its program is unusual a complete, self-contained world for a community of studying, silent monks, living a life so austere they are sometimes known as the 'begging brothers' The building has 100 individual cells, communal library, classrooms and refectory, a rooftop cloister and church Many of Le C's long-established practices are here: the pilotis (load-bearing columns) inside the walls freeing the facade for long strip windows, the grassed rooftops and the carefully planned architectural promenade with ramp; but the austerity and spirituality of the monks' life gives a very different outcome Trying to give the monks what men today need most: silence and peacethis monastery does not show off; it is on the inside that it lives" Despite many practical reservations (soundproofing, acoustics and many maintenance issues that are very visible today) one student monk compared his entry into the building to a second entry into religion photo: Michael Noordam 1960 Le Corbusier Dominicans of Lyon Michael_Noordam Though still functioning for a greatly-reduced population of monks, La Tourette has become something of a pilgrimage site for students of architecture Overnight stays can be arranged in the unused cells To get there by car, take the A6 motorway north from Lyon, until the "Limonest" exit (33) Take the N6, then shortly turn left onto the D73 to cut across to the N7 Follow the N7 to L'Arbresle, then follow signposts to Eveux and to the Couvent de La Tourette 26

27 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 27

28 photo: Antoine Stinco photo: Antoine Stinco Maison de la Culture Rue Paul Claudel Grenoble France The Maison de la Culture in Grenoble was designed by André Wogenscky to mark the 1968 Winter Olympics It has long been a symbol, a somewhat isolated object resembling the prow of a ship beached, as it were, in the town In 2004, the building began its new life as a cultural multiplex after six years of reconstruction Antoine Stinco completely revamped stage amenities and routing, while discreetly adding a new wing connected to the old part by two glass footbridges For Stinco it was a matter of "unlocking a building suspended above a green space, without resisting its architecture I did not want to arrive at a vocabulary that opposed this building which symbolizes Grenoble's 'heroic period'", hence the complete absence of lavishness This is a new complex for a city that has always demonstrated a large appetite for culture - put to the test here with a sober, almost too sober setting - which seeks to be neither very rich, nor ostentatiously poor Antoine Stinco City of Grenoble Sophie_Roulet photo: Antoine Stinco 28

29 photo: Fabrice Dunou photo: Fabrice Dunou Pierres Vives Avenue Pablo Neruda Montpellier France The Department of Herault decided to gather heads of departmental archives, book and reading and his departmental office of sports (Hérault-Sport), within the same building: Pierres Vives This building, whose design was entrusted in 2002 to the Anglo-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, was built in the heart of Mosson in Montpellier The public opening is scheduled for September 2012 By bringing these three entities in one place, the General Council wishes to bring an ambitious project based on the encounter of culture and sport In addition to the tasks currently performed by the archives, the directorate of books and reading and Herault-Sport, the equipment will be able to offer a new service offering, focused on access to knowledge for all, the intersection of publics photo: Fabrice Dunou Floor area/size m², Interior architect Supplier Zaha Hadid s FabriceDunou Reynaers Aluminium Conseil Général de l'herault Open to public in September

30 photo: Ricardo Bofill photo: Ricardo Bofill La Place du Nombre d'or Place du Nombre d'or Montpellier France A complex of 288 apartments which together compose a plaza with shops at street level The plan of the plaza, an archetypal form in classical architecture, distributes the apartments in three semicircle, four corners and an entrance gateway to the plaza The semicircles are made up of square 12 x 12 m modules laid out according to the geometry of a decagon These modules, with ground and six upper floors, have two apartments on each floor The vertical circulation has been handled in a similar fashion to the Théâtre in Marne-la-Vallée, with the emergency stairs inside a column and a triangular module containing the lift, the waste collector and one room of the apartments The curve here is more closed than in Montpellier, with the result that the vertical circulation module is situated nearer the centre of the plaza, creating an exterior effect of individual houses and, by contrast, a completely continuous interior façade photo: Ricardo Bofill Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Ricardo Bofill L'Heraultaise Ricardo_Bofill_Taller_de_Arquitectu ra 30

31 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 31

32 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 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,

33 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) 33

34 photo: Ricardo Bofill photo: Ricardo Bofill Les Echelles de la Ville Henri Frenay Montpellier France 6-storey office building which plays an important part in the urban design of Antigone, in that it has to relate the new development with the city centre while compensating for a marked difference in level A shopping centre had for a long time defined the city's boundary with a blind wall which was opened up thanks to this project The element which characterizes the new building is a monumental double flight of steps leading up to the terrace, which lies on the same level as the Place de la Comédie The central door opens onto the lifts and escalators, which are also important means of access to the shopping The wings of the building are occupied by offices, while the centre has a more commercial character On the facade, the three orders are superimposed every two floors The design here is a progression from a simple façade with a succession of axes on the lowest level, to a pilastered façade on the two subsequent levels, and a combination of both on the upper floors photo: Ricardo Bofill Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Ricardo Bofill SERM Ricardo_Bofill_Taller_de_Arquitectu ra 34

35 photo: David Uró i Vilanova photo: David Uró i Vilanova Nemausus Avenue du Général Leclerc Nîmes France In peripheral surroundings of modest houses, appears an alternative of "housing" in two parallel blocks, with maximum flexibility and typological variety using "modular" apartments (studio, one-room, double height, duplex) Between blocks there are the rest of a "arboretum" as public park on the ground floor In the half-buried plant is the parking The access to the blocks is by outside stairs and metallic footbridges, that lead to the 114 houses Trying to reduce the communitarian spaces, the façades (South) can be completely opened with a system of accordion doors The terrace can be completely integrated with the living, the apartment is opened to light and to the Mediterranean climate in Nimes The construction system uses industrial materials and prefabricated (thin walls of concrete and aluminium) to reduce the costs, and to construct high quality apartments To lower the price, with vocation to be: "the democratic aspect" photo: David Uró i Vilanova Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Supplier Jean Nouvel Sabine Rosant French Government (Ministry of Housing and Territory) and the City of Nîmes duv_ 35

36 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Aula des Cedres Avenue de Cour Lausanne timents-et-infrastructures/location-de-laula-des-cedreshtml The Aula des Cèdres is the work of the internationally renowned architect Jean Tschumi His career was focused around the Lake Geneva region, mainly in the 1950s The Aula des Cèdres was built in 1961 and 1962 and served as a lecture hall for the Ecole Polytechnique et Universitaire de Lausanne Jean Tschumi, the head of architecture at the school, developed this auditorium with François Panchaud, who taught students about reinforced concrete This collaboration between an architect and an engineer, representative of the time, was behind the immense concrete veil that is so characteristic of the building Rectangular in shape, the veil is lifted on both ends to accommodate the high windows that introduce a strong dialogue with the nature in the area while letting in a great deal of light The auditorium itself is an oval-shaped structure located in the middle of the building photo: Roderick Trompert 1961 Jean Tschumi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Roderick 36

37 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 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

38 photo: Vitorio Benedetti photo: Vitorio Benedetti Carré d'art Place de la Maison Carree Nîmes France The Carré d'art successfully connects ancient and modern architectures It also provides a powerful catalyst for reinvigorating the social and physical fabric of a city The site faces the Maison Carre, a perfectly preserved Roman temple The challenge was to relate new to the old, but at the same time to create a building that represented its own age with integrity This building not only contains magazines, newspapers and books, but it is also a gallery for painting and sculpture It has nine storeys, half of which is sunk into the ground The lower levels house archive storage and a cinema, while above a roofed courtyard forms the heart of the building, exploiting the transparency and lightness of modern materials to allow natural light to permeate all floors photo: Vitorio Benedetti Foster & Partners City of Nîmes MI_MOA Every day open from 10:00-18:00, except Mondays 38

39 photo: Ricardo Bofill photo: Ricardo Bofill Olympic swimming pool of Montpellier Jacques Cartier Montpellier France Above first floor level, the building is nothing more than a light roof suspended over the two pools From the entrance lobby, the view of the two pools and the sports hall is immediate Visitors, who enter at the highest level of the public seating, are met with a view of the sporting pool below with the leisure pool to its right Spectators can watch competitions from either side of the sporting pool Conceived of as two squares fused into one, although each with its own individual atmosphere, the leisure area and the sporting area are, nonetheless, fully integrated visually, spatially and functionally photo: Ricardo Bofill Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Ricardo Bofill Serm Ricardo_Bofill_Taller_de_Arquitectu ra 39

40 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 40

41 photo: Ricardo Bofill Port Juvenal Esplanade de l'europe Montpellier France A circular colonnade with a diameter of 240 m and a total floor area of m2, comprising some 400 apartments with shops on the ground floor The initial distribution in the form of 1-,2-,3- and 4-bedroom apartments was changed thanks to the flexibility of layout of the spaces on each floor, this leading to a subsequent adaptation to meet specific needs and the uniting or segregating of apartments The length of the diameter of the semicircle made it possible to reduce the number of points of articulation and group together the apartments in 12 houses The park extends over 2 hectares, towards the river Lez photo: Ricardo Bofill Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Ricardo Bofill Crédit immobilier, Copra, Sonamur Ricardo_Bofill_Taller_de_Arquitectu ra 41