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1 Projects 30 Created 17-Feb-12 By CAO TAIMING, MILANO, Italy Kunstmuseum Winterthur Extension Winterthur, Gigon Guyer Architekten museum Zentrum Paul Klee Church of San Giovanni Battista Ricola Storage Building Chapelle de St-Loup House for a Musician Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angeli Rolex Learning Center 7 Theater 11 St Jakob Park 14 Therme Vals 15 La Tuffière 16 Helvetia Headquarters 17 Sankt Gallen, Herzog and De Meuron office 8 Freitag Flagship Store 18 Zurich, spillmannechsle architekten landmark, shop 9 Culture and Congress Center 19 Luzern, Jean Nouvel congress centre, culture, music theatre 10 Musuem Tinguely 20 Basel, Mario Botta museum 11 Lausanne, SANAA culture, education, library Corpataux-Magnedens, 2b architectes auditorium, community centre Rivera, Mario Botta chapel 6 Scharans, Valerio Olgiati atelier, private house 13 Vals, Peter Zumthor spa Pompaples, Localarchitecture chapel, religion 5 Laufen, Herzog and De Meuron industry, renovation, shed Church San Benedetg Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial space, football stadium, shopping centre, sport Appenzell, Gigon Guyer Architekten museum 4 Mogno, Mario Botta church, religion Museum Liner Sumvitg, Peter Zumthor church Bern, Renzo Piano museum 3 St Antonius Church 21 Basel, Karl Moser church 12 Zurich, EM2N auditorium, theatre Heidi Weber Museum 22 Zurich, Le Corbusier museum 1

2 Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site Chur, Peter Zumthor exposition space, landmark, shed Kubus-Titan Municipal Theatre Museum der Kulturen New cover of Renens's Market Square Westside shopping mall 28 La Congiunta 29 Giornico, Peter Märkli museum 25 Vitra Headquarters 30 Basel, Gehry Partners meeting room, office 26 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron museum 24 Sankt Gallen, Cramer-Jaray-Paillard theatre Bern, Daniel Libeskind mall, mixed-use development Bern, :mlzd library, museum 23 Friedrich Dürrenmatt Centre 31 Neuchatel, Mario Botta museum 27 Renens, Localarchitecture shelter, square focusterra Research and Information Centre 32 Zurich, Holzer Kobler Architekturen exposition space, museum, university 2

3 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 3

4 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) 4

5 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, 5

6 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:

7 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 7

8 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 8

9 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 9

10 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angeli Alpe Foppa / Monte Tamaro 6802 Rivera The building 'detaches' itself, as it were, from the mountain to form a new horizon, the starting point of an ideal viaduct The passageway begins at the natural slope of the mountain, and offers two paths: one, open air, leading out to a belvedere that looks out across the valley, and another leading down inside the walls towards the church entrance beneath The roof of the chapel is formed by the amphitheatre-type steps, turned back towards the mountain, thereby negating the very idea of a roof and transforming the architectonic gesture into a continuous passageway that offers new mountain views The plastic forms, the transverse composition, and the innovative configurations make up a kind of 'negative' image gathered beneath the horizon of the walkway Inside, the circular space of the church has three naves; the lower central one is distinguished at the entrance by two heavy columns, and narrows towards the area of the small apse that protrudes from the main volume of the church photo: Jeroen Meijer Floor area/size m² Main designer, Artist Mario Botta Enzo Cucchi Egidio Cattaneo jpmm Daily from 4 April - 1 November 2009: Rivera is located between Bellinzona and Lugano Once there take a cable car to the Alpe Foppa at 1530m 10

11 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 11

12 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 12

13 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 13

14 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 14

15 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 15

16 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 16

17 photo: Stefan Tuchila photo: Stefan Tuchila Helvetia Headquarters Dufourstrasse Sankt Gallen Simple but yet complex, one of the best works by this Swiss practice can be found in St Gallen The recipe is simple: take a simple form of building and give it a nice skin Using a series of repetitive modules, the architects create a façade that decomposes the site, the context, the surroundings The different angle of each module creates this effect, which is emphasized by the beautiful "savage" garden that neighbours the buildings 2004 Herzog and De Meuron Helvetia Patria stefan_tuchila photo: Stefan Tuchila you can visit the garden any time, and the entry halls, the rest of the building is forbidden to public access 17

18 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 18

19 photo: João Sousa photo: João Sousa Culture and Congress Center Europaplatz 1 CH-6005 Luzern The KKL Luzern was built in record time, five years, between 1995 and 2000 The work of French architect Jean Nouvel and American acoustician Russell Johnson replaced Armin Meili s (1933/34) building The construction is divided into three parts and made up of the Concert Hall, a multifunctional Lucerne Hall as well as the Convention Centre with its Auditorium and the Museum of Art Lucerne One of the most important features of the KKL Luzern is that all kinds of different events may take place under the same gigantic roof Not only separately and next door to each other but with transparent boundaries also together These events encompass the fields of culture, convention and cuisine The building stands out especially because of its huge roof, which has become the trademark of the KKL Luzern It is the ideal component to compliment the natural landmark Mount Pilatus and the historical trademark Chapel Bridge photo: João Sousa Floor area/size m² Jean Nouvel Tragerstiftung Joao_Sousa You can join a scheduled public guided tour For reservations phone , inf[at]kkl-luzernch The Culture and Congress Center is right next to the Luzern train station (on your right as you come out of the station) 19

20 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 20

21 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 21

22 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 22

23 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 23

24 photo: bjunker photo: bjunker Kubus-Titan Helvetiaplatz Bern The Historic Museum was built by André Lambert in 1894 in a historistic style This extension to the Historic Museum in Bern comprises a large exhibition room with roof terrace, a floor allocated to storerooms and office space for the museum itself, as well as offices and a library with reading room for the City Archive, which is also included in the new extension photo: bjunker 2009 Supplier :mlzd Reynaers Aluminium Historisches Museum Bern bjunker Tuesday to Sunday Monday closed By public transport from Bern Railway Station Tram line 6 (direction Worb), Tram line 7 (direction Ostring) and Tram line 8 (direction Saali) as far as the stop "Helvetiaplatz" 24

25 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Municipal Theatre Museumstrasse Sankt Gallen Saint Gallen Municipal Theatre can be found in the Stadtpark, the cultural heart of the city, adjacent to the museums of fine art and natural history Attributed to Claude Paillard of Cramer-Jaray-Paillard, it is an example of brutalism, the architectural movement popular in the 1960s and early 70s This style of building uses lots of exposed concrete, both inside and out Here in, and in neighbouring Germany, it was often accompanied by lots of dense evergreen planting, which softens the harshness of the concrete This contrasting treatment complements the architecture and increases as the planting matures, making it more palatable with the public Outwardly the theatre has similarities with the work of Gottfried Bohm, in particular the Pilgrimage Church at Niviges, and the Bensberg Town Hall, both designed and built around the same time Internally, the planning is based upon the hexagon, the handling of which is reminiscent of some of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses photo: David Baugh 1968 Cramer-Jaray-Paillard davidb 25

26 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Museum der Kulturen Münsterplatz Basel Museum of Ethnology, located right in the heart of Basel's old town, has been renovated and extended so as to include new exhibition space on the top of an already existing building This addition is crowned by an impressive, irregularly folded, roof clad in dark green ceramic tiles (concave, convex and flat) Cantilevered from the rest of the building, the new structure provides support for specially devised plant holders that create a curtain of hanging greenery Access to the museum is through a courtyard that descends gently toward the reception area An open staircase leads to three refurbished exhibition floors and culminates in the column-free space of the new roof addition Herzog and De Meuron Museum der Kulturen Basel Tim_Smits photo: Nazar Leskiw Tuesday - Sunday: h Monday: closed Tram Nr 2 ("Bahnhof SBB" or "Badischer Bahnhof") Halte "Kunstmuseum", then walk along Rittergasse and across Münsterplatz 26

27 photo: LOCALARCHITECTURE photo: LOCALARCHITECTURE New cover of Renens's Market Square Rue du Midi 1020 Renens The market square s new cover represents a sensitive approach to urban planning that is as much an engineering feat as a challenge for the town planners The aim has been to combine nature and novel architecture to create a harmonious and symbolic whole that is adapted to all the activities associated with Renens's town centre An exceptional structure in any terms, it has been formed using thin slabs (15cm maximum thickness) subtly suspended amid five magnificent lime trees planted along the edge of the square, along the rue du Midi As if supported by the trees, the discontinuous lines of the canopy give the structure a vibrant natural aspect This major architectural undertaking is a subtle embellishment to the existing surroundings and an important addition to the heart of Renens The symbolic form of the arcade will enable all the various activities that take place in and around the Market Square, and indeed all the local inhabitants, to feel at home photo: LOCALARCHITECTURE Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Landscape designer Localarchitecture BG Ingénieurs conseils Paysagestion SA Ville de Renens laurent_s 27

28 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

29 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

30 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 30

31 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Friedrich Dürrenmatt Centre Chemin du Pertuis du Sault Neuchatel photo: Jeroen Meijer Located in Neuchâtel, the small museum houses the collection of drawings of the famous Swiss novelist and playwrite Friedrich Dürrenmatt The first, immediate decision of Mario Botta was to place the building next to Dürrenmatt's home Dürrenamtt's first house described as "a yellow dice with a flat roof ", features today as a bare white box next to that emerges the small tower, only visible sign of the new intevention, connecting the museum's underground levels The existing villa, reorganised on three levels with Dürrenmatt's library and a small cafeteria The new construction penetrates deep into the mountain and opens up in a bow downhill An introverted space, for contemplation and appreciation of the collection, it is a building that shapes and becomes shaped by the site The roof becomes a wide terrace for for the cafeteria, while the duplex concave exhibition space is characterised by rays of light dropping n from the ceiling along the curved wall Floor area/size m² Mario Botta Swiss Confederation jpmm Wednesday till Sunday from 1100 until 1700 Bus: 9/9b from the station to "Ermitage" and then by foot up the woody hill road (Chemin du pertuis du sault) Car: use a navigation divice to get there, parkingspace: 100 m past the museum in the woods, there is place for about 6 cars The road is fairly steep, curvy and narrow, so be careful 31

32 photo: Radek Brunecky photo: Radek Brunecky focusterra Research and Information Centre Sonneggstrasse Zurich The centerpiece of the "focusterra" exhibition is a tower located in the covered courtyard at the newly renovated Natural Sciences Institute building on the campus of the ETH Zurich The free-standing spiral form of the exhibition tower sets itself confidently apart from the existing building Analogous to the forces at work below the earth's surface, the tower spirals up three levels reaching just below the skylight of the inner courtyard A staircase and a continuous ribbon of showcases connect different levels of the exhibition in a seamless continuum, and guide visitors through the fascinating layers of the earth The concept and design connect the existing historical-mineralogical-geological collection with contemporary research done at the institute photo: Radek Brunecky Floor area/size m² Associate architect Holzer Kobler Architekturen ANS Architekten und Planer SIA AG ETH Zürich Roderick Monday to Friday: 9h-17h; Sundays: 10h-16h; closed on Saturdays Tram 6, 9 or 10 to ETH / Universitätsspital 32