Vitra Projects 8 Created 18-May-16 By Juan Viton, Santiago, Chile Vitra Fire Station Zaha Hadid s exposition space, fire station Conference Pavilion 3 Vitrashop Factory Hall VitraHaus 6 Vitra Bus Stop 7 Jasper Morrison bus station 4 Gehry Partners Herzog and De Meuron museum, shop, showroom Tadao Ando congress centre, meeting room, pavilion 2 Vitra Headquarters 8 Basel, Switzerland Gehry Partners meeting room, office 5 Alvaro Siza Vieira factory http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ Vitra Factory Building 9 SANAA factory 1
Vitra Fire Station Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D-79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwdesign-museumde/ Following a major fire in 1981, the company Vitra has pursued a conscious approach to its own architecture, starting with the commission awarded to the English architect Nicholas Grimshaw to build a new factory hall After completion of the first structure, he was assigned the task of developing a master plan for the Vitra grounds Now Vitra commissions a different architect for each building project, deliberately contrasting works of architecture confront one another and imbue the site with vitality and a distinctive identity The Fire Station is one of the highlights of the tour Long an icon of deconstructivist architecture, this was the first work ever to be realized by the master architect who is today entrusted with prestigious global commissions Constructed as a working firehouse within the Vitra furniture design and manufacturing complex, the building is now used by Vitra as a showplace for part of its permanent collection of chairs 1994 Zaha Hadid s Naomi Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Vitra offers guided architecture tours in numerous languages over the premises of the Vitra company's factory in Weil am Rhein, daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm Contact: info-weil@design-museumde or call 0049 (0)7621 702 3200 Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ 2
Conference Pavilion Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D -79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwdesign-museumde/ Vitra, the German furniture manufacturer, has been collecting buildings by a variety of architects on their factory site near Basel They organize tours over the premises The starting point for the tour is Gehry's sculptural-expressionistic museum building, completed in 1989 - the first of the California architect's buildings to be realised in Europe The Conference Pavilion by Japan's Tadao Ando was also a European premiere The introverted structure is visually impressive with its formal restraint and reduction to a few materials Most of the building is situated under ground The austere and elegantly proportioned conference pavilion is a deliberate contrast to the flamboyance of Gehry's neighboring design museum Along with the museum and Conference Pavilion, the Fire Station by London-based Zaha Hadid is one of the highlights of the tour 1993 Tadao Ando boeboe Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Guided tours are daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm The number of participants is limited There is no advance registration for public tours Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0)7621 702 3200 Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ 3
photo: Dirk Verwoerd Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D -79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwdesign-museumde/ The inception of the dates back to the early 1980s With the aim of documenting the history of the Vitra company, Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum began collecting the furniture of designers who had influenced the company's development, such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alvar Aalto, and Jean Prouvé The design museum houses temporary exhibitions on themes of furniture design, and Gehry's building makes a suitable host for them - in keeping with the theme, but - once inside supporting, not competing with, the exhibitions As well as Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw, Tadao Ando and Zaha Hadid are all represented with separate buildings on the grounds of Vitra, in a cross between an industrial plant and a model village photo: Dirk Verwoerd 11-1989 Gehry Partners boeboe Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm Closed: December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the cafè have the same opening hours as the museum Guided tours are daily, at 12 pm and 2 pm, lasting two hours From February 23, 2008 daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm The number of participants is limited There is no advance registration for public tours Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0)7621 702 3200 Public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55, from the train station in Weil am Rhein it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum By car: The Vitra Design Museum can be reached from Freiburg (north) or Basel (south) via the Autobahn A5 (exit Weil am Rhein), from France/St Louis take the boarder crossing Palmrain From Lörrach/Riehen turn west at the marked junction "Weil am Rhein" just north of the Fondation Beyeler A big car park free of charge exists http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ 4
photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Vitrashop Factory Hall Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 D-79576 Weil am Rhein This single-storey factory hall for Vitra has a footprint of over 20000 square metres With its clinker-brick façade, granite base and 4 metre-high windows, the building resembles a minimalist sculpture Project is not public! Floor area/size 1993 20000 m² Alvaro Siza Vieira Vitra GmbH Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ 5
photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan VitraHaus Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwvitracom/vitrahaus A new building has been added to the Vitra Campus The VitraHaus lies in close proximity to the Swiss border and the furniture manufacture's Basel headquarters Here the Vitra Home Collection is shown The furnishings and objects are arranged in a variety of settings for both living and working: classics by Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Prouvé and Verner Panton are combined with contemporary designs by Maarten Van Severen, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Antonio Citterio, Hella Jongerius, Jasper Morrison and others With the VitraHaus, there is a sense of "homecoming" not only with regard to the architects, but also in the building concept Herzog & de Meuron make reference to the archetypal form of the gabled house, which is found in residential structures around the globe They have stretched this basic form and combined a series of "houses" in an intersecting stack photo: Iwan Baan 1-2010 Supplier Herzog and De Meuron Sto Isoned Vitra Verwaltungs GmbH, Weil am Rhein, MI_MOA The VitraHaus is open Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm offers guided architectural tours of about 2 hours on the Vitra Campus Daily at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm Public transport: From Claraplatz or Badischer Bahnhof Basel, take bus 55 From EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, take bus 50 to the Basel SBB Railway Station, tram 2 to Badischer Bahnhof Basel, bus 55From the train station in Weil am Rhein, it is about a 15 min walk to the museum By car: From and Switzerland, take the A5 motorway, exit at Weil am Rhein, turn left, follow the signs for From France, go to the Palmrain (D) border crossing, take E35 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ 6
Vitra Bus Stop Römerstraße 79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwvitracom/en-gb/collage/campus/ The creation of the by Frank Gehry in 1989 was a turning point in the history of the Vitra project and completed the transformation from a purely industrial site to a meeting place for cultural and commercial activities Over the next few years, new construction projects dared to experiment with architectural forms A conscious decision was made to select architects who normally would not have designed buildings in the Basle area, the aim being to create a site that drew not on regional sources that are now recognised around the world, but designs that stamped their distinctive character on the site through their foreign influences Jasper Morrison, a leading figure of "New Simplicity" a movement that advocated a more modest and also more serious approach to design designed in addition to furniture and accessories a tram system for the city of Hanover, and this project for Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein: a pair of discreet stainless steel bus stop shelters 2006 Jasper Morrison Vitra jpmm By public transport: from Basel main station take the bus to the Vitra campus; By car: autobahn E35, take the exit Weil am Rhein and drive in the direction of the http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ 7
Vitra Headquarters Klünenfeldstraße 22 4127 Basel Switzerland http://wwwvitracom/en-lp/about/ 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 Switzerland 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 1994 6200 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ 8
photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek Vitra Factory Building Charles-Eames-Str 2 79576 Weil am Rhein http://wwwvitracom/en-us/magazine/details/sanaa-factory -building This most recent addition to the VITRA's architecturally distinguished campus, is the first industrial building designed by SANAA It was designed for "Vitrashop" which produces shop fittings and uses this hall primarily for storage and assembly Because the building was required to be of great size and because it is close to a nearby residential area, the architects shaped its floor plan as a slightly deformed circle (with a 160 m diameter) This overall form allows for functional flexibility as well as for a more pleasing visual impression The building is 11 m high, its roof is supported by a grid of steel columns The exterior envelope is made of concrete, insulated and wrapped in undulating elements of acrylic glass, with varying fold widths photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek Project is not public! Floor area/size 4-2013 20 m² SANAA VITRA DinaBM http://wwwmimoaeu/users/juanexteria/guides/vitra/ 9