basel Projects 31 Created 20-Apr-11 By urgel berta, lausanne, Schaulager archive, atelier, exposition space Novartis Campus REHAB Basel Institute for Hospital Pharmaceuticals Novartis office General Trade School Apartment building St Jakob Park Bar Rouge 7 Musuem Tinguely 14 Bank BIS 15 Central Signal Box 16 Housing Schwarzpark 17 Miller & Maranta social housing 8 Elsässertor II 18 commercial space, office, restaurant 9 SBB Train Station Pedestrian Overpass 19 Cruz y Ortiz bridge, passage, train station 10 Herzog & De Meuron Office Headquarters 20 atelier, office 11 Morphing Systems bar, club Media Tower commercial space, football stadium, shopping centre, sport 6 apartment, housing 13 Mario Botta commercial space, office Hermann Baur secondary school, sport 5 Peter Märkli office St Antonius Church Mario Botta museum laboratorium, office 4 clinic, health care Karl Moser church Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani urban plan 3 Euregio Office Building 21 Richard Meier atelier, commercial space, office 12 Berrel Architekten information centre, kiosk http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ Allschwilerstrasse Residential and Office Building 22 housing, mixed-use development, office 1
Suva House housing, office Lignum Pavilion The Picassohaus Vitra Headquarters Novartis Campus - Forum 3 25 Wohnhaus Müller 29 BVK Wohnhaus 30 Signal Box Auf dem Wolf 31 control centre 26 Railway Engine Depot 32 industry 27 Diener & Diener education, office University Hospital Basel Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten housing Gehry Partners meeting room, office 24 Peter Märkli meeting room, office Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten Frei + Saarinen Architekten pavilion, sculpture, showroom 23 Kinderspital Basel 33 Stump & Schibli Architekten hospital 28 Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten atelier, housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 2
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Schaulager Ruchfeldstrasse 19 CH-4142 Basel http://wwwschaulagerorg/ photo: Naomi Schiphorst The Schaulager ('viewing warehouse') is neither museum nor traditional warehouse It keeps the Emanuel Hoffmann collection in optimal condition and is primarily accessible for specialists: conservators, curators, researchers etc The heavy outer wall is built up in layers and its outer surface scratched, exposing the pebbles excavated on site This material is not only a visual expression of weight and storage but also, as a result of its great inertia, an essential factor in the interior climate control On one side the box is somewhat indented, creating a forecourt, so that the entrance side is visible from great distance It appears to be guarded by a small building with a gabled roof The courtyard-like space radiates urbanism and publicness Schaulager is thus not simply an anonymous box on the urban periphery, but rather a place that is active and self-confident, expanding the public dimension of the city of Basel to the south, towards the new district of Dreispitz/Münchenstein Floor area/size 5-2003 16500 m² Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation Laurenz Foundation MI_MOA The building is ONLY OPEN for the public during exhibitions! Check the Schaulager website for info Tue, Wed, Fri noon 6 pm Thu noon 7 pm Sat, Sun 10 am 5 pm By tram: Take tram No 11, bound for Aesch, at the Swiss Railway Station SBB to "Schaulager" stop (approx 10 min) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 3
photo: Andreina Schoeberlein photo: Andreina Schoeberlein Novartis Campus Fabrikstrasse 4 CH-4002 Basel http://wwwnovartisch/ Novartis is aiming to transform the St Johann site - its headquarters in Basel - from an industrial complex to a place of innovation, knowledge and encounter The new Campus should offer Novartis employees and visitors an environment for intensive levels of communication and work, which is ultra-modern, very functional and aesthetically pleasing The master plan on which all these changes are based is by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani The individual special buildings are to be designed and also realized by invited architects like Peter Märkli, Diener & Diener and Japanese office SANAA Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, whom Novartis commissioned to produce an overall plan for the St Johann project, is an architect with a practice in Milan and a chair in urban development history at the ETH in Zurich photo: Andreina Schoeberlein 2000 Urban planner Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani Novartis Schweiz MI_MOA The campus and offices of Novartis are not open to the public, its like a forbidden city for architecture lovers Maybe you could get in with a tour from the Basel ure Museum but don' t count on it you can find the development-map here: http://wwwnovartiscom/ downloads/about-novartis/visitorsmappdf The area is situated next to the river, just before (or after) the Dreirosenbrucke Coming from France: Motorway A35/E60 direction Basel, after customs enter left into the tunnel and follow the signs to Basel St Johann From EuroAirport Basel take Airport Express Bus PTT 50 to Kannenfeldplatz Change to Tram 1 (direction Dreirosenbrücke) stop Novartis Campus Across the street you find the main entrance to the Novartis Campus From Bahnhof Basel, also take tram 1, same way http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 4
photo: Marieke Mannens photo: Marieke Mannens REHAB Basel Im Burgfelderhof 40 4056 Basel http://wwwrehabch You expect clinics to look, well, clinical, modernist, austerely immaculate boxes, hygienically white inside and out REHAB Basel is a privately run rehabilitation clinic for patients with spinal-cord or brain injuries, they can stay here up to 18 months It appears residential and natural, though not with a funky, down-home earthiness, but crispy modern Here, oak, pine, larch, and ironwoods enclose and screen exterior walls, and a rectilinear plan brings daylight and landscape into its precincts through courtyards, grassy roofs, glazed walls, upper-level decks, and skylights The double and single rooms have daylight from above and an outside balcony The indoor swimming pool offers views into the sky from a pyramid-like dome above The floors are very wide, open giving wheelchair-bound patients a sense of autonomy Almost a place where anyone would like to live photo: Marieke Mannens Floor area/size 3-2002 24000 m² Main designer, Landscape architect Acoustics consultant August Künzel Martin Lienhard Rehab Basel AG Marieke_Mannens http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 5
photo: Maarten Helle photo: Viktor Ramos Institute for Hospital Pharmaceuticals Spitalstrasse 28 4056 Basel The Hospital Pharmacie (in German: Institut für Spitalpharmazie) houses offices, labs and production The building is placed on the Rossetti-grounds, and presents itself to the street with a green monumental shield The building marks the entrance to the city, from the Spital-side The position of the elevator, stairs and entrance side for services was determined by the existing building from the 1960 s The façade is made with glass, covered by a Chromogenic colour print If you come close, you can see the structure of the print on the green, semi transparent building surface photo: Viktor Ramos Floor area/size 1999 9439 m² City of Basel Marieke_Mannens Basel Tourist office offers the whole year guided tours of the most interesting examples of 20th century architecture in and around Basel as well as along the current axes of urban development Or visit the Swiss architecture museum in Basel http://wwwsam-baselorg/ Bus 30/33/36/38/603/604 to Frauenspital http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 6
photo: Goran Potkonjak photo: Goran Potkonjak Novartis office Fabrikstrasse 6 CH-4002 Basel Before the advent of modern scientific methods in chemistry and pharmacology, it was the alchemists who endeavoured to discover remedies for human ailments The office building Peter Märkli architekten designed for pharmaceutical giant Novartis Pharma recalls alchemy's other enterprise, its attempts to turn base metals into gold: or rather, Märkli has succeeded in maintaining that illusion The anodised aluminium of the loadbearing façades has been coated with a champagne-coloured paint and the air ducts that run across the roof are encased in gold-coloured aluminium sandwich board While such non-designed service elements are often an eyesore, here they look like costly treasures photo: Goran Potkonjak 2006 Peter Märkli Novartis Pharma Kirsten_Hannema The campus and offices of Novartis are not open to the public, its like a forbidden city for architecture lovers Maybe you could get in with a tour from the Basel ure Museum but don't count on it The campus is situated next to the river, just before (or after) the Dreirosenbrucke Coming from France: Motorway A35/E60 direction Basel, after customs enter left into the tunnel and follow the signs to Basel St Johann From EuroAirport Basel take Airport Express Bus PTT 50 to Kannenfeldplatz Change to Tram 1 (direction Dreirosenbrücke) stop Novartis Campus Across the street you find the main entrance to the Novartis Campus From Bahnhof Basel, also take tram 1, same way http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 7
photo: photo: Marloes Faber General Trade School Vogelsangstrasse 15 4058 Basel http://wwwfhbbch/ 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 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 8
photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber Apartment building Schutzenmattstrasse 11 4051 Basel Sinuous cast-iron screens are used in the façade of this apartment building They resemble drain grilles This inventive use of unexpected but ordinary and readily available things is typical for the work of "Something mysterious is revealed in the normality of everyday life" photo: Marloes Faber 1993 unknown Marloes_Faber Close to the city centre There is a post office opposite the building http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 9
photo: Marloes Faber photo: Marloes Faber St Jakob Park St Jakobs-Strasse 395 4052 Basel http://wwwst-jakob-parkcom/ 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 Project is public! 2001 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 10
photo: Marloes Faber Bar Rouge Messeplatz 10 CH-4058 Basel http://wwwbarrougech/ The original Bar Rouge was designed for the Expo02 in at the beach in Yverdon-les-Bains The bar stood here from May 2002 until October that same year Since then, the bar has slept until it was reused in the Messe-tower, at the 31th floor From this spot you will have amazing views over Basel Owwwand you definitely have to visit the toilet, could tell you more: it is a great experience! photo: Marloes Faber Project is public! 2006 Interior architect Morphing Systems Bar Rouge Marloes_Faber Monday Wednesday 17:00 01:00u Thursday 17:00 02:00u Friday and Saturday 17:00 04:00 Sunday closed Messeplatz is easy to find, most of the trams are heading to this place http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 11
photo: Berrel Architekten photo: Berrel Architekten Media Tower Brüglingerstrasse 19/21 4052 Basel http://wwwstjakobshallech This tower is part of the renovation of the St Jakob sports and event halls in Basel As object it provides an urbanist accent, functionally it is linked (underground) to the St Jakob halls The volume contains a kiosk, ticket counter, ATM and bus stop Eventually the air-conditioning plant for the halls will be installed here In addition, the tower functions as a meeting place and an information and advertising pillar A 5 x 27 metre LED display built into the north façade shows programmes, announcements and match results Project is public! 2005 Berrel Architekten Basel Building Department Kirsten_Hannema photo: Berrel Architekten St Jakobshalle can easily be reached by public transport Journey time from Basel main station ("Basel SBB") to St Jakob: approx 20 minutes From train station "Badischer Bahnhof": approx 15 minutes The stop "St Jakob" on the tram-line 14 and on the bus-line 36 is located right in front of the St Jakobshalle http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 12
photo: Evan Chakroff photo: Evan Chakroff St Antonius Church Kannenfeldstrasse 33 4056 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 Project is public! Floor area/size 1931 1320 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 13
photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Ryan Taube Musuem Tinguely Grenzacherstrasse 210 4002 Basel http://wwwtinguelych/ Jean Tinguely (1925-1991) 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 Project is public! Floor area/size 1996 6057 m² Mario Botta F Hoffman-La Roche, Basel rtaube Tuesday - Sunday 11-19 Mondays closed Tel: +41 (0)61 681 93 20 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 14
photo: Maarten Helle photo: Nazar Leskiw Bank BIS Aeschenplatz 1 4051 Basel http://wwwbisorg/about/buildingshtm This building sits on the edge of the downtown in Basel, about halfway between the train station and the river Botta's design for the UBS bank (now the BIS bank) is his largest north of the Alps The powerful half-circle design is used often in his projects as well as the alternating bands of light and dark stone It's presence dominates the Aeschenplatz, yet it's symmetry and curving facade fit perfectly into the site Project is public! 1994 Mario Botta rtaube photo: Ryan Taube from the Central train station, exit to the north and walk past the light rail trains Continue along Aeschengraben until you reach the Aeschenplatz http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 15
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Central Signal Box Münchensteinerstrasse Basel This is a railway utility building in Basel, near the Guterbahnhof Wolf called Signal Box and has an exterior cladding of copper strips that are twisted at certain places to admit daylight Herzog and De Meuron won the Pritzker prize in 2001, the jury explained: "The beginnings of most architects practices consists by necessity of small projects with budgets to match It is these early buildings with great constraints that test an architect s talent for original solutions to often ordinary and utilitarian commissions In the case of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, the railroad signal box was such a project They transformed a nondescript structure in a railroad yard into a dramatic and artistic work of industrial architecture, captivating both by day and night" 1999 Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, Anlagen Management boeboe photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 16
Housing Schwarzpark Gellertstrasse 135 9500 Basel This project contains a great generous public housing because of both their spatial and their material quality Most of them have four bedrooms in a compact container located on one end of an urban park The insertion of the building into the grounds of the park by means of a folded block reduces its visual impact It incorporates various measures that contribute to the saving of energy and sustainable consumption, this without giving up a design that allows for maximum enjoyment of the area photo: Ruedi Walti Floor area/size 2004 4606 m² Miller & Maranta Zentralstelle für staatlichen Liegenschaftverkehr aplust http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 17
photo: Evan Chakroff photo: Nazar Leskiw Elsässertor II Centralbahnstrasse 4 4051 Basel This commercial and office building next to Basel's main train station sits between the train tracks and the Centralbahnstrasse, a major thoroughfare The façades along the building's length (facing the street and the tracks) consist of floor-height glass panels tilted at various angles, giving off a fractured reflection of the surrounding historic context The shorter sides of the building are indented to allow for open public space These façades are a double-skin, with the outer layer of glass screen-printed with a colored dot pattern (red on one side, blue on the other) This gives a soft colored glow to the exterior, but (unlike tinted glass) allows clear daylight into the office interior Project is public! 2005 evanc photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 18
photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio SBB Train Station Pedestrian Overpass Centralbahnstrasse 2 4002 Basel This project was part of the redesigning and enlargement of Basel train station More than just a pedestrian overpass, it is an almost 200-metres long public space that connects the two sides of the city, across the rails Project is public! 2003 Associate architect Cruz y Ortiz Giraudi & Wettstein Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 19
photo: Marco de Trizio photo: Marco de Trizio Herzog & De Meuron Office Headquarters Rheinschanze 6 4056 Basel The office headquarters of Swiss architectural firm Herzog and De Meuron are located in Basel The complex is composed of various buildings, one of them a six-storey, glass volume looking towards the Rhine river An interesting detail is the original entrance: a small, simple, wooden door, typical of Basel Public access unknown! 2009 Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco de Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 20
photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Nazar Leskiw Euregio Office Building Viaduktstrasse 40-44 4051 Basel This is the first Richard Meier building in, and it is cladded in white aluminium sheeting The white walls, combined with the grey granite for the floor, create an harmonious space for the offices The building is located near the SBB train station, in front of 's new offices 'Elsassertor II' photo: Marco De Trizio Floor area/size 1998 35000 m² Richard Meier Marco_De_Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 21
photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Allschwilerstrasse Residential and Office Building Allschwilerstrasse 90 4055 Basel This is the first large building in Basel by The rectangular lot is slightly curved along its length, so the main façade follows this curve The building is located in an upscale residential area in Basel, not too far from the city centre 1988 Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 22
photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Nazar Leskiw Suva House St Jakobs-Strasse 53 4052 Basel This building was originally built in 1950 and was designed for offices Around 1990, integrated the building with a new addition, designed for residential use Both structures were encased in a glass skin on the street façades 1993 Marco_De_Trizio photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 23
photo: Stefan Wülser photo: Stefan Wülser Lignum Pavilion Messeplatz 1 4005 Basel Lignum is the Swiss information centre concerning the use of wood Frei + Saarinen Architekten were asked to design an exhibition pavilion that shows a contemporary use of wood for architectural purposes The Lignum Pavilion is a walkable pile of 20 layers, consisting of 50mm-thick planes and vertical elements of 130mm in height Similar to a pixelated image, these 20 layers form an architectural body that leads the visitors through an architectural promenade in the shape of a spatial 'figure eight' All 541 wooden pieces are cut by a cnc mill The pavilion will be used ten times during a period of three years photo: Stefan Wülser Project is public! 11-2009, Interior architect Frei + Saarinen Architekten MS Lignum January 12-16 in 2010: 0900-1800 Mind that the pavilion is mounted at various places during a period of 3 years This means you may not encounter it at the address mentioned above http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 24
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw The Picassohaus Brunngässlein 12 4052 Basel The building site is prominently located on Picassoplatz This is a corner lot with, for the most part, six-story building in perimeter block development Distinctive buildings, among them the art museum and the Baloise Insurance Company's free-standing headquarters, are its next-door neighbours The proportioning of the building and the arrangement of each single part is based on a modular systemthe ground floor contains conference rooms and offices as well as access to the underground parking garage The upper floors are reached via a prominent staircase Location of and accessibility to service spaces are organized around a type of core, allowing entry from both sides Single-space offices as well as large open ones are thus possible The high spaces of the 'attic story' are used for conferences, employee's break, and offices The building's facade is rather elegant in dark gray steel photo: Nazar Leskiw 3-2008 Peter Märkli UBS Property Fund Roderick Tram 8 to Aeschenplatz, short walk from there http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 25
photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Vitra Headquarters Klünenfeldstraße 22 4127 Basel http://wwwvitracom/en-lp/about/ 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 Project is public! 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/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 26
photo: Giovanni Bellinvia photo: Giovanni Bellinvia Novartis Campus - Forum 3 Fabrikstrasse 3 CH-4002 Basel Novartis Campus at Basel will be an international significant place of knowledge and innovation Roger Diener, Helmut Federle and Gerold Wiederin designed and realized the first building, the Forum 3 It is one of the aims of this project to foster communication, creativity and the commitment of the associates through an aesthetic and functional approach to the design of the working environment Both in the building interior and also in the outer spaces, a wide variety of working and meeting areas are being created-providing open, transparent, versatile and flexible spaces that offer plenty of scope for interaction and interdisciplinary teamwork Immensely large coloured glass panels dance almost weightlessly in several layers around the building, making it move, gleam and shimmer, responding to the light at particular times of day and in different weather conditions Inside are office landscapes whose solid elegance combines open-plan spaces with places of concentrated seclusion photo: Giovanni Bellinvia 2005 Main designer, Artist Diener & Diener Gerold Wiederin Helmut Federle Novartis archviews http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 27
photo: M Spiluttini photo: M Spiluttini Wohnhaus Müller Frobenstrasse 4 4000 Basel Through an exterior load-bearing structure, an open floor plan is achieved; this generates a column-free space that in turn allows free partitioning Various dwelling types, from studio apartments to 3 1 2 and 5 room apartments, to maisonettes, emerge from this configuration The deep structural layer fronting the street creates a semi-private space, which defines the building as a dwelling Facing the courtyard, each apartment has a generous balcony The concept of a dual architectural order comes from the observation of the horizon, which expresses the division between ground and sky This resulting dichotomy could also be applied to the architectural system Here, the horizon is expressed in the essentially structure - free middle level, a consequence of the five-storey building A two-storey beam carries the upper floors to the cross walls on either side photo: M Spiluttini Floor area/size 4-2006 1241 m² Associate architect Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten Dr Lüchinger + Meyer Bauingenieure mec http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 28
photo: M Spiluttini photo: M Spiluttini University Hospital Basel Spitalstrasse 21 4000 Basel http://wwwunispital-baselch/ The additional space, which is needed for a new surgery department and the Women's Clinic, is understood as a continuation of the existing building typology The new square structure is based on a large-scale concentric composition that allows flexible use of space The outpatient area of the Women's Clinic, the surgery department and the delivery rooms are variations of the same basic structure In the floor plans, new types of surgery and delivery departments are developed Through the choice of lighting from the facade and from the centre all the rooms receive natural light, despite their depth The exterior façade satisfies the complex requirements in relation to aesthetics, spatial and light quality, freedom from glare, protection of privacy, energy criteria and structural-physical criteria Harmony between the old and new façades is achieved by adopting the existing order of storeys, proportions, and load-bearing structure that is readable in the façade photo: M Spiluttini Project is public! Floor area/size 2002 30800 m² Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten Kantonsspital Basel/ Hochbau und Planungsamt Basel-Stadt mec Public areas can be visited http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 29
photo: Ruedi Walti Photographie photo: Ruedi Walti Photographie BVK Wohnhaus St Jakobs-strasse 92 4052 Basel The building was built in the 1970s, serving first as a hotel, later as a home for the aged and finally as a residential building An inflexible, narrow and irregular structural grid, floor plans with poorly lit spaces, poorly accessible rooms and rooms with narrow dimensions led to apartments lacking in quality The project aims for a high-quality urban image to enhance the local area, and the creation of exceptional, flexible-use living The internal structure was adjusted, a new façade was offset to both street fronts and generous balconies completed the garden façade The apartments have open floor plans, the space between the street and garden façade is continuous The illumination of the apartments to the whole depth of the rooms is enabled by fully glazed façades and noise protection on the street side is offered by specially designed ventilating elements Floor area/size 2006 8763 m² Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten Beamtenversicherungskasse Zürich mec photo: Ruedi Walti Photographie http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 30
photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Signal Box Auf dem Wolf Walkeweg 51 4053 Basel An impressive monolith made out of concrete and wrapped in 20 cm wide strips of copper, this building includes six floors of workspaces where railway switches are controlled electronically By wrapping copper strips all around the building, a kind of a Faraday cage that protects the electronic equipment has been created This sculpture-like tower stands right next to Herzog & de Meuron's train depot and improves the urban quality of this previously nondescript industrial area Seen from the southwest, it provides an unexpected counterpoint to memorial stones of the nearby 19th c cemetery Wolfgottesacker 1994 Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB DinaBM photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek From Dreispitz tram/bus stop go down Walkeweg, then take the first road on your left http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 31
photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Railway Engine Depot Walkeweg 55 4053 Basel Train depot and service workshops housed in a 240 m long concrete building Elongated light prisms placed rhythmically along the roof (covered with plants originally found along railway tracks) bring light into spacious working halls Includes administration wing with a restaurant on top floor Together with the nearby switching tower, this complex has improved greatly the urban quality of the industrial area in the south-east part of Basel photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek 1995 Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB DinaBM From Dreispitz tram/bus stop go down to Walkeweg, then take the first road on your left http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 32
photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Kinderspital Basel Spitalstrasse 33 4056 Basel http://wwwukbbch The new Children's Hospital draws attention because of its colourful façade that changes appearance depending on one's viewpoint This is possible because its glass panels are covered in layers of foil, which reflect light in different ways Punctuating the street façades are mesh-protected loggias that allow children to play "outside" All the patient rooms face a park-like courtyard; along the windows they have built-in benches that can be turned into beds for parents Hallways are wide and bright, their walls are covered in wood-like panels, tall slivers of back-lit photos depict scenes from Basel and include child-scaled figurines photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Floor area/size 1-2011 29600 m² Stump & Schibli Architekten Universitäts-Kinderspital Beider Basel DinaBM Tram 11 to "Johanniterbrücke"; bus 30 to "Kinderspital UKBB" http://wwwmimoaeu/users/bertrunks/guides/basel/ 33