BASEL Projects 25 Created 12-May-16 By halina K, Vienna, Austria Novartis Campus Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani urban plan Institute for Hospital Pharmaceuticals General Trade School Apartment building St Jakob Park Musuem Tinguely Bank BIS Elsässertor II Euregio Office Building 7 The Picassohaus St Jakob Turm 14 Wohnhaus bläsiring 15 Museum der Kulturen 16 Allschwilerstrasse Residential and Office Building 17 housing, mixed-use development, office 8 Schaulager 18 archive, atelier, exposition space 9 REHAB Basel 19 clinic, health care 10 Lignum Pavilion 20 Frei + Saarinen Architekten pavilion, sculpture, showroom 11 Richard Meier atelier, commercial space, office museum commercial space, office, restaurant 6 Mario Botta commercial space, office 13 Buchner Bründler apartment Mario Botta museum 5 commercial space, football stadium, shopping centre, sport Vitra Headquarters housing, office apartment, housing 4 Hermann Baur secondary school, sport Gehry Partners meeting room, office laboratorium, office 3 Novartis Campus - Forum 3 21 Diener & Diener education, office 12 Peter Märkli meeting room, office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ Signal Box Auf dem Wolf 22 control centre 1
Railway Engine Depot industry Südpark Stücki Bussiness Park Stucki Hotel 26 Diener & Diener hotel 24 23 Messe Basel 27 commercial space, showroom 25 Blaser s laboratorium, office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ 2
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 3
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 4
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 5
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 6
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 7
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 8
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 9
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 10
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 11
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 12
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 13
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Maarten Helle St Jakob Turm Birsstrasse 320 CH-4052 Basel http://wwwst-jakob-turmch The landmark of the new St Jakob Park is naturally the St Jakob Tower Like a city gate, above all it represents a distinctive entrance to Basel from the motorway The tower is particularly noticeable because of its special shape, which appears different from each of the four points of the compass The crystalline glass body was created by the renowned architect s office Herzog & de Meuron The St Jakob Tower also houses 37 exclusive offices and business premises The roomhigh panoramic windows and recessed balconies are largely south-facing and offer fantastic views Floor area/size 2008 10326 m² HelleBeelden photo: Maarten Helle http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ 14
Wohnhaus bläsiring Bläsiring 124 4000 Basel These two apartments of approximately 200 sqm are situated near the center of Basel The apartments are Nord-South oriented, with large windows with wooden frames The facade consists of exposed concrete The details between concrete, wood and metal are very carefully designed It's a private building and people live in it so it's difficult to go inside 2012 Buchner Bründler Kiwee photo: GLa http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ 15
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Museum der Kulturen Münsterplatz 20 4051 Basel http://wwwmkbch 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 Project is public! 9-2011 Museum der Kulturen Basel Tim_Smits photo: Nazar Leskiw Tuesday - Sunday: 1000-1700 h Monday: closed Tram Nr 2 ("Bahnhof SBB" or "Badischer Bahnhof") Halte "Kunstmuseum", then walk along Rittergasse and across Münsterplatz http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ 16
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 17
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 18
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 19
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 20
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 21
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 22
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/erinys/guides/basel/ 23
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Tim Smits Südpark Güterstrasse 4053 Basel Südpark is located near the main Railway Station Basel SBB The total ground floor level is designed to accommodate shops (since August 2011 the Swiss Supermarket Coop is settled in 70% of the ground floor area) The upper floors are designed around the first floor's enclosed garden The lower part (4 floors) in the south-west side of the volume accommodates several office spaces The higher part (9 floors) at the north-east side of the volume accommodates 100 apartments for elderly people, an elderly home with 28 beds and an internal restaurant The inner yard is part of the elderly house The façade of the whole building exists of a silver broom texture The tetris like windows on the north, east and west façade make it hard to read the floor plan from the outside The south façade is a spread of different sizes of windows at apparent places photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! Floor area/size 6-2012 35200 m² Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), Zürich Tim_Smits Coop Supermarket: Monday to Saturday 07:00-22:00 h Basel SBB, Exit Güterstrasse http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ 24
photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Stücki Bussiness Park Hochbergerstrasse 60 4057 Basel http://wwwstueckich Besides the Stücki and Deutsche Bahn properties, this 23000 square meter lot is one of the few remaining contiguous properties in the city of Basel Based on a competition won by Blaser s, a flexible new laboratory and office park for life science and biotechnology research was planned The design calls for using the elevated street as an entry and communications level Below this floor are delivery, parking, and storage facilities Above are six laboratory and office levels Because of the innovative facade design with a newly developed fiber membrane system, the building will be truly eye-catching photo: Maarten Helle Floor area/size 2011 23000 m² Blaser s HelleBeelden http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ 25
photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Stucki Hotel Badenstrasse 1 CH-4019 Basel wwwwelcomegroupch/en/stuecki/hotel/ This hotel is part of the Stücki shopping mall and leisure center in Basel, opened in September 2009 The architecture, with its clean, straight lines, is a creation of Diener & Diener s The interiors, by the renowned Studio Hannes Wettstein, radiate perfect harmony The clients were thrilled by the warm colors and the spacious rooms flooded with natural light The 'floating' concept: a large desk, a legless sideboard, and subtle details create a feeling of vast openness and elegant comfort Project is public! 9-2009 Diener & Diener HelleBeelden photo: Maarten Helle http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ 26
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Messe Basel Messeplatz 1 4058 Basel http://wwwmessech The new hall for the Messe Basel includes 50 000 square meters of exhibition space that spreads across two windowless floors, each 8 meters high This large volume is clad into a shimmering facade of interwoven metal strips, with each of floors slightly offset The ground floor, enclosed in glass, is designed for public use and is shaped so as to form a "city lounge" - a covered plaza that opens to the sky through a large, mesmerizing oculus photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public! Floor area/size 2-2013 50000 m², Urban planner Messe Basel DinaBM City lounge is part of the Messeplatz, always open Tram no1, 2, 6 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/erinys/guides/basel/ 27