Swizeland Projects 21 Created 20-Sep-16 By Xavi Capel, Bristol, United Kingdom Tschuggen Bergoase Arosa, Mario Botta spa, hotel Beyeler museum Paspels School Zentrum Paul Klee Das Gelbe Haus House for a Musician Rolex Learning Center Le Petit Maison Villa Le Lac 7 Salginatobel Bridge focusterra Research and Information Centre 14 Vitra Headquarters 15 St Josef Vicarage 16 Actelion Business Center 17 Allschwil, Herzog and De Meuron 8 Library Fleuret 18 Lausanne, Devanthery & Lamuniere library, university 9 Central Bus Terminal 19 Lugano, Mario Botta bus station 10 Chesa Futura 20 St Moritz, Foster & Partners housing 11 Vevey, Le Corbusier private house Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten religion Lausanne, SANAA culture, education, library 6 Scharans, Valerio Olgiati atelier, private house 13 Basel, Gehry Partners meeting room, office Flims, Valerio Olgiati museum 5 Bern, Renzo Piano museum SBB Train Station Pedestrian Overpass Zurich, Holzer Kobler Architekturen exposition space, museum, university Mogno, Mario Botta church, religion 4 Paspels, Valerio Olgiati secondary school Church of San Giovanni Battista Basel, Cruz y Ortiz bridge, passage, train station Riehen, Renzo Piano museum 3 Volkshaus Brasserie & Bar 21 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron bar, restaurant 12 Schiers, Robert Maillart bridge http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ Messe Basel 22 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial space, showroom 1
Warteck Stairway 23 Basel, b-r-a-n-d art http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 2
photo: Tschuggen Spa photo: Tschuggen Spa Tschuggen Bergoase Sonnenbergstrasse 1 7050 Arosa http://wwwtschuggench/en/ "A spa is very much like a sacred space," says Botta The Tschuggen Bergoase Spa is carved into a mountain 1,800 m above sea level and runs over 4 floors The interior walls are clad in Arosa granite The building is topped by a series of 9 eye-catching "light trees" sail-like structures that capture natural light "At night, they are magnificently illuminated and shine like beacons They expose spaces to light that would not otherwise be illuminated And although the Spa is carved into a mountain, overall it is not a grotto in that it is defined by open spaces with smooth walls The concept is that of a sanctuary a place to escape" The Bergoase Spa is next to the five-star Tschuggen Grand Hotel, close to the ski slopes Hotel and spa are linked by a glass bridge that carries guests into the building through a second-floor reception area The architecture mixes an open-plan design where you can see down onto all 4 floors from the uppermost level and private treatment spaces photo: Tschuggen Spa Floor area/size 12-2006 5300 m² Acoustics consultant Project manager Services engineer Contractor Mario Botta IFEC Consulenze Fanzun Bühler + Scherler Brunold AG Grand Hotel Tschuggen MI_MOA Daily ICE or IC express to Chur, from where the Arosa Express departs hourly during the day http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 3
photo: N Bräuning photo: Ryan Taube Beyeler museum Baselstrasse 101 4125 Riehen http://wwwbeyelercom/ The elongated building covers the whole breadth of the narrow plot of ground situated between a busy main road and a protected area of farmland It combines two contrasting motifs: long, solid walls and a light, apparently floating glass roof All the external walls are clad with red porphyry from Patagonia (Argentina) The building is supported by four 127 metre-long parallel load-bearing walls placed at intervals of about seven metres The two end façades are made of glass and look out over the park On the road side, the museum is completed by a windowless wall that protects the building and on the inside A large glass roof lets daylight into the whole building Unlike conventional top lighting, this roof allows the zenithal daylight to filter into the building s interior in its natural state instead of homogenising it and making it diffuse and milky There are also three systems with artificial light sources that illuminate the rooms when there is insufficient light from outside photo: T Dix Floor area/size 9-2000 4450 m² Lighting designer Renzo Piano Arup Fondation Beyeler Marloes_Faber Museum daily 10 am to 6 pm, on Wednesdays 10 am to 8 pm New: The museum is open on all sundays and holidays The best way to reach the Fondation Beyeler is by tram no 6 (from city center and Badischer Bahnhof station), or directly by train from Basel SBB main station and Badischer Bahnhof, getting off at Riehen (train continues to Zell / Germany) From Riehen stop it is another 5 to 10 minutes walk The museum is located at the main road to the German boarder (to Lorrach) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 4
photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Paspels School Alte Domleschgergasse 95 7417 Paspels http://wwwoberstufepaspelsch/ Paspels school is a reinforced concrete monolith The architect did not use right angles for the outside, so although at first glance the exterior geometry seems simple, closer study reveals a chain-like reaction of slight distortions that shroud the building in an air of strangeness Inside, however each classroom on the first and second floors has two right-angled sides that make up the walls of cruciform access corridors In sum, the school can be interpreted as an exercise in the phenomenology of perception photo: João Morgado Project is not public! 10-1998 Valerio Olgiati Oberstufepaspels JMMM http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 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, http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 6
photo: João Sousa photo: João Sousa Zentrum Paul Klee Monument im Fruchtland 3 3006 Bern http://wwwpaulkleezentrumch At the heart of this new cultural institution is the artist Paul Klee (1879 1940), 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 6-2005 Renzo Piano Joao_Sousa Tel +41 (0)31 359 01 01 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) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 7
Das Gelbe Haus Via Nova 37 7017 Flims http://wwwdasgelbehausch Shortly before his death, architect Rudolf Olgiati donated his collection of cultural assets to the municipality of Flims on the condition that 'Das Gelbe Haus' (The Yellow House) in the heart of Flims was rebuilt according to his liking Before all, it had to be "painted white from top to bottom" In 1997, his son, Valerio Olgiati, was comissioned by the municipality to redesign the house into a museum (text from website museum) 1999 Valerio Olgiati JKA photo: Jiran Kohout Architekti Tuesday - Sunday: 1400-1800 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 8
photo: Archive Olgiati photo: Archive Olgiati House for a Musician Fravgia 10 7412 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: 1300-1700 There are buses going from Thusis http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 9
photo: Trevor Patt photo: Trevor Patt Rolex Learning Center Route des Noyerettes 1015 Lausanne http://rolexlearningcenterepflch/ 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 2-2010 14375 m² Contractor SANAA Losinger Construction Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne timtom 7am - midnight 7/7 (except August 1st and December 25th) More info here: http://rolexlearningcenterepflch/page39471-enhtml 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 email visiterlc@epflch or see their website for more information http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 10
photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Le Petit Maison Villa Le Lac Route de Laveaux 21 1802 VD Corseaux Vevey http://wwwvillalelacch/ A house for the parents of the architect, an elderly couple, on the shores of lake Geneva It is small, (16m x 4m), a simple white plaster parallelogram with one floor consisting of a living room, a bedroom, powder room, a small salon that could be converted to a bedroom for guests, a vestibule, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a closet for storing clothing and other items The front exterior wall was added later, when a new road was built in front of the property A sober and even humble porch precedes the entrance door An elevated additional (guest)room, accessible by stairs in the entrance courtyard, has a magnificent view at the lake over the roof Hollow concrete blocks that were used for the walls are good conductors of heat and cold, which was bad For these and other technical reasons, a coating of galvanized panels was added to the façade Structural problems caused by the lake and cheap construction materials led Le Corbusier to coat the outside with aluminum in the 1950s photo: Jeroen Meijer 1925, Interior architect Le Corbusier jpmm From April to October: on Monday from 9 to 12:00 On wednesday from 1 pm to 5 pm Outside opening hours, visits on request are possible by appointment with the curator: lecorbusier@corseauxch From the direction of Vevey: the building is located on the west edge of Vevey, on route de Lavaux, the road leading out of town beyond the Nestlé headquarters building The villa is shortly on the left side next to a marina(http://engarchinformnet/projekte/1962htm) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 11
photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Salginatobel Bridge Road to Schuders 7228 Schiers This bridge connects the tiny village of Schuders with the rest of the world Prior to its construction, the village was often cut off in the winter The design, by the Swiss engineer Robert Maillart, was one of 19 entries in a competition, which was won primarily on price The erection of the falsework, upon which the bridge was to be mounted, began in 1929 and was completed by six men - one of whom survived a 30m fall Concreting began early in 1930; the material was mixed on site and placed by hand The bridge was completed and opened on the 18th of August that same year It immediately drew world-wide recognition for its design In the late 20th century, the structure was refurbished and recognized as a 'World Monument' by the American Society of Civil Engineers The bridge is 133m long with the widest span at around 90m, and the road deck is 90m above the floor of the gorge below 8-1930 Robert Maillart Canton of Graubunden davidb photo: David Baugh The bridge is open all year round and there are no tolls to pay Turn off the A28 at Schiers and follow the brown finger sign posts to 'Salginatobel Brucke' The road to the bridge outside Schiers is narrow, steep in places, single track, with passing places but it is paved with Tarmac http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 12
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 2003 Associate architect Cruz y Ortiz Giraudi & Wettstein Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 13
photo: Radek Brunecky photo: Radek Brunecky focusterra Research and Information Centre Sonneggstrasse 5 8092 Zurich http://wwwfocusterraethzch/ 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 3-2009 430 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 14
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 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/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 15
photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel St Josef Vicarage Röntgenstrasse 80 8005 Zurich Frei + Saarinen implanted a new wooden Lobby into a 100-years-old building The faceted geometry results from the given bearing structure that had to be respected The old fashioned treatment of materials "works against" the trendy shape The resulting "timeshift" between shape and detailing leads to a unique atmosphere Floor area/size 9-2010 80 m², Interior architect Frei + Saarinen Architekten MS Catholic Church Zurich photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel Mon-Fri, 09AM-17PM http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 16
photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek Actelion Business Center Hegenheimermattweg 95 4123 Allschwil The Business Centre is at the heart of the growing Actelion complex Its architecture is meant to offer an inspiring working environment, its forms stand for 'innovation, openness and communication' (J-P Clozel) Consisting of two floors under the ground and six floors above it, this building includes workspaces for 350 people, an auditorium and a restaurant An open steel construction provides support for cantilevered floors of different layouts, stacked atop of each other Jutting out in various directions, all the floors meet at four points that allow for vertical communication Although surface to volume ratio is large, the building incorporates many features aimed at sustainability - eg, green roofs, triple glazed glass, reactive louvers, photovoltaic cells photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek Project is not public! Floor area/size 10-2010 3190 m² Herzog and De Meuron Actelion Pharmaceuticals DinaBM Bus no38 from Schifflände in Basel, to bus stop "Im Brühl" in Allschwil http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 17
photo: ptk photo: ptk Library Fleuret Route de la Chamberonne Universite de Lausanne, Institut Suisse de Droit Compare 1015 Lausanne Bibliothèque Fleuret is a small floating extension to the library of the University of Lausanne Two central concrete slabs lift the building about 80 cm into the air Copper plaids filter the light coming through the big glass windows and protect the books and students from to much sun photo: ptk 2000 Associate architect Devanthery & Lamuniere G de Freudenreich -ptk- Monday to Friday: 09 h 00-19 h 00 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 18
photo: Jeroen Meijer Central Bus Terminal Via Corso Enrico Pestalozzi 6900 Lugano The platform roof for the new central bus terminal of the public urban transports is located on the city square of the Piazzale Ex-Scuole, and has a front line of 70 meters along Corso Pestalozzi, and a side depth of 18 meters The project is composed of a central, 7 meter high nave with two 5 meter high side aisles, formed by two opposed structures, which create a new urban space, offering a protection platform roof for the Bus stop and on the south front, the connection with the parking lot for cars, bikes and scooters The bearing structure is made of a steel frame with a double beam - supported by only 4 columns - jerking as a roof on each fronts at both the heights of 5 and 7 meters The structure is covered with a translucent material (plexiglas) and offers an opaque surface allowing a filtered light The given effect of the translucent surface characterizes the whole spot of this central bus station, whether offering wide, bright and weather protected spaces photo: Jeroen Meijer Floor area/size 2002 1260 m² Structural engineer Mario Botta Passera Pedretti & Partners City of Lugano jpmm From the Stazione FFS take the bus to Autosilo Bale Car from the E35, exit 50, Lugano-Sud, roundabout 2nd exit, roundabout 1st exit, Viale Giuseppe Cattori, left Riva Paradiso along the lake, 2,5 km left Via Degli Albrizzi, 300 m the Via Corso Pestalozzi http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 19
photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Chesa Futura Via Tinus 25 7500 St Moritz The Chesa Futura apartment building in the Engadin Valley fuses state-of-the-art computer design tools with centuries-old construction techniques to create an environmentally sensitive building Although its form is novel, the building is framed and clad in timber - one of the oldest and most sustainable building materials In, building in timber is particularly appropriate in that it follows indigenous architectural traditions The larch shingles will respond naturally to exposure to the elements, changing colour slowly over time to a silver-grey, and will last for a hundred years without the need for maintenance Furthermore, timber is a renewable resource; the trees absorb carbon dioxide as they grow; felling older trees reinforces the foresting practice of harvesting to encourage regeneration; and by using locally cut timber, little energy is consumed in its transportation photo: Maarten Helle 2004 Main designer, Foster & Partners Kuechel s HelleBeelden http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 20
photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Volkshaus Brasserie & Bar Rebgasse 12 4058 Basel http://volkshaus-baselch This is the first phase of a long-term renovation project of the 1925 "Volkshaus" building - in addition to the existing concert hall and beer garden, later on a hotel, a shop and a library are also to be reinstated In the renovation of the bar and the brasserie, H&dM have removed all the unnecessary interventions from the 1970s, thus bringing back the original architectural character All the new elements refer to the original - eg, oval windows or light fixtures, chairs and table tops Materials used include wood, leather and tin Wallpaper recreating 17th c Basel as depicted by M Merian cover the restroom walls thus alluding to the centuries-old history of the "Volkshaus" predecessors photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek 3-2012 Herzog and De Meuron Volkshaus Basel Immobilien DinaBM Tram 8 or 6 to Claraplatz http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 21
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 Floor area/size 2-2013 50000 m², Urban planner Herzog and De Meuron Messe Basel DinaBM City lounge is part of the Messeplatz, always open Tram no1, 2, 6 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 22
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Warteck Stairway Burgweg 7-15 4058 Basel http://werkraumwarteckppch When you visit Basel you don't forget to visit Werkraum Warteck pp, the building that provides home to the fair, and have a look at the staircase According to one website, the staircase is not actually a result of styling but because of functional specifications It needs to connect the existing doors as well as the different levels of the three sections of the building The thunderbolt-looking staircase seems to modernize the old look of the building It became an impressive artwork The building, once a brewery, can be taught in architecture schools as a good example of renovation photo: Dirk Verwoerd 2014 Main designer,, Artist b-r-a-n-d dirkverwoerd Baubüro in situ Warteck pp http://wwwmimoaeu/users/zizou/guides/swizeland/ 23