Basel Projects 23 Created 31-Jan-16 By Dirk Verwoerd, Amersfoort, Netherlands Vitra Fire Station Weil am Rhein, Germany Zaha Hadid s exposition space, fire station Vitra Design Museum Vitra Headquarters Vitra Factory Building Vitra Dome Gas Station Novartis Campus General Trade School 7 Apartment building St Jakob Park 14 Bar Rouge 15 Bank BIS 16 Conference Pavilion 17 Weil am Rhein, Germany Tadao Ando congress centre, meeting room, pavilion 8 Goetheanum 18 Dornach, Rudolf Steiner auditorium, culture, education 9 Euregio Office Building 19 Basel, Richard Meier atelier, commercial space, office 10 Novartis Campus - Forum 3 20 Basel, Diener & Diener education, office 11 Basel, Hermann Baur secondary school, sport Basel, Mario Botta commercial space, office Basel, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani urban plan 6 Weil am Rhein, Germany Jean Prouvé gas station 13 Basel, Morphing Systems bar, club Weil am Rhein, Germany Thomas C Howard auditorium, exposition space, pavilion 5 Weil am Rhein, Germany SANAA factory Beyeler museum Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial space, football stadium, shopping centre, sport Weil am Rhein, Germany Herzog and De Meuron museum, shop, showroom 4 Basel, Gehry Partners meeting room, office VitraHaus Riehen, Renzo Piano museum Weil am Rhein, Germany Gehry Partners 3 Volta Zentrum 21 Basel, Buchner Bründler commercial space, housing 12 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron apartment, housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ Südpark 22 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron 1
St Jakob Turm Basel, Herzog and De Meuron housing, office 23 Messe Basel Wohnhaus bläsiring 25 Basel, Buchner Bründler apartment 24 Basel, Herzog and De Meuron commercial space, showroom http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 2
photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Vitra Fire Station Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D-79576 Weil am Rhein Germany 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 Vitra Design Museum Naomi photo: Wojtek Gurak 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 3
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Wojtek Gurak Vitra Design Museum Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D -79576 Weil am Rhein Germany http://wwwdesign-museumde/ The inception of the Vitra Design Museum 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 Vitra Design Museum 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 4
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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 5
photo: Iwan Baan photo: Iwan Baan VitraHaus Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 79576 Weil am Rhein Germany 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, Germany MI_MOA The VitraHaus is open Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm Vitra Design Museum 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 Germany and, take the A5 motorway, exit at Weil am Rhein, turn left, follow the signs for Vitra Design Museum From France, go to the Palmrain (D) border crossing, take E35 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 6
photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek Vitra Factory Building Charles-Eames-Str 2 79576 Weil am Rhein Germany 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 7
photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Vitra Dome Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 79576 Weil am Rhein Germany http://wwwvitracom The Charter-Sphere Dome, which was erected in 1954 in Detroit, has been transferred to the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in 2000 The Charter-Sphere dome is Thomas C Howard's signature design TC Howard started using the Charter-Sphere dome as the request became more demanding Charter-Spheres are easier to design and erect than the geodesic domes They are still abundantly seen around the world TC Howard designed most of the early geodesic domes that are thought to be Buckminster Fuller's The dome at the Vitra Campus is constructed as a lightweight structure with a membrane cover and is currently used as a space for events by the Vitra company photo: Wojtek Gurak 1978 Thomas C Howard timo_mecking Monday through Sunday: 1000-1800 / Wednesday: 1000 2000 / Closed on December 24-25, December 31, January 1 The museum shop and the café have the same opening hours as the museum By public transportation (ÖPNV): From Basel (Claraplatz or Badischer Bahnhof) take bus number 55 until the bus stop Vitra From the train station in Weil am Rhein it is a 15-minute walk to the museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 8
photo: Viktor Ramos photo: Viktor Ramos Gas Station Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D -79576 Weil am Rhein Germany http://wwwdesign-museumde The station was designed to be portable so that the gas station placement could be modified This made it quite easy to ship it off to Vitra and rebuild it In 2003 Vitra incorporated it into their collection on the factory grounds near Basel Jean Prouvé (8 April 1901-23 March 1984) was a French architect and designer His main achievement was transferring the manufacturing technology from industry to the architecture, without losing the aesthetic qualities photo: Wojtek Gurak 2003 Jean Prouvé Vitra Design Museum 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 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 There is no advance registration for public tours Groups can make reservation Contact: A Gastel, info-weil@design-museumde, or call 0049 (0)7621 702 320 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 9
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 Project is not public! 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 10
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 Project is not public! 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 11
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 Herzog and De Meuron "Something mysterious is revealed in the normality of everyday life" photo: Marloes Faber Project is not public! 1993 Herzog and De Meuron unknown Marloes_Faber Close to the city centre There is a post office opposite the building http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 12
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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 13
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 2001 Herzog and De Meuron Basel United + City of Basel Marloes_Faber Basel United Stadion-Management AG, responsible for the professional marketing of the St Jakob Park, helps to plan and stage events professionally and provide guided tours of the St Jakob Park are offered (to book in advance) It is easy to get there by tram http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 14
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 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 15
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 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 16
photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Conference Pavilion Charles-Eames-Straße 1 D -79576 Weil am Rhein Germany 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 Vitra Design Museum boeboe photo: Wojtek Gurak 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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 17
photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Goetheanum Rüttiweg 45 4143 Dornach http://goetheanumorg The First Goetheanum was a wooden structure dating from 1919, which was destroyed by arson in 1922 On the site of the former structure, a new auditorium was built, wholly built of cast concrete This building became known as the Second Goetheanum, and is now simply referred to as the Goetheanum For its exterior, architect Rudolf Steiner achieved sculptural shapes on an architectural scale Besides housing an auditorium, the Goetheanum serves as the center of the worldwide Anthroposophical Society and the seat of the School of Spiritual Science With approximately 150000 visitors annually, nearly 200 conferences of varying sizes, and a diverse offering of cultural events, the Goetheanum is dedicated to serving the spirit of the time with a thoughtful, human-oriented approach that can respond to the manifold and pressing inner and outer questions of the day (text from website Goetheanum) photo: Stefan Stegemann 1928 Rudolf Steiner archi_joost 0800-2200 daily http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 18
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 Herzog and De Meuron's new offices 'Elsassertor II' Project is not public! photo: Marco De Trizio Floor area/size 1998 35000 m² Richard Meier Marco_De_Trizio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 19
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 Project is not public! 2005 Main designer, Artist Diener & Diener Gerold Wiederin Helmut Federle Novartis archviews http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 20
photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek Volta Zentrum Vogesenplatz 10 4056 Basel http://wwwvoltacenterch A sculptural monolith with facades that respond to varying characteristics of its urban context, this building has become a new landmark of Basel Nord Constructed out of light, fair-faced concrete Volta Zentrum appears as a dynamic and polyvalent structure that includes commercial spaces as well as apartments grouped around two inner courtyards Facing the Vogesenplatz square, the Zentrum's facade slants upward as it opens to the public space dotted with sculptured concrete seats photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek 2-2010 Landscape designer Buchner Bründler Westpol Kanton Basel Stadt, Implenia DinaBM Commercial spaces are open to the public http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 21
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 Floor area/size 6-2012 35200 m² Herzog and De Meuron Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), Zürich Tim_Smits Coop Supermarket: Monday to Saturday 07:00-22:00 h Basel SBB, Exit Güterstrasse http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 22
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 Project is not public! Floor area/size 2008 10326 m² Herzog and De Meuron HelleBeelden photo: Maarten Helle http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 23
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/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 24
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 Project is not public! 2012 Buchner Bründler Kiwee photo: GLa http://wwwmimoaeu/users/dirkverwoerd/guides/basel/ 25