Location | Altishofen LU |
Client | Galliker Transport AG |
Commission | Competition on invitation 2013 |
Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten |
Consultants | Structural engineer: Dr. Schwartz Consulting, Cost consultant: Büro für Bauökonomie |
At the centre of a business estate, an exhibition hall and a multi-storey car park are planned to express a prestigious presence and also extend the logistics company in an ideal way. To bring these different requirements into a spatial and atmospheric balance, the multi-storey car park levels are arranged both underground and overground, while the exhibition hall is inserted in between on the ground floor. That makes it possible to release the centre of the facility from logistical functions, allowing it to appear as an inviting centre. The chosen load-bearing system, with its spatially formative power, fulfils the different requirements and defines the appearance of the building. The table-shaped basic structure picks up on the theme of supporting and hanging. Only four exterior accessing cores support the top floor upwards, while the ceiling below and the façade are suspended downwards. In this way, the exhibition hall remains column-free, achieves maximum flexibility and allows inward and outward views.
We are delighted to announce that our proposal for the new water sports base at la Jonction in Geneva has won the open competition among 73 national and international entries!
The design, in the breathtaking setting where the Arve and Rhone rivers converge in the city, is based on a concept of circular reuse. In the spirit of urban mining and to largely reduce gray energy, our project called "OBJETS TROUVÉS" proposes the conversion of an existing office building and the reuse of long-span steel trusses from a nearby dismantled hall.
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