Location | Baar ZG |
Client | Risi AG |
Commission | Study competition on invitation 2008 |
Planning | 2009–2013 |
Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten |
Consultants | Structural engineer: Dr. Schwartz Consulting, Landscape architect: koepflipartner |
The task of designing a new sorting hall for the recycling centre in Tännlimoos is exciting on a socio-political level: Processing, recycling and the gentle handling of cultivated land are important themes today. The form, placement and expression of the hall develop references on different levels to the locally typical drumlin landscape. The sculptural volumetrics of the free-standing building, with a ridge-like roof landscape, recalls geological formations. The gently modulated building silhouette, with its deep flanks, is nestled into the terrain and conceals the staggered height in a confidently relaxed way. At the same time, the form refers to the hall-like interior spaces and the definitive load-bearing system with its vertebral main girder. That creates a column-free hall, allowing ideally adaptable operative processes, also in future. The façade surfaces retain their natural colours and combine with the mossy rooftops to create reserved landscape motifs, without losing the refreshing directness of the industrial, modular building.
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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26 - 28 March and 2 -12 April 2024
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