Location | Zug ZG |
Client | Canton of Zug |
Commission | Competition 2013 |
Planning | 2014–2020 |
Construction | 2021–2027 |
Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten, Project Architect: Urs Schmid |
Consultants | Structural engineer: Dr. Schwartz Consulting, Project Manager: PBK AG, Mechanical Engineer: Markus Stolz, Electrical Engineer: Scherler AG |
Although the new headquarters were to occupy a considerable amount of urban space, this design ensures multifaceted legibility on different levels of scale due to its permeable structure, thereby allowing it to mediate between the different grains of the surrounding environment. The alternating stacking of building wings creates a multifaceted spatial principle that provides good overviews and order. The proposed typology with its courtyards, rooftop gardens and open and covered terraces enhances the workplaces, ensuring a balanced provision of daylight despite the great depth of the rooms. The chosen spatial principle – especially the spatially effective load-bearing structures – elegantly offers column-free rooms with maximum flexibility both on the ground floor and on the upper storeys. The headquarters’ direct construction method and concise symbolism are reminiscent of the character of traditional infrastructure buildings.
On March 16, the exhibition "Typically Lucerne?" opens at the Swiss Trasport Museum Lucerne. The exhibition features works related to our hometown in central Switzerland and we are pleased that the Pilatus Kulm Panorama Gallery is represented in the exhibition. The show is organized by the Architekturgalerie Luzern, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. On the subject of the exhibition, a selection of our projects has been published in the current issue of ARC MAG, embedded in an interview conducted by Jørg Himmelreich. At the lecture evening 'Collage City Luzern' we will present our project 'Conversion and Extension of Denkmalstasse 21' on 23.3.2023 in the context of the exhibition.
'Typisch Luzern?' 16-30 March 2023
16 March, 6 p.m.
Swiss Transport Museum Lucerne