Location | Gotthardstrasse 30, Weggis LU |
Client | PRIVAT |
Commission | Direct commission 2010 |
Planning | 2010–2012 |
Construction | 2012–2013 |
Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten, Project Architect: Joseph Stadelmann |
Consultants | Construction manager: Roland Stöckli, Structural engineer: Wismer Partner, Artist: Franziska Zumbach |
Photographer | D.M. Wehrli, Graber & Steiger Architekten |
«This is the most charming place I have ever lived in!» The building site on Lake Lucerne, which is also described in glowing terms by Mark Twain, is characterised by its direct relationships with the water and the breath-taking mountain backdrop. For several generations, it has been used for tourism and catering, but required a new beginning in recent times. In addition to a restaurant on the ground floor, the spatial programme for the new replacement construction on the upper level includes an apartment. With a different horizontal character on each side of the building, it enters into a dialogue with the landscape and developed surroundings on different scales, providing various platforms for the diverse perception of the unique context. The construction and materialisation in fair-faced formwork concrete and glass are related to the locally typical elements of rocks and water, thereby gaining a touch of sophistication and elegance.
On invitation of Prof. Jovan Ivanovski, Architect at SCArS and member of the Faculty of Architecture at the State University Ss Kiril and Metodius, we are invited to share our projects and thoughts with an audience in Macedonias capital.
Cinema Frosina, Cultural Center MKC, Skopje
October 18th, 2018
8:30pm