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.
The current issue 13/2022 of TEC21 introduces the mixed-use conversion on Denkmalstrasse in Lucerne. Among others, the report highlights how the specific concept of the building achieves a lofty spatial openness despite a highly dense urban context and how the simple and raw spaces invite to a playful appropriation for living and working. Minimalism as an offer!