- BuildingsVertical Factory Komax AG
- Plant Manager's Home
- Cultural youth centre Schappe Süd
- Primary school
- Residential building Mühle
- Residential building in a tree grove
- Extension for the Thun Panorama
- Single-family home W
- New replacement building Bühlegg
- Stahlton Bauteile AG office building
- AWZ housing
- Uri curative education centre
- Pilatus Kulm panorama gallery
- Villa by Lake Zug
- Villa by Lake Lucerne
- Window factory extension
- Single-family house in Ermensee
- Residential and commercial building
- Sports and multifunctional hall
- Municipal centre / Raiffeisenbank
- Obermarch school centre
- Stucki single-family home
- Projects«Paradies» residential buildings
- Tivoli lake restaurant and yacht club
- Transportation headquarter
- Lakeside residence
- Car park with exhibition hall
- Silo tower
- Rowing centre Rotsee
- Refuse incineration plant
- Recycling centre
- Exhibition halls Allmend
- Art Museum Schlossberg
- Place of contemplation
- PublicationsBuildings and Projects
- Window factory extension
- Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger Anthologie Bd. 1
Cultural youth centre Schappe Süd
| Location | Kriens LU |
| Client | Gemeinde Kriens |
| Commission | Study competition on invitation 2009 |
| Planning | 2010–2015 |
| Construction | 2016–2018 |
| Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten, Project Architect: Anthony Frank |
| Consultants | Project Manager: Büro für Bauökonomie, Landscape architect: koepflipartner |
The idea of the Kriens community to use the «Schappe Süd» grounds as an arts and youth centre is controversial in terms of content, urban planning and architecture. Firstly, the community is making an important cultural statement in a prominent location, enhancing the town since its content forms a centre. Secondly, the historically valuable buildings receive a contemporary task and thereby raise awareness among future generations of an important piece of the Kriens developmental history. The design widely exploits the existing potential while aiming for a balanced synthesis between the existing structures and new aspects. The charm of today’s estate, with its industrial buildings as evidence of times past, is the starting point of the project. The courtyard design, the roof landscape and the surrounding wall are integrated into the transformation of the estate and developed further in a contemporary form. Old and new elements are condensed to form a spatially coherent, identity-enhancing ensemble, which has an autonomous expression that develops the power to become an important place of encounter.
