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| Client | Stadt Thun |
| Commission | study commission on invitation 2009 |
| Planning | 2009–2013 |
| Construction | 2013–2014 |
| Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten, Project Architect: Urs Schmid |
| Consultants | Construction manager: Gassner & Leuenberger, Structural engineer: Dr. Schwartz Consulting, Façade engineering: Metallprojekt GmbH, Building physicist: RSP AG |
| Photographer | D.M. Wehrli |
The oldest still existent panorama painting in the world, the Thun Panorama, painted by Marquard Wocher between 1809 and 1814, was comprehensively renovated in 2014. The rotunda designed by the Thun City Architect Karl Keller in 1959, which has housed the panorama painting since the early 1960s, has also been renovated and enhanced by an annexe building. During this transformation, existing aspects of content, architecture and landscape were picked up on, reinterpreted and atmospherically condensed. The pavilion-like, transparent extension building, which transfers the circular geometry of the existing structures to gentle curves in the rectangular exhibition space, is like the antithesis of the introverted rotunda. Thanks to structurally similar characteristics, it enters into a quasi-symbiotic relationship with it, as old and new merge into an inextricable ensemble.

We are delighted to announce that our team has won the competition for a residential and mixed-use building in the centre of the municipality of Horw, south of Lucerne.
As the competition motto JANUS suggests, our approach is characterized by a multifaceted compound that responds subtly to the given heterogeneous context. The urban boullevard in the north is addressed just as the park-like open space towards the south.
The staggered and porous structure leaves maximum green space and accommodates a variety of apartment types, collective rooms and commercial premises that contribute to a vital a tivation of the neighbourhood.
The simple and robust structural and spatial concept enables a long life span while leaving flexibility for future adaptation. The deep, verana-like facade layers act as a climate-sensitive treshold space and expands the interiors multifunctionally.