Location | Buttisholz LU |
Client | Tschopp Holzindustrie AG |
Commission | Study competition on invitation 2012–2013 |
Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten |
Public debate on the establishment of a private, large-scale industrial building in the landscape continues to be controversial. In our design, we therefore envisage a transformation of fields of significance that gives the silo a multifaceted legibility and therefore makes it more acceptable. The design attempts to influence the perception of the building in a way that releases the silo architecture from its exclusively industrial legibility and places it in a rural context. By perforating the otherwise hermetic building volume, it receives a playful, poetic dimension that evokes new legibilities thanks to the deliberately provoked, active interplay between the building and the viewer. Various aspects of content related to the specific building task, such as «full and empty», «heavy and light» and «opaque and transparent» are all concisely addressed. A subtle game of questions and answers develops between the building and the viewer.
We are delighted to announce that our proposal for the new water sports base at la Jonction in Geneva has won the open competition among 73 national and international entries!
The design, in the breathtaking setting where the Arve and Rhone rivers converge in the city, is based on a concept of circular reuse. In the spirit of urban mining and to largely reduce gray energy, our project called "OBJETS TROUVÉS" proposes the conversion of an existing office building and the reuse of long-span steel trusses from a nearby dismantled hall.
Forum Faubourg, 6 rue du Terreau du Temple, 1201 Genève.
26 - 28 March and 2 -12 April 2024
Monday-Saturday 11:00-18:00, Thursday 11:00-20:00
28 March, 12:30, Forum Faubourg