Présentation de l'éditeur :
That the same adjectives can be used to describe Swiss architecture by
those who admire it and those who don't -namely minimal, uncompromising
and well constructed- is a strange and noteworthy consensus.
Transcending such characteristics is the work of Burkhalter Sumi, for
it has as much sensuality as sense, opulence as rigour, and an
architectural ambition tempered refreshingly with modesty.
Even though Burkhalter Sumi are now working on larger scale problems
and projects than before, their way of thinking and working shows a
remarkable consistency over the 21 years since the office's founding.
Over years of obervations, mulling and simply following their personal
tastes the architects had assembled a host of complicated and
contradictory issues about timber architecture, such as tectonics, form
and its perception, prefabrication, colour, ecology and hybrid
structures.
This issue of 2G magazine, devoted to Burkhalter Sumi, collects an
illustrative selection of recent works by the Swiss team, including
residential projects, urban planning, projects for the workplace and
exhibitions.
Introduction
Resolving the Hidden Core by Steven Spier
Works and Projects
Residential Projects
Loft in the Hauserpark Building, Biel, 2000
Town villas, Witikon, Zurich, 1998-2001
Two houses, Küsnacht, 1998-2002
Multengut housing for senior citizens, Muri, 2002-2004
Rigiblick Hotel and Theatre, Zurich, 2002-2004
Housing, Herrliberg, 2002-2005
Town villas, Beijing, 2004
Am Eulachpark housing complex, Winterthur, 2003-2006
Sunnige Hof housing complex, Zurich, 2001-2005
Urban Planning
Development of the Central Station area, Zurich, 2004
Project for the densification of Schwamendingen, Zurich, 2004
Development of the Seewen-Feld area, Schwyz, 2004
Projects for the Workplace
Remodelling of the EMPA Laboratory, Dübendorf, 1995-1999
Remodelling of the Sulzer Building, Winterthur, 2000-2001
Office building, Opfikon, 2000-2002
Remodelling of the Werd Building, Zurich, 2003-2004
Eichhof Office Building, Lucerne, 2004-2005
Exhibitions
Onoma Expo 02 pavilion, Yverdon-les-Bains, 2002
Gottfried Semper 1803-1879 exhibition, Zurich, 2003
Biography
nexus
On Public Space. Three Historic Examples:
Gottfried Semper. Three Projects for Dresden, 1836-1878.
Geoffrey Copcutt. The Town Centre of Cumbernauld New Town, 1958-1968.
Mies van der Rohe. Three Plaza Projects, 1964-1969.
by Marianne Burkhalter and Christian Sumi
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