a+u 662 Christ & Gantenbein 10 Years

Description

This issue looks at continuity, disruption, and evolution in the works of Christ & Gantebein. For this Basel-based firm, founded in 1998 and headed by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, constraints in site and programme are welcome opportunities to create spatial surprises. Whether through experimentations in the museum typology, such as the extension of the Swiss National Museum, or domestic architecture, as evidenced by Vaugirard Social Housing, their approach goes beyond recreating basic functions to provide sensitive solutions in terms of urban repair and contemporary spatial issues. Besides recent projects, the issue contains a conversation with the architects.

CONTENTS

Swiss National Museum Extension
Kunstmuseum Basel Extension
MACBA Extension
Conversation: Standing the Test of Time / Emanuel Christ, Christoph Gantenbein, Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee
New Aare Bridge
Lindt Home of Chocolate
Roche Flexible Office Building
UK House Refurbishment
List Customer Center
Willy-Brandt-Strasse Mixed-Use Building
Essay: A Typological Evolution / Jeanette Kuo
Mixed-use Tower Pratteln
Vaugirard Social Housing
Cooperative Housing
Westhof Housing
Terraced House
Essay: Vaugirard Social Housing / Éric Lapierre
Musik-Akademie
Pirosmani Sky
Reformation Anniversary Pavilion
Paris Internationale Art Fair
Joya Exhibition Design
10 Models
Mahalla – Urban Rural Living
Athens Series