Boxing clever: Gigon/Guyer add to their extensive arts building collection with this charming store.Despite their seductive simplicity, Gigon/Guyer's arts buildings are highly considered, inventive solutions. Demonstrating a commitment to thinking outside the pure Swiss box, their formal and tectonic tectonic /tec·ton·ic/ (tek-ton´ik) pertaining to construction. qualities are a delight to behold be·hold v. be·held , be·hold·ing, be·holds v.tr. 1. a. To perceive by the visual faculty; see: beheld a tiny figure in the distance. b. , bearing subtleties that deserve close scrutiny (unlike many contemporary art buildings where detail is often reduced to nil). Considered by some to be a subconscious subconscious: see unconscious. response to the dramatic Swiss landscape, where clouds and rocks are seen in dramatic juxtaposition juxtaposition /jux·ta·po·si·tion/ (-pah-zish´un) apposition. jux·ta·po·si·tion n. The state of being placed or situated side by side. , translucency, opacity Refers to being "opaque," which means to prevent light from shining through. For example, in an image editing program, the opacity level for some function might range from completely transparent (0) to completely opaque (100). , and powerful formal identity are wonderfully combined. A must-see on any visit to Switzerland, within easy reach of one another, their extensions to the Reinhart Collection Romerholz and the Museum of Art in Winterthur (AR February 1998) present distinct responses--one grounded and one as light as mist--while the celebrated Kirchner Museum in Davos magically combines the two phenomena with a fair-faced concrete core shrouded shroud n. 1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet. 2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog. 3. a. in glass. The firm's latest project is no exception. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Kunst-Depot of the Henze & Ketterer Gallery, situated in Wichtrach, less than a fifteen-minute ride from central Bern, is a multi-purpose art store and archive building. Part store, part showroom, and part gallery, it enables visitors to view work not currently on public display, and makes space for small temporary exhibitions. Working within the constraints of strict planning codes, which imposing the style of local farmhouses stipulated a saddleback Saddleback see Wessex saddleback. roof form with projecting eaves. Gigon/Guyer used the plot boundary to generate the building's twisted plan, maximizing the store's footprint and car parking on an awkward corner site. With three floors of accommodation linked by an efficient lobbied circulation and service core, the interiors offer three distinct environments: a stable and secure basement, a ground floor with a level access loading bay loading bay n → área de carga y descarga loading bay n → aire f de chargement loading bay load n → , and a first floor gallery loft. Employing a consistent palette of internal finishes, including Gigon/Guyer's distinctive concrete floors with their power floated swirls, shifted window positions and changes in section give each level a unique aspect. (Each space being environmentally conditioned for storage or display.) Constructed entirely of concrete, encapsulated with 200mm of insulation throughout, the building is clad in large-gauge profiled metal sheeting. With a skirt-like twin skin, dotty Tetra panels bring movement to the static form as perforations shift to create patterns of interference, and provide necessary shading See Phong shading, Gouraud shading, flat shading and programmable shading. where window apertures are cut: a subtle play of opacity that is further articulated at the ridge and gable where solid metal sheets fold around the trapezoidal form to create smooth triangulated panels. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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