In a single, clear gesture, the clad roof of the new airport extension in northern Italy thrusts upwards as if ready to take flight. The clarity of the wing-like form signifies the function of the building and gives the public structure a strong aesthetic identity that can be appreciated from far and wide. Anna…
Month: April 2017
Robotic wire cutting
Swisspearl invited professors Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler to carry out the Swisspearl Summerschool together with the students. The professorship of Gramazio Kohler Research at ETH Zurich has been concerned with digital fabrication in architecture since 2005, and founded the world’s first robotics lab for non-standardized fabrication processes in an architectural context. This opened up…
Architect seminar, Bratislava
On Monday, April 24th more than twenty architects stepped away from their projects to take part in the Swisspearl architect seminar in Bratislava. Robert Wirichs, CSO Swisspearl, Hansruedi Leuzinger, technical advisor at Swisspearl and Tomáš Sobota architect at sobota were the key speakers. They inspired the architects with the design diversity of Swisspearl panels and…
Wet fabric on a body
For two students from the Vienna University of Technology, the dream of every design student came true: the architect planning the SPAR Supermarket in Alland, Austria discovered their prototype for a three-dimensional façade panel that undulates like wet fabric. The bespoke shell lends the new construction a striking appearance. What limits are there to…
39th Salon of Architecture, Belgrade
Report of the Jury of the 39th Salon of Architecture Jury of the 39th Salon of Architecture consisting of: Irena Videnov, Chairperson Duško Filipovski Nenad Stjepanović Miroljub Stanković Maruša Zorec Hereby notes that there were 233 work nominated for this year’s Salon within all the categories. The Jury has decided that 112 works deserved…
École Enfants du Monde, Montréal, Canada
The building of the École Enfants du Monde in Montréal was constructed and inaugurated in 1961 under the name École St-Louis-de-Gonzague and was designed by the architect Gaétan Le Borgne. Featuring two upper storeys and a basement, the building has a rectangular shape and sits parallel to Rue Marcel. It backs onto Parc Noël, which…
A ship on a sea of streets
The spectacular office building in Poznan is located on a plot that remains between tramway tracks and two main transport axes. The structure’s wedge-shaped volume ensues from the property’s triangular area. Black Swisspearl® panels comprise the façade skin, which is structured by vertical, shading blinds. Poznan is located halfway between Warsaw and Berlin in one…