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FLÄCHENBÜNDIG

BELASTBAR

Foto: Christian Richters Foto: Andreas Zimmermann

Wohnhochhaus (13) von Diener & Diener • Residential tower block (13) Café und Bar „Zum Kuss“ (17) • Café and Bar “Zum Kuss” (17)

I n Basel, building activities take place on a limited ket hall, we can take a closer look at the “Elsässertor”
(14) by Herzog & de Meuron (2004) and the USB training
area. The city area can only be expanded to a limited
extent – consequently most projects aim to increase the and conference centre (15) by Diener & Diener (1994).
urban density. Former industrial sites are as suitable for
this purpose as track installations or underused plots. 08:00 p.m. – My recommendation for dinner is the
Birsecker Hof (16) serving good Italian cuisine. To let the
Saturday: exhibition centre, housing concepts evening fade away with a Swiss-made gin, we continue to
the Zum Kuss Bar (17) – a former cemetery chapel in the
09:30 a.m. – arrival at the railway station “Badischer park Elisbethenpärkli, which was converted by Christ &
Bahnhof” (1). One should definitely take time for a short Gantenbein.
tour of the Wilhelminian-style station built by Karl Moser
in 1912. From the station we walk – along a remarkable Sunday: Basel Minster, old town, prison
perimeter development dating from the 1920s – to the
Basel Exhibition Centre (2). 09:00 a.m. – The Münster Ferry brings us from the hotel
to the other side of the Rhine, to the foot of the Minster.
10:30 a.m. – In the Kleinbasel bakery ‘Zuckerbäckerei We walk up the hill to the Basel Minster (18). The
Bubeck’ (3) on Clarastrasse we regain our strength with a Natural History Museum (19) 100 metres away is a pro-
Gipfeli (typical Swiss pastry) and a cup of coffee. In the ject by architect Melchior Berri dating from 1849.
department store ‘Kaufhaus zur Rheinbrücke’ (4) (today
‘Kaufhaus Manor’), which was constructed by architects 10:30 a.m. – We stop at the “Unternehmen Mitte” (20)
Lutz and Brütsch in 1932, one can pay a visit to Café for a second breakfast. Later on, we visit the “Fügli-
Spettacolo. staller” (21) by Burckhardt and Sutter. From here, we
make a little detour to the SAM Architecture Museum
11:00 a.m. – Check-in at the Hotel Krafft (5). The hotel (22) converted by Peter Märkli.
located directly at the Kleinbasel Rhine embankment
dates from 1873 and was converted a few years ago. 12:30 p.m. – A perfect place to have lunch is the
Relieved from our luggage, we stroll further on to the “Lohnhof” (23)
Warteck Area (6). Subsequently, we visit the recently
KLINIKUM GROSSHADERN
completed residential development Riva (7) designed by 15:00 p.m. – After visiting the Gate of Spalen (24) we Architekturbüro German Haimerl
architectural practice jessenvollenweider. leave the old town in the direction of Burgfelderplatz, from
where we continue our walk a little further to St.
12:30 p.m. – With the St. Alban ferry we cross the River Anthony’s Church (25). Our next destination is “Volta
Rhine and have lunch in the Restaurant Papiermühle (8). Zentrum” (26) by Buchner Bründler Architekten. The
After that, another housing project is on our agenda: the Volta-Schulhaus (27) by Miller & Maranta is located not TECTUS®
Zossen car park (9). Next destination is Picassoplatz (10), far from here. Then crossing Voltastraße, one ends up right
which is surrounded by several buildings worth seeing. in front of the Novartis Campus (28), where office and Das komplett verdeckt
laboratory buildings by international star architects were
03:00 p.m. – The Basel Art Museum (11) is currently constructed according to Vittorio Lampugnani’s master liegende Türbandsystem
undergoing major changes. Then we visit the residential plan. Those who are interested in visiting the works by für auf Flächen bündigkeit
complex “Wohnhaus im Schwarzpark” (12). We stop at Frank O. Gehry, David Chipperfield and Co. have to parti- ausgelegte Raumkonzepte.
the market hall (13), the octagonal domed building by cipate in a public tour of the otherwise closed off site.
Hans Eduard Rhyner from 1929 with an adjoining resi-
dential tower block by Diener & Diener (2011). At the mar- 05:00 p.m. – Ferry crossing to Kleinbasel.

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