VALERIO OLGIATI . plans: © archive Olgiati . photos: © Bas Princen
House-shaped columns carry horizontal slabs and form an earthy stone shelf, made of concrete. The center of the building is illuminated by an atrium. Four massive pillars form the building’s foundation in it. All parts of the building form an indivisible structure.
On the ground floor there is a foyer surrounded by walls. It is not visible from the outside. Here one enters the building from the street, the light comes from above and the atmosphere is calm. Above the foyer, as opposed to this, are extrovert open office spaces with horizontal references to the other floors and the surrounding area. Everything here can be experienced in its entirety and one works together on open and bright balconies over street level.
Text: Valerio Olgiati
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object: Learning Center and Offices, Baloise Park,
Headquarters of Baloise Insurances, Basel,
Switzerland
location: Basel, Switzerland
competition: 1. prize, 2014
client: Basler Leben AG
architect: VALERIO OLGIATI
collaborators: Sebastian Carella (project manager office Olgiati),
Jurij von Aster, Nathan Ghiringhelli
contractor: PORR Suisse AG
structural engineer: Patrick Gartmann, Ferrari Gartmann Ingenieure AG
materials: red-brown in-situ concrete
begin of planning: September 2014
start of construction: March 2018
end of construction: March 2021
volume: 74’969.90 m3
area: 17’745.31 m2
technical Information: Standard for Sustainable Building Switzerland (SNBS)
copyrights plans: © archive Olgiati
copyrights plans: © Bas Princen
