BASEL KUNSTWÜRFEL

BASEL, SWITZERLAND

BASEL’S CITY CENTER is a rich cultural district home to theatres, museums, and shops. In the center of the district lies an underutilized urban plaza, serving as a gateway to Theatre Basel, the city’s municipal theatre.

This project aims to create a space for temporary art exhibitions and events while preserving public space at the street level. This is accomplished by raising the building up a level and building vertically, resulting in a seven-story “floating cube”.

The building employs a hanging structure. A strong central circulation core of load-bearing concrete walls supports a series of large trusses at the top. The steel frame of the building connects to the trusses, creating a hanging effect that brings loads from the beams and columns of the frame, into the trusses, and down to the ground through the load-bearing walls.

Interior and exterior finishes are kept minimal to keep attention on the art.

COURSE: Graduate Comprehensive

Studio

DATE: Spring 2021

DURATION: Semester

PROGRAMS USED: AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign

Ground Floor: Entry & Circulation

Second Floor: Reception, Cafe, Bookshop