Burkard Meyer Architekten
Suurstoffi 22 office block
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office/administrative buildings
Place
Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland
Studio
Photos
Roger Frei
Description
The wooden high-rise forms the eastern conclusion of
the Suurstoffi site and there takes on a volumetric hinge function which is
expressed by two building sections of different height. In its entire
structural composition, the building is designed to afford great flexibility.
The ground floor has an open structure, which potentially offers several
addresses for different users, and a larger continuous area that lends itself to
public use. The building is however largely defined by the structural and
functional logic of the regular storeys above it that can also be divided in a
flexible way. The zoning of the space can, on the one hand, be achieved via the
inner courtyard and the centre of the development. On the other hand, parts of
the storeys can be developed independently of each other through additional
segmentation. The building execution of the structure was carried out in a
hybrid construction. A wooden skeleton structure was attached to the two
cast-in-place concrete cores. Wood-concrete hybrid ceilings separate the
different storeys and incorporate the technical installations. The integrally
conception of the structure, as well as the touch and feel of the materials are
especially important for the quality of the space. In contrast to its interior,
where the interplay of wood and concrete define the character of the rooms, the
exterior of the building is determined by the tectonically joined matte
Alucobond cladding and its repetitively positioned abstract window openings.