CHRIST & GANTENBEIN
Lindt Home of Chocolate - Lake View Photo : © Walter Mair
CHRIST & GANTENBEIN COMPLETES THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL LINDT HOME OF CHOCOLATE
MUCH MORE THAN A MUSEUM , THIS VERSATILE PROJECT REDEFINES WHAT CIVIC BUILDINGS CAN BE
The headquarters of Lindt & Sprüngli , the Swiss chocolatier , founded in 1845 , are located near Lake Zurich on the outskirts of Switzerland ‘ s most populous city . The firm ‘ s long and successful history of producing quality chocolate manifests creations from Lindt & Sprüngli as the epitome of quality chocolate . Its products are available in more than 120 countries worldwide . They are sold by 28 subsidiaries in more than 500 of its own stores . Lindt & Sprüngli ‘ s HQ features a factory , warehouses , an office building , and the new gateway to the campus , the Lindt Home of Chocolate , which is financed and operated by the Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation . This new flagship building is a striking , contemporary counterweight to the eclectic assemblage of buildings .
Set to become one of Switzerland ‘ s most visited buildings , this multifunctional experiential space combines a userfocused , mixed-use program in an exceptional new type of civic architecture . Elevating the visibility of the Swiss Chocolate industry to new heights , it is built to seduce visitors with the many charms of chocolate . It features an interactive , immersive exhibition about chocolate , a research and development facility for future chocolate recipes , a production plant , a chocolate shop , a cafe , and offices – all connected by spiraling staircases and cascading walkways crisscrossing a vast atrium . In its center , a dramatic , nine-meter high , golden chocolate fountain was developed by Atelier Brückner , also authors of the exhibition .
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