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CHRIST & GANTENBEIN columns contain elevators as well as zones for pipes to ascend . Generously dimensioned spiral staircases also circle around these vertical support elements . The unusually large dimensions of the supporting structure create a unique scale and contribute to the extraordinary spatial effect of this building .“
Lindt Home of Chocolate - Second floor Drawing : © Christ & Gantenbein
The Lindt Home of Chocolate , Christ & Gantenbein ‘ s second completed cultural project in Zurich , besides the Swiss National Museum and its extension , is a highly technical and complex hybrid . Combining industrial production , showroom , museum , shopping , and cutting-edge research & development , among others in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology , it ‘ s ultimately a space where contemplation , entertainment , research , and interaction come together in a new spatial experience .
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Drawing : © Christ & Gantenbein
Emanuel Christ says …“ Almost reaching an ancient Roman scale , we ‘ ve created an exaggeration of industrial production with a certain tension ; a tension that gives a strong presence to the architecturally distinct elements that define the interior , bridging the substantial gap between a commercial ambiance and classical grandeur . To celebrate the experience of chocolate in many ways , we ‘ ve scripted the Lindt Home of Chocolate ‘ s interior as a space that orchestrates the movement of people .“
Jürg Conzett , structural engineer for the Lindt Home of Chocolate : „ The supporting structure in the interior essentially consists of an in-situ concrete skeleton . In the area of the atrium , the load-bearing parts become multifunctional elements . Thus , mushroom pillars mutate into cantilevered balconies , and hollow
PROJECT FACTS LOCATION : Kilchberg , Switzerland CLIENT : Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation YEAR : 2014 - 2020 PROGRAM : Culture , Laboratory , Museum , Office , Retail SIZE : GFA 21 ‘ 540 m ² Lenght : 93 m . Width : 45 m . Height : 21 m TEAM FOUNDING PARTNERS : Emanuel Christ , Christoph Gantenbein PARTNER : Mona Farag PROJECT LEADERS : Anna Flückiger , Astrid Kühn , Tabea Lachenmann CHRIST & GANTENBEIN ARCHITECTS : Javier Bressel , Ana Sofia Costa Guerra , Eileen Davis , Szabolcs Egyed , Florian Kaiser , Kyrill Keller , Daan Koch , Andrew Mackintosh , Stephanie Müller , Catia Polido , Robert Schiemann , Anne Katharina Schulze , Guido Tesio , Leandro Villalba , Jean Wagner , Leonie Welling , Christina Wendler
www . christgantenbein . com
Photo : © Raphael-Alu
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