022 House for a Veterinary Surgeon

Project: 1983
Realization: 1984

Sited along the northern side of a small corner plot in a suburban settlement, the elongated house negotiates the slope to contain a principal floor with the veterinary surgery, the principal living quarters and two garages. Public access is possible via the angled staircase and the pavement along the garages. This lower spine of circulation is similar to the loggias of the Photographic Studio Frei (082) and the indoor and open-air swimming pool in Riehen (085).

Though the building bears many conventional elements, replete with its cement render, the head-like west façade may evoke zoomorphic associations, whereas the detailing of such things as the balustrade and canopy counterbalance the otherwise solid volume of the main configuration.

Herzog & de Meuron, 1988

Drawings

Team

Partners: Jacques Herzog; Pierre de Meuron
Project Team: Rina Plangger

Facts

Planning: Construction Management: Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd., Basel, Switzerland; Structural Engineering: Helmut Pauli, Ingenieurbüro Schaub, Basel, Switzerland
Building Data: Site Area: 10'473 sqft, 973 sqm; Gross floor area (GFA): 2'852 sqft, 265 sqm; Footprint: 1'905 sqft, 177 sqm; Gross volume (GV): 41'847 cbft, 1'185 cbm

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