050 SUVA House – Herzog & de Meuron

Project: 1988-1990
Realization: 1991-1993

Team

Partners: Jacques Herzog; Pierre de Meuron
Project Team: Kurt Lazzarini (Project Architect); Michèlle Erbsland; Pascale Guignard; Dieter Gysin; Samuel Häusermann; Robert Hösl; Ursula Beate Kasper; Peter Kaufmann; Stefan Marbach; Astrid Peissard; Rina Plangger; Christoph Schlemmer; Christoph Steiger

Facts

Client: Schweizerische Unfallversicherungsgesellschaft Luzern, Kreisagentur Basel, Switzerland
Planning: Construction Management: Paul Ernst AG, Basel, Switzerland; Structural Engineering (New Building): Ingenieurgemeinschaft A. Zachmann, Basel, Switzerland; Structural Planning (Old Building): Helmut Pauli, Ingenieurbüro Schaub, Basel, Switzerland; Construction Physics: Gysin & Ehrsam AG, Pratteln, Switzerland; Electrical Planning: Selmoni AG, Basel, Switzerland; Sanitary Planning: Bogenschütz AG, Basel, Switzerland; Landscape Architecture: Stöckli, Kienast & Koeppel, Zurich, Switzerland; HVAC (Climate Control Design): Waldhauser AG, Münchenstein, Switzerland
Specialist / Consulting: Facade Planning: Schmidlin AG, Aesh, Switzerland
Links: www.suva.ch

Bibliography

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Fernando Márquez Cecilia, Richard Levene (Eds.): “El Croquis. Herzog & de Meuron 1981-2000. Between the Face and the Landscape. The Cunning of Cosmetics. Entre el Rostro y el Paisaje. La Astucia de la Cosmética.”
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Jacques Herzog: “Recent Work of Herzog & de Meuron.” In: Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (Ed.). “Columbia Documents of Architecture and Theory.” Vol. No. 4, New York, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, 1995. pp. 5-25.

Arthur Rüegg: “Herzog & de Meuron. Das neue SUVA-Haus in Basel 1988-1993. Erweiterung und Umbau eines steinernen Geschäftshauses von 1950.” Exh. Cat. “Das neue SUVA-Haus in Basel 1988-1993.” Architekturgalerie Luzern. 25 September – 30 October 1994. Luzern, Edition Architekturgalerie Luzern, 1994. (= Edition Architekturgalerie Luzern).

Thomas Weckerle, Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron: “Herzog & de Meuron. Razón, Realidad y Cambio. Reason, Reality and Change. Entrevista por Thomas Weckerle y Jaime Salazar. Reflexiones sobre Proyectos recientes de Renovación. Interview by Thomas Weckerle and Jaime Salazar. Thoughts about recent Renovation Projects.”
In: Manuel Gausa (Ed.). “Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme. Renovating.” Vol. No. 201, Barcelona, Col.legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya, 1993. pp. 47-74.