Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd.
Rheinschanze 6
4056 Basel, Switzerland
Email: info@herzogdemeuron.com
Phone: +41 61 385 5757
Basel, Switzerland
A hundred years of architectural history have shaped the former goods warehouse at Dreispitz.
Herzog & de Meuron have cut open the site, once traversed by railroad tracks and roadways, dividing it into three distinct areas, which they have dubbed Manhattan, Soho and Queens.
In the Manhattan zone to the north, a cluster of highrises sets a striking visual accent.
With a mix of housing, services and shopping, the broad appeal of the Dreispitz is further enhanced by good public transport links and easy access to nearby neighborhoods.
Closely knit rows of housing lend cohesion to the central zone, known as Soho.
A former railroad track winding through the entire Dreispitz is transformed into a pedestrian green zone fringed by attractive housing under the epithet Broadway.
With the relocation of the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, a “Campus of the Image” comes to Soho.
Together with the Schaulager, the art school further consolidates the already existing art activities of the Herzog Foundation and the specialist art company Kraft, while a footbridge leads to the Botanical Gardens.
Large industrial and commercial buildings dominate the southern zone, known as Queens.
This part of the Dreispitz has the broadest development potential. With the departure of the Arfa Röhrenwerke company, a computer and life-sciences facility could be created here.
Consolidation and communication are the key motivators in the step-by-step development of the site.
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Gerhard Mack, Herzog & de Meuron: “Herzog & de Meuron 1997-2001. The Complete Works. Volume 4.” Edited by: Gerhard Mack. Basel / Boston / Berlin, Birkhäuser, 2008. Vol. No. 4.
Felix Leuppi: “Aufbruch im Dreispitz.” In: Verlag Hochparterre, Amt für Raumplanung BL, Wüest & Partner, Zürich (Eds.). Supplement: “Hochparterre.” Vol. No. 8, Zurich, Verlag Hochparterre, 08.2007. pp. 26-31.
Herzog & de Meuron: “Herzog & de Meuron. Vision Dreispitz. Eine städtebauliche Studie.” Edited by: Baudepartement Basel-Stadt, Bau- und Umweltschutzdirektion Basel-Landschaft, Christoph Merian Stiftung. 2nd adv. and rev. ed. Basel, Christoph Merian, 2003.