Peter Merian Haus Basel

 

client

Die Schweizerische Post, Bern

I.B.O. Development AG, Zug

 

site

near the SBB railway station Basel

 

designated use

college, offices, post railway station

 

service offer

general planning, project planning, implementation

 

in collaboration with

Bürgin Nissen Wentzlaff Architekten (until 1995)

 

usable space

85'000 m2

 

usable volume

370'000 m3

 

costs

CHF 350 Mio.

 

construction period

1986 – 2000



exterior view



exterior view with railway tracks



glass façade developed in collaboration with Donald Judd



post railway station



"Yous in You" by Roni Horn



"Light is what we see" by Brigitte Kowanz



 "Le champ bleu" by Ursula Mumenthaler



"Geist des Stroms" by Pipilotti Rist



"Bogen, Sehne, Licht" by François Morellet



"Bogen, Sehne, Strich" by François Morellet



"Räumliches Aquarell" by Beat Zoderer