BASEL BURGHOF, SWITZERLAND, BASEL, 2009

The cruel problem of the annex is its fundamental subservience; typically of inferior scale and compromised aesthetics, it cannot exist on its own, while its predecessor did very well without it.
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FACT SHEET

Project:
Basel Burghof

Status:
Competition

Client:
Stadt Basel

Budget:
100 million CHF

Site:
Junction of Dufourstrasse and Wettsteinbrucke, opposite Kunstmuseum Basel

Program:
Annex to the Kunstmuseum Basel, connected by a tunnel under Dufourstrasse. GFA: 11,000m2: 1,200m2 temporary exhibition, 2,000m2 permanent exhibition, connection wing and foyer, art depot and services

COLLABORATORS

Structure and facade:
Werner Sobek

Sustainability:
Werner Sobek Green Technologies

MEP:
Büro Scholze, Stuttgart

Cost analysis:
Confirm AG, Zürich

CREDITS

Partners in charge:
Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf

Team:
Rami Abou-Khalil, Katrin Betschinger, Martin Hejl, Ravi Kamisetti, Keigo Kobayashi, Yuan Tiauriman