BASEL - construction update
 

This odd shaped tower is proposed in Basel , designed by Herzog & DeMeuron , 160m tall !

http://www.20min.ch/diashow/8997/p_v001.jpg

http://www.20min.ch/diashow/8997/p_p008.jpg

http://www.20min.ch/diashow/8997/p_p007.jpg

Very good!!!

Sorry, I forgot to translate your thing, I'll do it now.

:tup:

got my email?

Yep , recieved it , :worship:

Weird looking but I like it :)

woowww!! i like it, it's very original

looks awsome. :D

Weird indeed :D
What are these void spaces (parts of floors cut out) on the rendering? Might it be a kind of "double height floor" areas or something like that? :shrug:

As a rendering it looks great but when I see that kind of excentric shape I can't help myself to wonder if this will well endure the test of time.

I guess that comes from the fact I live in a place where have been built tons of excentric stuff in the 1970's which are widely considered as dreadful nowadays. We should never forget to not mix up original and esthetic.

Now this being said, that's only a rendering. Let's see how this will come up ! :)

:previous: As for Switzerland the proposed design is very classical (resembles two crossed Swiss watch springs :D In such design the only thing you have to do to make the tower higher is to pull the springs upword :haha: ).

I love this design. Looks very elegant and presents the company Roche very well. Looks like some biochemical structure.

Fantastic!!
I really hope they are going to built that.
Ive been to Basel a few times. Very nice city.

Not bad at all. Looks a bit... organic? :???:

more news from Basel: Sankt Jakob park

http://www.st-jakob-park-plus.ch/sitegfx/img/img2.jpg

http://www.st-jakob-park-plus.ch/sitegfx/img/img4.jpg

http://www.st-jakob-park-plus.ch/sitegfx/img/img5.jpg

http://www.st-jakob-park-plus.ch/sitegfx/img/img8.jpg


Messegelaende by Herzog & DeMeuron

actual situation:
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4...lvorher6ks.jpg

after the renovation:
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/4...nachher2vo.jpg

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7...lrender5cs.jpg

Erlenmatt

today:
http://www.vivico.de/images/img273.jpg

to become this:
http://www.vivico.de/images/img1356.jpg

Interesting stuff, thanks for the pics

Would love to see how the base of the Roche tower is designed, anyone information about this ??

wow, very nice design. :tup:

Which building is here U/C ?

http://www.woophy.com/images/org/205644.jpg

Sankt Jakob Tower construction site:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...00/current.jpg