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Architects and client on-site, checking out materials, lighting, and the colors of the walls. Concrete construction of the labyrinthine building, poured in situ. Upon completion, VitraHaus presents an exciting flow of spacious and narrow interiors and becomes a luminous beacon in the landscape.
Jul 27, 2011 · Since no interior space was available for the presentation of the Home Collection on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, the company commissioned Basel-based architects Herzog & de Meuron in...
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The VitraHaus, built by Herzog & de Meuron, is Vitra’s flagship store and home to the Vitra Home Collection. Here, you can view furniture arrangements in different design styles, which include both the great Vitra classics and the latest contemporary designs.
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Since the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, did not have a suitable indoor space for the presentation of the new collection of chairs for home, the company commissioned the Basel-based architects Herzog & de Meurondesign showroom VitraHaus, in 2006. Like a small town made up of vertical layers, the project with their striking appearance, not only impr...
Built on the north side of the grounds of the Vitra Campus, off the production facilities, the VitraHaus joins two other buildings in this area, The Vitra Design Museum, designed by Frank Gehry (1989) the Congress Hall Tadao Ando (1993), in the town of Weil am Rhein, Germany. The amplitude of the field has allowed the new structure is lifted leavin...
VitraHaus The concept of connecting two themes that appear repeatedly in the work of Herzog & de Meuron, the archetypal theme of the house and stacked volumes. The proposal for the VitraHaus, was especially appropriate for architects rediscovered the idea of the ur-house or townhouse, since the main purpose of the five-story building is to provide ...
The different “individual houses, which share the general characteristic of being an exhibition space, conceived as abstract elements with only a few exceptions, the front ends of all the bodies are made of glass overlay, large windows highlighting structural volumes seem have been created with a press, with its clear shapes and sections fixed over...
When stacking the “houses” on top of other pieces of wall are (more or less) that are aligned from the first to the top floor. Are these pieces of “matching walls” that generate the supporting elements of the structure of this project. All structural elements are made of reinforced concrete.
Both covers the walls of the five structures that make up the building were made of reinforced concrete. All exterior walls are clad with stucco color “charcoal” unifying the structure and connected with the earth and its environment. The interior walls are finished in white with the aim of highlighting the furniture exposed. The floor of the centr...
Apr 1, 2010 · The VitraHaus fits within a Herzog & de Meuron masterplan, under which it was felt best to put some space between their own and Gehry’s different forms of eye-catching architecture. In the VitraHaus you feel yourself to be inside a charmed circle of delightful design.
Mar 24, 2014 · VitraHaus. Weil am Rhein, Germany. Firm. Herzog & de Meuron. Type. Commercial › Retail Exhibition Center. STATUS. Built. YEAR. 2004. Photography by Iwan Baan. In January 2004, Vitra launched its Home Collection, which includes design classics as well as re-editions and products by contemporary designers.
Herzog & de Meuron, 2010. The VitraHaus is Vitra’s flagship store. Here, visitors have the opportunity to experience the furniture in the Home Collection, which is displayed in inspiring arrangements. It was with this in mind that the architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron let themselves be inspired by the typical house shape for ...
