SWISSPEARL ARCHITECTURE 6
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Canada One City Hall, Toronto Croatia Hypo Alpe Adria Bank, Zagreb Czech Republic Renovation of Ostrava Main Railway Station International Edition – High Profile Buildings Greenland Jagtvej Housing Development, Nuuk Portugal Terraços de Cascais, Cascais Serbia Residental Building, Belgrade Slovenia Grand Hotel Primus, Ptuj Jerala Single Family House, Podreca ˇ Primary School Ferdo Vesel, Sentvid pri Stic ˇni TPK Rudnik Business Centre, Ljubljana Virvelhuset Primary School, Arlöv Switzerland Extension and Renovation Herisau Sports Centre USA Newell Residence, Medina, Washington Sweden Hytten Apartment House, Malmö

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Publisher Eternit (Schweiz) AG, CH-8867 Niederurnen, Switzerland phone +41 (0)55 617 13 07, fax +41 (0)55 617 12 71 liliane.blin@eternit.ch, www.swisspearl-architecture.com Editor Michael Hanak, Zurich, Switzerland Advisory Board Stefan Cadosch, Zurich Detail plans Rheindesign, Sandra Eichmann,Winterthur, Switzerland Translations Maureen Oberli-Turner, Vitznau, Switzerland Design Bernet & Schönenberger, Zurich Proofreading Jacqueline Dougoud, Zurich Printed by Südostschweiz Print AG, Chur, Switzerland Theme Modern Materials in Contemporary Architecture Photos Jens Lindhe, Copenhagen (p. 1...

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Signalhuset Youth Accommodation, Copenhagen, Denmark Hypo Alpe-Adria Center, Klagenfurt, Austria Hytten Apartment House, Malmö, Sweden Housing Tribschenstadt, Luzern, Switzerland URBANISM Dear Reader within the next year, half of the world’s population will live in cities. Needless to say, this will change existing urban areas and generate new cities in areas where yesterday no, or little, signs of urban culture were found. In this issue of ‘Swisspearl Architecture’ we shall not try to answer the question, what is more demanding: making a new urban area, for example between the ocean and...

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MODERN MATERIALS IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE The variety of materials as present in modern day construc- along with other American cities, the first high-rise build- tion in cities is a relatively new phenomenon and a conse- ings with curtain walls arose and provided architects with quence of the increased global trade after World War II. a construction method that released them from all restric- Architects in earlier eras were dependent on local tions in terms of façade design. However, most architects building materials. It wasn’t until the end of the Middle felt the need to adhere to...

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Commercial Centre Paseo San Pedro, San Pedro Garza García/ Monterrey, Mexico San Francisco Federal Building, USA Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, Los Angeles, USA Hypo Alpe Adria Bank, Zagreb, Croatia tural developments in war-damaged areas did not proceed same applies to the acrylic glass skin of Peter Cook’s and from mass housing but rather from solitary public build- Colin Fournier’s work in Graz (Kunsthaus Graz, 2003). ings such as administrative buildings, churches or theatres. Renowned architects like Morphosis, headed by Pritzker A landmark of the implementation of new construction...

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One City Hall is a large residential and commercial project by Hariri Pontarini Architects. The condominium, comprised of 15 floors of residential and ground floor commercial, represents almost half of an 80 000 square feet two phase development, and the location, which is in the hub of the central business district with restaurants, galleries and café life, is frequented by young professionals. One City Hall, Toronto, Canada SLEEK, COMPACT DOWNTOWN LIVING

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“THIS IS THE TEST: WOULD (THE DIAMANTE PARTNERS) WANT TO LIVE IN THAT BUILDING. IF NOT, WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. GOOD DESIGN IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.” CLELIA IORIO, HARIRI PONTARINI ARCHITECTS The massing of the building was dictated by the length of ing. The vertical planes on the edges are clad with irregu- the site, a city block, as well as by the height restrictions lar bands of vertical grey Swisspearl panels of varying due to the proximity of the Toronto City Hall which re- widths to create a lively rhythm and counterbalance the sulted in having less available vertical space....

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1 Swisspearl® cement composite panel 2 Ventilation cavity 3 Element with outer face aluminium sheeting, plywood behind 4 Thermal insulation to stud wall 5 Gypsum board 6 Fire stop 7 Cover profile 8 Steel angle 9 Concrete slab Vertical section 1: 20 SWISSPEARL ARCHITECTURE 6

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provides views across the Central Business District. This roof level is designed as a garden oasis, with waterfall walls that muffle the sounds of the traffic below. The cladding material used is Swisspearl panelling, primarily in muted silver greys, but with an accent of colour – ‘Autumn Leaves’ panels – in a corner situation where projecting balconies turn the corner and become flush with the façade. The same coloured canopies also project from the façade to demarcate the various entrances of the building and brighten the composition. The intention was to create affordable, ‘European’...

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The design of the bank project began with an expansion and a shift in the language used in urban planning. The intention was to provide the city with a new image and to create a prominent symbol for the client. It was intended that the building should create a point of emphasis and become the centre of a new and prosperous commercial quarter. Hypo Alpe Adria Bank, Zagreb, Croatia A POINT OF URBANISTIC EMPHASIS

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Ground floor “THE NEXUS OF THE OLD AND THE NEW, OF MISUNDERSTOOD AND UNFINISHED URBANISTIC CONCEPTS, IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNCTIONAL AND FORMAL VALUES OF THE WHOLE BUILDING COMPLEX.” TONI BESLIC 5 Fourth floor Swisspearl® cement composite panel Air layer Thermal insulation Concrete Aluminium U-channel Suspended ceiling Steel substructure 80 5 80 5 4 mm

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Over the decades, several town plans were made for the Udine and one in Klagenfurt (see Swisspearl Architecture Zagreb neighbourhood of Trnje, featuring a new and up- 2). In the Zagreb project, however, Mayne did not have to-the-minute sensibility in terms of urban design. In fact, the same kind of design freedom since the bank’s ap- however, none of these plans were implemented in full proach was pragmatic and parsimonious. The numerous owing to the undeveloped and ineffectual economy, itself runways, connecting corridors, bridges, and links among the result of an inefficient political...

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