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Shopping Center Schönbühl, Swiss Building, Project, Photo, News, Design, Image

Shopping Center Schönbühl Switzerland : Architecture

Retail Development by Holzer Kobler Architekturen in Switzerland



Shopping Center Schönbühl, Lucerne : Face Lift for the 40th birthday
Holzer Kobler Architekturen

Schönbühl, the first shopping center in Switzerland was built in 1967 by Alfred Roth at the same time as Alvar Aalto's Schönbühl building. Holzer Kobler Architekturen, which undertook the redesign of the shopping center, focused especially on the visitor's flow as well as the redesign of the interior. The main architectural and design changes occur at the main entrance and in the central atrium.

Shopping Center Schönbühl Shopping Center Schönbühl
photos © Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Image : Francisco Paco Carrascosa

At the main entrance, the protruding roof helps create a concise urban space. The wide edge of the roof curves down to create a funnel-shaped volume which draws visitors into the building. The underside of the roof's ceiling is covered with an angled metal mesh, so that its yellow color is not revealed until the visitor exits the building.

The redesign of the interior optimizes the qualitiy of the shoppers' visit. The intense color scheme, the careful choice of materials and in particular the bright daylight which now reaches the lower floors of the center: These changes create a pleasant shopping experience in a contemporary and appealing environment.

The transparent balustrade made of protruding glass pannels around the atrium along with the continuous, linear light strip over the glass store fronts and the homogenous flooring accentuate the new generous profile of the shopping center.

Schoenbuehl Shopping Center Schoenbuehl Shopping Centre building Schoenbuehl Shopping Centre building Schoenbuehl Shopping Centre building
photos © Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Image : Holzer Kobler Architekturen

The visitor's flow has been optimized through the redesigned, organic shape of the atrium, along with the two large completely metallic lifts and the new stairway at the entrance of the parking lot.

Shopping Center Schönbühl Switzerland images / information from Holzer Kobler Architekturen 080409

Swiss Architect Studios

Shopping Center Schönbühl - Project Team

Client: Schönbühl Immobilien AG, Luzern

Architecture: Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Zürich
Barbara Holzer, Tristan Kobler
Project management: Simone Haar

Structural engineering: S + B Baumanagement AG, Zug
Projektleitung: Patrick Zwyssig, Bernhard Küng
Bauleitung: Urs Steiner

Engineering: Walt + Galmarini AG, Zürich
in Zusammenarbeit mit Bless Hess AG, Luzern
Projektleitung: Philipp Hess

Electrical planning: Hefti Hess Martignoni, Zug
Projektleitung: Rene Zuber, Markus Mazenauer

Shopping Centre Architecture






Swiss Buildings - Selection

westside Shopping and Leisure Center, Bern-Brünnen
Studio Daniel Libeskind
westside shops
image from the architect
Swiss Shopping Center

Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne
Gigon/Guyer Architekten
Swiss Museum of Transport
Swiss Museum of Transport

The Murezzan, St Moritz
Foster + Partners
The Murezzan St Moritz
picture : Nigel Young, Foster & Partners
The Murezzan St Moritz

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Cattaneo Dietikon

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Shopping Center Schönbühl Building : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt

website : www.schönbühl-center.ch