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Building material recycling

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Project • By Sara Gelibter Architecte • Private Houses

Felsenburg

Felsenburg House in Biel is a renovation and vertical extension by Sara Gelibter Architecte for an artist couple. Initially planned as a modest refurbishment, the project became more ambitious after serious structural defects were uncovered, including a long-compromised roof. The solution was a new top floor that transformed the former industrial structure into a distinctive home. Cyril Käppeli Cyril Käppeli Caption   ❌︎ Remove Applied Products block will be inserted here House on top of a house The building’s layered past shaped the intervention: once a wine shed, later industrial workshops, a youth hostel, and then fragmented into domestic conversions. Rather than erasing these traces, the... More

News • News • 19 May 2022

Baumschlager Eberle Architekten’s Montagne du Parc demonstrates how concepts of sustainability can be implemented at an early stage of architectural completion

The largest project completed by Baumschlager Eberle Architekten in Europe to date, the new Montagne du Parc (BNP Paribas Fortis HQ ) building in Brussels is an outstanding example of how concepts of sustainability can be implemented at the early stage of architectural completion. Cyrille Weiner Meeting the client’s energy, resource consumption, and structural demands, the project sets high aesthetic, social, and cultural standards resulting in an architectural gem for both the bank and city, enhancing the neighbourhood and providing an inspiring work place for 4,100 people on a total ground floor area of 100,000 m². Cyrille Weiner Construction works commenced with a careful floor-by-floor demolition of the old buildi... More