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Signal Box Auf dem Wolf
Basel, Switzerland 1994
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Ricola Europe SA Factory
and Storage Building
Mulhouse-Brunstatt, France 1993
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The Gallery for a Private Collection of Modern Art, Goetz Collection in Munich,
of 1992 is a freestanding volume that can be used as both a public and a
private gallery. The architectural conception for the building is derived from
the collection of works that have been assembled, namely, art from the 1960s to
the present. Situated in a parklike area of birches and conifers, the gallery
appears as a simple flush-detailed form, yet upon closer inspection reveals
itself as a complex study in composition.
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The Ricola Europe SA Factory and Storage Building in Mulhouse-Brunstatt,
France, of 1993 also has distinctive exterior walls that are made of
translucent polycarbonate panels, a common industrial building material, which
allows light to filter through. Using a silkscreen process, these panels are
printed with a repetitive plant motif (based on a photograph by Karl
Blossfeldt) that becomes less visible as daylight diminishes and assumes the
characters of a more substantial material than polycarbonate.
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The Signal Box Auf dem Wolf in Basel, of 1994, contains
the electronic equipment for a railway engine depot. The six-story building
consists of a concrete shell insulated on the exterior and wrapped with
approximately eight-inch-wide copper strips that are twisted at certain places
in order to admit daylight. While the copper creates a dynamic architectural
skin, its functional role is to provide an electrostatic shield.
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