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In the development plan, as designed by Max Dudler in 2001, the building between the IBM building in the south and the Campi building in the west forms the northern keystone to the ensemble. Framed by the buildings, an urban park was established between the main building and the annex.
Courtesy of Max Dudler – Photographs : Stefan Müller
The new building?s design does not repeat, but instead varies the design language of the neighbouring IBM building, where stone and glass were used as materials. The window formats of the new building are identical in their proportion to the ones on the standard floors of the IBM building.
Courtesy of Max Dudler – Photographs : Stefan Müller Unlike this building however, which is divided into base, body and crest, the office building on Herostrasse features a horizontal stacking of floors. This horizontal structuring is emphasised by a marked shadow gap between the floors. The faces of the individual floors consist of a row of T-shaped elements separated by a fitting piece.
Courtesy of Max Dudler – Photographs : Stefan Müller
The office building?s facade is made of smoothed and polished artificial-stone elements with a high-quality surface and a consistent matt sheen. Thanks to this, the building?s appearance varies depending on the viewpoint. The artificial stone consists of a dark dyed concrete refined with greenish-black natural stone aggregate. The material...