The high amount of asbestos pollution and the building’s poor energy balance were the reasons for the Fifties high-rise restoration, which was erected in 1956/57. The Verwaltungsgebäude Brugg Kabelwerke office building had previously been valuable, according to Marco Tschudin of Tschudin Urech Bolt Architekten, but with a summer temperature of 34 degrees, it was useless. Many postwar buildings cause comparable issues and are demolished under the guise of densification, efficiency, or economy. However, the administration building was fortunate. It still looks – or looks as it did when it was erected. This is due to its municipal protected status, the sensitivity of the planners, and BRUGG Immobilien AG’s readiness to put a little more money in its palm as the building owner. © Kuster Frey
Verwaltungsgebäude Brugg Kabelwerke’s Design Concept
The façade has been embellished with Verde Alpi marble from Italy since its erection, lending the administration building its unique nobility. With 355 people during the postwar period, Kabelwerke Brugg was one of the region’s top employers, and the industry was thriving. The business held a design competition for an office building next to its manufacturing halls to consolidate its workspaces in 1954. Carl Froelich of Brugg and Hans Kündig of Zurich were the winners. Their two-flush, trapezoidal high-rise skyscraper proved persuasive in the previous round, particularly in urban planning.
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