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We are happy to share the new photos of the recently completed Windisch Kunzareal project.

Congratulations to all the team and all the people involved!

Last evening, the municipality of Birsfelden voted on the center project 2.0 and accepted the new proposal.
The municipality approved a loan and ultimately voted in favour of the new district plan.
You can find more information here: link
And here: link

On 23rd of September 2024, the municipal assembly will vote on a new proposal for the development of Birsfelden’s town center.
This district plan is the result of a second attempt after a more densely populated town center project was rejected in a narrow referendum in 2022.
The basis for the present project was a comprehensive workshop process with representatives of the Birsfelden population, the school and youth facilities located on the site, the municipal administration and a panel of experts.
In close collaboration with Westpol Landschaftsarchitekten, a sequence of lively urban spaces and a mosaic of different landscape qualities for a wide range of uses was created on the basis of the workshop findings.
Volumetrically related solitary buildings structure the center area and offer new living space in an excellently developed location. The central square is invitingly designed with a public canopy, a large fountain and groups of trees. This will allow it to fulfill its function as a central, collective place and face of the municipality.
You can find more information here.
We hope for a positive outcome to the vote on September 23!

We are honoured to have received two Prix Lignum 2024 in recognition for innovative, high-quality and forward-looking use in timber construction.

Every three years, the established Prix Lignum competition looks for the best new timber projects in Switzerland - from furniture and interior fittings to entire housing estates in timber construction. This year, the competition counted 583 submissions in two categories of timber construction and carpentry.
The independent, interdisciplinary jury selected 5 projects from each of the 5 major regions of Switzerland to qualify for the national awards.

The Medisuisse headquarters was awarded the Prix Lignum East Region and the Hirtenweg housing estate received the Prix Lignum North Region.
Many thanks to the jury for the awards and to everyone involved in the projects for the successful collaborations.

Further details about the Prix Lignum can be found here:
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Our studio is looking for a project leader.
You can find here more information: link
We are looking forward to receiving your application.

The new Hauser & Wirth gallery opened it’s doors in Basel on June 1st.

We are very pleased that we were able to renovate and design exhibition rooms and a show room on the site of a former silk ribbon factory built in the 1880s.

The exhibition spaces at Luftgässlein 4 harmoniously complement the reduced colour palette of Vilhelm Hammershoi’s paintings.

The Danish artist’ public exhibition runs until July 13th: link

We are very excited to share "The Silo", a short documentary directed by the young talent Aureliano Ramella.

In the documentary Harry Gugger narrates the origin of the building and the genesis of our reuse project.

The movie was selected and screened in several international film festivals including the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival, Budapest Architecture Film Festival, and New Zealand's Architecture and Design Film Festival.

You can stream it here!

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New replacement buildings on Hirtenweg in Riehen by Studio Gugger

<< The wooden residential buildings in Riehen by Studio Gugger were not meant to be an opulent feast. Jenny Keller visited the successful densification and realised that buildings are tasteful when they are prepared to perfection with just a few ingredients>>

In this video, which was created as part of the SIA PRIX 2024, Harry Gugger and Daniel Erne (ERNE Holzbau AG) present the Hirtenweg development.
watch the video

Hirtenweg is shortlisted for the SIA PRIX 2024.
You can vote for our project via this link.
Vote for Hirtenweg!

We are delighted that the ground-breaking ceremony for the residential and commercial building on the Müllerbräu site took place on 8 April 2024.
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