News
Museo Maya de América Becomes Virtually Real
December 2014
London, Basel, Boston, Guatemala City
Neutral Studio in London has used the Museo Maya de América to develop a new milestone in architecture representation: the Museo Maya suite of apps. Spearheading development of the interactive architecture genre, Neutral has expanded on their convergent app platform with the launch of a full virtual reality solution that is optimised to run on desktop and mobile platforms.
The new suite of apps forms a digital museum guide and research tool. The apps enable users to not only experience the architecture of the museum, but also to explore its extensive collection of Mayan artefacts in 3D, providing them with options to view in-depth catalogue information and 3D-print.
At the forefront of 3D developments, Neutral has additionally created the first fully convergent suite of apps to support the Oculus Rift VR technology.
The new Museo Maya de América is among the most ambitious cultural projects under development in Central America. Designed by Harry Gugger Studio in collaboration with over,under, it is planned to house one of the world’s most significant collections of objects, artefacts, artworks, textiles and knowledge relating to the history and culture of the Mayan Civilisation.
Located on the northern edge of L’Aurora Park in Guatemala City, the new museum will form the culmination of a cultural axis that includes the Guatemalan Museum of Contemporary Art and the Children’s Museum. This dense cluster of cultural institutions, in tandem with the large open spaces of the adjacent parkland will become a new focal point for tourists and residents alike.
3 Houses in Allschwil completed
6th December 2014
Open House and Apéro at Steinbühlweg 76 - 80 in Allschwil.
Competition Campus Rosental
March 2014
Invited competition, 11.2013 - 03.2014
University Building and Dentistry Teaching Clinic, Basel.
Museo Maya de América is featured as one of the ‘Museums of the Future’
November 2014
The Telegraph
Museo Maya de América, developed together with Boston based over, under architects, is featured in the Telegraph as one of fifteen ‘Museums of the Future’.
Lecture: “Common Ground, Rethinking the Zentralfriedhof-Cemetery”
20th November 2014
With Harry Gugger and Benoît Jacques, Architectural Student at the EPFL Lausanne.
Architectural Student Benoît Jacques reinterprets the idea of “Common Grounds” and presents his utopian scenario for the cemetery at Sihlfeld.
Feasibility Study, Hangartner-Areal, Aarau
April 2015
Invited Study, 11.2014 - 04.2015
The proposal by Harry Gugger Studio in collaboration with Rotzler Krebs Partner landscape architects was selected by the judging committee and Hanimob AG. The concept is chosen to be advanced as the planning process moves forward.
8th Architecture Talk
15th November 2014
Architecture Conversation Einsiedeln,
Urban planning in Switzerland?
Facade of High Density Housing in Allschwil near completion
20th June 2014
Construction site update.
Project “Vision 2033” for Papieri development in Biberist (SO) has been made public
16th June 2014
The “Papieri” in Biberist is to be transformed from its current use as a papermill into a mixed neighborhood with various activities. The owner HIAG Immobilien commissioned five architecture offices, including Harry Gugger Studio, to elaborate a future vision for the area. The different projects and the result of the study have been presented to the general public on site at the end of May.
Sustainable construction in the focus
of real estate investments
June 2014
The Exchange is featured as part of an article on sustainable & energy efficient construction in the NZZ Special Edition "Immobilien", dated May 28th, 2014.