Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The book documents the existing facility with original plans and reflects upon and documents in detail the school's exciting, exemplary renovation.
Synopsis
Fully illustrated with 51 images and 33 sketches and plansArticles by: Andrea Burkhard, Christian H nger, Gerold Kunz, Arthur R egg, Urs Stahel, G nther VogtPhoto essays: Peter Ammon, Georg AerniThe former Bernarda teacher-training center in Menzingen was built between 1955 and 1958 by the two renowned Zug architectural teams of Hanns A. Br tsch and Alois Stadler, and Leo Hafner and Alfons Wiederkehr. The school on a gentle slope in the midst of the attractive landscape between Lake Zug and Lake Zurich is an exceptional example of 1950s Swiss architecture. The facility impresses with its staging of the exposed location, the coherent arrangement of five highly individualized buildings around a circular center, and the notable design of the open spaces by Ernst Cramer.Between 2015 and 2018, the facility was extended and refurbished by the architects B nzli & Courvoisier, transforming it for its new use as a cantonal school. The architects were strongly guided by the urban-planning and architectural design principles of the existing structures, while framing and expanding them with great respect and an undogmatic approach to consciously blur the boundaries between old and new.The book documents the existing facility with original plans and the clear-contoured, black & white pictures by the renowned Lucerne photographer Peter Ammon. Furthermore, the volume extensively reflects upon and documents in detail the school's exciting, exemplary renovation.Text in English and German.
Synopsis
- Fully illustrated with 51 images and 33 sketches and plans
- Articles by: Andrea Burkhard, Christian H nger, Gerold Kunz, Arthur R egg, Urs Stahel, G nther Vogt
- Photo essays: Peter Ammon, Georg Aerni
The former Bernarda teacher-training center in Menzingen was built between 1955 and 1958 by the two renowned Zug architectural teams of Hanns A. Br tsch and Alois Stadler, and Leo Hafner and Alfons Wiederkehr. The school on a gentle slope in the midst of the attractive landscape between Lake Zug and Lake Zurich is an exceptional example of 1950s Swiss architecture. The facility impresses with its staging of the exposed location, the coherent arrangement of five highly individualized buildings around a circular center, and the notable design of the open spaces by Ernst Cramer.
Between 2015 and 2018, the facility was extended and refurbished by the architects B nzli & Courvoisier, transforming it for its new use as a cantonal school. The architects were strongly guided by the urban-planning and architectural design principles of the existing structures, while framing and expanding them with great respect and an undogmatic approach to consciously blur the boundaries between old and new.The book documents the existing facility with original plans and the clear-contoured, black & white pictures by the renowned Lucerne photographer Peter Ammon. Furthermore, the volume extensively reflects upon and documents in detail the school's exciting, exemplary renovation.
Text in English and German.