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Basel Aquarium Entry by HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Dec 24, 2012

Exterior rendering (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

Only a few days ago, we published the winning entries of the Basel Ozeanium Aquarium competition with Boltshauser Architekten taking the First Place. Here is now also the winner of the Second Place, the entry "Watergate" by collaborating Swiss firms HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER.

Project Description from HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER:

AN OZEANIUM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY

Zoo Basel is embedded in the city and used as a park by residents and visitors. The redesigning of the green area Nachtigallenwäldeli and the construction of the new Ozeanium, an ocean aquarium, on the Heuwaage are bringing the zoo and the park area even closer to the city center, to form an attractive living environment and recreational area. The proposed Ozeanium accommodates the scale of the surrounding buildings, such as the Rialto swimming pool, the market hall and the tall buildings on the city ring. The striking, con!dent construction volume is a clear indication of what an attraction this will be, enriching the city in a central location.

Interior rendering (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

The roof and facade are homogenous in terms of the materials and the language of forms: exposed concrete, horizontally graduated by rough boarding and with sediment-like exogenous inclusions.

The archaic building is riddled with differently sized openings and recesses, making it possible to ascertain the most important themes from the outside. Some of the spherical indentations in the building volume are planted with vegetation and serve as habitat for birds and small animals.

Section (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

IN THE OZEANIUM AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY

In the Ozeanium’s dome-like entrance area, which is open on all sides, the gigantic weight of the masses of water above it becomes apparent. All of the building’s important functions can already be seen directly from here. A ramp leads down to the foyer and elevators; passages and staircases lead to the bar, the temporary exhibition and the museum shop. Everything for which the building is used can be accessed directly from the entrance area on foot, by wheelchair, or with a baby buggy. This public area is protected from the elements, but in terms of climate, it is an outdoor area, which is closed off at night by means of a grating.

Exterior rendering (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

IN THE OZEANIUM AROUND THE WORLD

On a !ctive journey around the world, the visitors discover and marvel at the creatures’ underwater living environments. On this journey, the 4 aquarium clusters constitute the scenographic highlights, to be experienced from large, interconnected exhibition rooms.

  1. Polar Coast
  2. Kelp Forest
  3. Deep Blue
  4. Mangroves and Corals

Diagram (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)
Diagram (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)
Model photos (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

Project Credits:

Design: HHF & Burckhardt+Partner
Project: Ozeanium / Aquarium for the Zoo Basel, Open 2-stage competition 2nd prize
Location: Basel, Switzerland

Team HHF: HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILLER with Aleris Rodgers, Jelena Vucic, Sarah Gill, Walter Rudig, Philippe Ayer, Benjamin Krüger, Sabrina Wolf, Ivana Barisic, Terese Viltoft, Hanru Wu, Tommaso Arnaboldi, André Manso

Team BURCKHARDT+PARTNER: Wolfgang Hardt, Sacha Marchal, Jeannine Roschi, Tobias Eglauer

Aquarium Planning: Aliart Engineering, SL/Bluedisplays, Barcelona, Spain (Xavier Aliart, Silvia Vicente Molina, Miguel Villalobos)
Landscape: Topotek 1, Berlin, Germany (Martin Rein-Cano, Francesca Venier, Celine Baumann)
Structural Engineering: Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure, Basel, Switzerland (Tivadar Puskas, Ayumi Isozaki, Giotto Messi)
Mechincal Engineering: Stokar + Partner, Basel, Switzerland
Visual Communication: Tatin Design Studio, Basel, Switzerland (Oliver Mayer, Gian Besset)
Renderings: Philipp Schaerer, Zurich, Switzerland

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Basel Aquarium Entry by HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Dec 24, 2012

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Exterior rendering (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

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zoo ● switzerland ● hhf ● europe ● burckhardt+partner ● basel ● aquarium

Only a few days ago, we published the winning entries of the Basel Ozeanium Aquarium competition with Boltshauser Architekten taking the First Place. Here is now also the winner of the Second Place, the entry "Watergate" by collaborating Swiss firms HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER.

Project Description from HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER:

AN OZEANIUM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY

Zoo Basel is embedded in the city and used as a park by residents and visitors. The redesigning of the green area Nachtigallenwäldeli and the construction of the new Ozeanium, an ocean aquarium, on the Heuwaage are bringing the zoo and the park area even closer to the city center, to form an attractive living environment and recreational area. The proposed Ozeanium accommodates the scale of the surrounding buildings, such as the Rialto swimming pool, the market hall and the tall buildings on the city ring. The striking, con!dent construction volume is a clear indication of what an attraction this will be, enriching the city in a central location.

Interior rendering (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

The roof and facade are homogenous in terms of the materials and the language of forms: exposed concrete, horizontally graduated by rough boarding and with sediment-like exogenous inclusions.

The archaic building is riddled with differently sized openings and recesses, making it possible to ascertain the most important themes from the outside. Some of the spherical indentations in the building volume are planted with vegetation and serve as habitat for birds and small animals.

Section (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

IN THE OZEANIUM AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY

In the Ozeanium’s dome-like entrance area, which is open on all sides, the gigantic weight of the masses of water above it becomes apparent. All of the building’s important functions can already be seen directly from here. A ramp leads down to the foyer and elevators; passages and staircases lead to the bar, the temporary exhibition and the museum shop. Everything for which the building is used can be accessed directly from the entrance area on foot, by wheelchair, or with a baby buggy. This public area is protected from the elements, but in terms of climate, it is an outdoor area, which is closed off at night by means of a grating.

Exterior rendering (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

IN THE OZEANIUM AROUND THE WORLD

On a !ctive journey around the world, the visitors discover and marvel at the creatures’ underwater living environments. On this journey, the 4 aquarium clusters constitute the scenographic highlights, to be experienced from large, interconnected exhibition rooms.

  1. Polar Coast
  2. Kelp Forest
  3. Deep Blue
  4. Mangroves and Corals

Diagram (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)
Diagram (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)
Model photos (Image: HHF and BURCKHARDT+PARTNER)

Project Credits:

Design: HHF & Burckhardt+Partner
Project: Ozeanium / Aquarium for the Zoo Basel, Open 2-stage competition 2nd prize
Location: Basel, Switzerland

Team HHF: HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILLER with Aleris Rodgers, Jelena Vucic, Sarah Gill, Walter Rudig, Philippe Ayer, Benjamin Krüger, Sabrina Wolf, Ivana Barisic, Terese Viltoft, Hanru Wu, Tommaso Arnaboldi, André Manso

Team BURCKHARDT+PARTNER: Wolfgang Hardt, Sacha Marchal, Jeannine Roschi, Tobias Eglauer

Aquarium Planning: Aliart Engineering, SL/Bluedisplays, Barcelona, Spain (Xavier Aliart, Silvia Vicente Molina, Miguel Villalobos)
Landscape: Topotek 1, Berlin, Germany (Martin Rein-Cano, Francesca Venier, Celine Baumann)
Structural Engineering: Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure, Basel, Switzerland (Tivadar Puskas, Ayumi Isozaki, Giotto Messi)
Mechincal Engineering: Stokar + Partner, Basel, Switzerland
Visual Communication: Tatin Design Studio, Basel, Switzerland (Oliver Mayer, Gian Besset)
Renderings: Philipp Schaerer, Zurich, Switzerland

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