
Re-Use CIBA
Diploma spring 2020
Prof. Anne Lacaton
Over the next decades, Klybeck will transform from an industrial area to a new neighbourhood of Basel. To start the process this project creates a new relationship between the Rhein and Klybeckstrasse. Building K-26 will be the focal point in the middle and no longer stand beside a parking spot, but establish its location next to a new city square.
For a new neighbourhood, social infrastructure is as essential as a place to work and live. Therefore K-26 will become a public building: a library as well as an event-hall with adjacent training rooms for dancers. With a minimal approach to renovation, only the floors are treated. The original building material is thermally activated and make the building fit for renewable energies and therefore for the challenges of the future. This way important architectural elements such as the facade and the pillars stay intact and keep their quality.
Enjoy the following Presentation of my diploma. Please turn the sound on to fully understand the project.