Fashion Outlet Wigoltingen Building, Apartments, Offices, Architect, Photo, Design

Fashion Outlet in Wigoltingen, Switzerland

Fashion Building in Switzerland – design by Holzer Kobler Architekturen gmbh

13 Jan 2009

Fashion Outlet Centre Edelreich

Wigoltingen, Switzerland

Project study, first prize in competition
Opening planned for 2010/2011

Fashion Outlet in Wigoltingen Building
picture © Holzer Kobler Architekturen

The Fashion Outlet in Wigoltingen mediates between the urban industrial buildings of a former mill and the adjacent countryside. A horizontally structured building complements the older, vertical industrial buildings. The soft forms of the landscape are mirrored in the volume of the building. The blending of the architectural body with the countryside integrates the large volumes naturally into their surroundings and creates an important added value. The building and the facades are placed in the natural space in a way that avoids all hierarchy of directions. The sculptural forms of the three parts of the building highlight the radiation of the volume to all sides.

Fashion Outlet Centre Edelreich
picture © Holzer Kobler Architekturen

Each of the three buildings represents an independent body, with a clear architectural and urban position to the surroundings, both on its own and in combination with the other volumes. Thanks to the folding of the closed parts of the external surface, the facades appears as a textile curtain. The folding is interceded by the floor-to-ceiling windows, adding a playful rhythm to the facade.

The stages of the construction process for the three buildings can function separately from the aspect of urban planning and architecture.

Fashion Outlet in Wigoltingen images / information from Holzer Kobler Architekturen gmbh 140109

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Location: Wigoltingen, Switzerland

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