All under one roof: Focketyn del Rio Studio completes the transformation of the kHaus Basel, Switzerland. The transformation of a pre-existing building into a new cultural center has become a model for circular architecture and re-use: built 150 years ago as a military barracks, this seminal building has just become a new public nexus in the heart...
Project name
kHaus Cultural Center
Architecture firm
Focketyn del Rio Studio GmbH, Basel, Miquel del Rio + Hans Focketyn
Location
Kasernenhof 8, 4057 Basel, Switzerland
Photography
Adrià Goula, Piotr Hraptovich
Principal architect
Hans Focketyn, Miquel del Rio
Design team
Letizia Fürer, Anna Kuhli, Alastair Lock, Aljoscha Lanz, Angela Brasanac, Christina Fernandez, Dalila Godbahne, Carolina Osorio, Francessco Maria di Giusepp, Hajdin, Draguscha, Iris Carratala, Jaime Pesio Suso, Jonathan Bürgel, Felipe Bermudez Murillo, Joshua Thomson, Juan Pablo Gallego, Juan Pablo Pineda Vergara, Manuela Navarro, Marco Bamberger, Marco Lenherr, Marion Cruz, Pierre Marmy, Raphael Rattier, Santiago Martinez, Tomas Eduardo Echeverri, Montoya, Tomas Guerra, Vida Amani, Xavier Uriach, Xenia Heid
Collaborators
Stage design: Ducks Scéno, Paris + Wibbeke & Penders GmbH, Berlin. Generalplaner: Arge Kaserne Hauptbau ( Focketyn del Rio Studio GmbH + Caretta Weidmann. Baumanagement AG, Basel + Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG). Building energy: Ehrsam Beurret Partner AG, Pratteln. Fire regulations: af-brandschutz. Heating: Ingenieurbüro Stefan Graf, Basel. Ventilation: Treuthardt Haustech, Binningen.
Structural engineer
Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG
Environmental & MEP
Plumbing: Unico Gebäudetechnik AG, Basel + Suiselectra Ingenieurunternehmen AG, Basel. Electrical systems: Hefti Hess Martignoni, Aarau. Acoustics: applied acoustics GmbH, Gelterkinden
Supervision
Site supervision: Caretta Weidmann Baumanagement AG, Basel
Budget
CHF 46.000.000 (including taxes)
Client
City of Basel (Bau und Verkehrsdepartement des Kantons Basel-Stadt)
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Cultural Center
