Alessandro Mendini 1, Alfredo Häberli 3, Álvaro Siza 1, Antoine et Manuel 1, Antoni Gaudí 17, Arquitectura-G 1, Cristian Zuzunaga 1, Doshi Levien 1, Eduard Samsó 1, Ettore Sottsass 3, Eugeni Quitllet 2, Färg & Blanche 1, Isabel Gamero 1, Jaime Hayon 33, Jordi Badia 1, Jordi Pérez 1, Josep Maria Jujol 1, Klas Ernflo 5, Konstantin Grcic 7, Lluís Clotet 5, Muller Van Severen 6, Oscar Tusquets 20, Otto Canalda 2, Pepe Cortés 7, Ramón Úbeda 1, Ronan Bouroullec 9, Sabine Marcelis 1, Salvador Dalí 11, Serban Ionescu 4, Stephen Burks 2, Willo Perron 1, Xavier Mañosa 1
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Gipfelrestaurant - Mountain station
Designer
Herzog & de Meuron
Location
Switzerland
RESTAURANTS
Herzog & de Meuron‘s Chäserrugg Gipfelrestaurant sits high on the top of Switzerland’s Chäserrugg mountain. The humble wooden structure is situated within a ski resort in the toggenburg region amongst a unspoiled landscape, at an altitude of approximately 2260 metres. Because of the venue’s function as a restaurant and meeting place, the owners wanted to furnish the chalet-style establishment with a stackable wooden chair that blended well with the timber construction, as well as being easy to stack and store away when they weren’t needed.
The Herzog & de Meuron team, lead by senior partner Christine Binswanger, answered with Konstantin Grcic‘s ‘B chair’ by BD Barcelona Design. The simplicity and utilitarian function of Grcic’s seating piece, made from a combination of industrial and manual processes, suits the interior well. the ‘B chair’ is wooden with pieces of aluminum in its structure; and its legs are X-shaped that accommodate a foldable seat that allows for horizontal stacking, exactly what the architects were looking for to complete the project.
Project: Mountain station Chäserrugg
Architects/Designers: Herzog deMeuron, Michele Rondelli Consulting
Place: Chäserrugg, St.Gallen, Switzerland
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