Alessandro Mendini1, Alfredo Häberli3, Álvaro Siza1, Antoine et Manuel1, Antoni Gaudí17, Arquitectura-G1, Cristian Zuzunaga1, Doshi Levien1, Eduard Samsó1, Ettore Sottsass3, Eugeni Quitllet2, Färg & Blanche1, Isabel Gamero1, Jaime Hayon29, Jordi Badia1, Jordi Pérez1, Josep Maria Jujol1, Klas Ernflo5, Konstantin Grcic7, Lluís Clotet5, Muller Van Severen7, Oscar Tusquets20, Otto Canalda2, Pepe Cortés6, Ramón Úbeda1, Ronan Bouroullec9, Sabine Marcelis1, Salvador Dalí11, Serban Ionescu4, Stephen Burks2, Willo Perron1, Xavier Mañosa1
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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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