11. Flinders Street Station | Herzog & de Meuron
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Year: Competition 2012-2013
The Flinders Street Station is a unique and fundamentally public place: a civic stop with a distinct architectural character providing multiple activities.
The concept draws from the site’s urban fabric, history location, and linearity. A seamless flow has been created with the new, improved concourses that make it easier to get in and out. The station becomes a destination rather than a place of a hurry.
12. Dreispitz Nord
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Year: Competition 2017, project 2018-
The Dreispitz Nord project is a middle school for 600 students. It is on the roof of a shopping center, and other crucial parts of the masterplan consist of three residential towers, townhouses, and areas for car and bicycle parking. The school will have its own sports facilities. The athletic and recreation areas are such that they will extend only to a part of the entire field, with gardens and other outdoor spaces remaining accessible to residents and the public at all times.
“Now, the school will take on a central role in the masterplan of Dreispitz Nord, not only as an example of architectural densification but also exemplifying the mix of social and functional uses in the new neighborhood”, says Herzog & de Meuron.
13. Grand Canal Museum Complex
Location: Hangzhou, China
Year: Competition 2019, project 2020-
The project is a linear museum complex that reflects on the importance of the Hangzhou area in Chinese cultural and natural panoramas. The conversations between the water from the longest and oldest artificial lake and the museum illustrate the story of the Grand Canal. Its rippling facade resembles water. The core connects the curatorial programs- a conference center on the lower floors, a museum lobby in the middle, and restaurants and hotel on top, making it a flexible layout with 50,000 sqm of exhibition areas organized on two floors.
“Inspired by the Grand Canal itself, our proposal starts with a significant line. This bold line, recalling an elegant Chinese brushstroke, houses the museum telling the story of the Grand Canal. The water and the museum face each other, creating a visual and material dialogue between the subject and its narrator. The museum reflected the water and the water in the museum’s facade”, says Herzog & de Meuron.
14. Beirut Terraces
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Year: Project 2009-2012, realization 2012-2016
The project of Beirut Terraces is an unusual concept of rethinking skyscrapers and creating a vertical village which is composed of thin, elegant platforms layered in a whimsical formation. The architects brought an unprecedented way of living to crowded and dense Beirut by offering grand outdoor spaces, breathtaking views, and meticulously composed lofts.
On the lines of VitraHaus’ concept, “stacked” methodology is adopted for this project. It also has an intricate composition that allows apartments to range from 250sqm to 1050sqm and lavish terraces, ranging from 28sqm to 400sqm. The project has a sense of fluidity as well as a relationship to the greenery and the exterior spaces.
15. Elbphilharmonie Hamburg | Herzog & de Meuron
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Year: Concept 2001, realization 2006-2016
Elbphilharmonie, the heart of the complex, comprises a philharmonic hall, a chamber music hall, restaurants, bars, a panorama terrace with views of Hamburg and the harbor. The two paradoxical architectures of the Kaispeicher and the Philharmonic come together to produce a breathtaking and varied spatial sequence. It is a residential and cultural complex and not just a site for music. The concert hall seats 2100, and the chamber music hall seats 550 listeners. There are luxury flats and a five-star hotel with built-in services such as restaurants, a health and fitness center, conference facilities. Hamburg city has a character of horizontality in the skyline, and Elbphilharmonie befits a landmark visible from afar, lending an entirely new vertical accent to the city. It has grown to become the new center of social, cultural and daily life for the people of Hamburg and visitors from all over the world.
