Signal Box Auf dem Wolf, Basel, Switzerland


Related people
Pierre de Meuron (architect)
Jacques Herzog (architect)
Herzog and de Meuron (architect)
Date
1994
Location
Europe->Switzerland->Basel
Description
"The Signal Box Auf dem Wolf in Basel, of 1994, contains the electronic equipment for a railway engine depot. The six-story building consists of a concrete shell insulated on the exterior and wrapped with approximately eight-inch-wide copper strips that are twisted at certain places in order to admit daylight. While the copper creates a dynamic architectural skin, its functional role is to provide an electrostatic shield." --http://www.moma.org/expansion/charette/architects/herzog_meuron/selected...
Style/Period
1990s (1990 - 1999)
Material
copper and brass