Hugo Boss Building in Coldrerio by Matteo Thun & Partners

The new Swiss Hugo Boss Industries building in Coldrerio is landscaped in the greenery of Canton Ticino, where, since 2006, three-hundred people have been accommodated under one single roof enveloped in a “basket”. And if it were a basket it would be a three-point shot.

The first point is structural: a transparent volume made of glass, steel and concrete, composed of prefabricated elements to allow more control over building costs and times, is the inner core of a work of architecture, which (as a tribute to function) “wears” a suspended, enveloping structure made of planks of larch wood woven together like a fabric. Between the wooden skin and glass curtain wall, a perimeter gallery doubles the circulation and extends the work space towards the outside. This gallery, as permeable as all the rest, is an open space of maximum practical flexibility, set around a large full-height central lobby diffusing natural light, which connects all the levels through a seamless vertical flow of visibility.

Designer: Matteo Thun & Partners, Location: Coldrerio, Switzerland, Image Credits: © Frahm, Information: Source