We’re living in a world that is technological and primordial simultaneously. I guess the idea is to make (art) architecture that reflects this premise.

In collaboration with Neven Kostic for the Bern Railway Housing Cooperative, the 500-year tower is a three-floor hybrid construction system that leverages the comparative advantages of both concrete and prefabricated timber elements. In-situ concrete is used for the superstructure and combined with a life cycle maintenance program, whereas prefabricated light-weight timber housing modules fill the voids. This approach reduces the need for both timber and concrete, shortens construction time, and offers unique spatial possibilities over the lifespan of the building. A series of atrium and circulation spaces connect the three-floor community clusters with shared services allowing for local programmatic rearrangements.

TEN with Dr. Neven Kostic (http://www.drnk.ch/), Andreas Keller (Renggli), Frank Thesseling, PLAYZE, Dr. Andrea Glauser, Olivier Campagne