Chocolate is showcased in a building incorporating production, research, entertainment and contemplation
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2020-12-15
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Lindt & Sprüngli, the Swiss chocolatier, has been based on a site overlooking Lake Zurich since 1899. The latest addition to its campus is the Lindt Home of Chocolate, designed by Basel-based architects Christ & Gatenbeim. Besides a railway line on its west side, the 21,540m2 building echoes the logic, history, and urban structure of the eclectic mix of buildings in the Lindt campus. The Home of Chocolate is an industrial box that is in dialogue with the surrounding factory buildings. The facade is primarily of red brick, reinterpreting its functional neighbors, and laid with red mortar to give the impression of a uniform color field. But the showcase facade is at the south-eastern corner, fronting a curved indent cut into the otherwise simple rectangular volume. This facade rises above and steps forward from the adjacent red brick facades and is clad with white, glazed brick adorned with a strip of golden letters naming the building. Below it is a horizontal glazed strip, through which the building is entered from a new public plaza.
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03863 - Gantenbein, Christoph / Gantenbein, Christoph
03862 - Christ, Emanuel / Christ, Emanuel