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Restructuring of the Swiss Embassy in London

Projektwettbewerb

10.01.2022

Publication date

08.04.2022

Anmeldung

22.04.2022

Abgabe der Wettbewerbsbeiträge

06.05.2022

Abgabe des Modells

Files

Competition Program

Task

The existing embassy, built in 1971, is located in Marylebone and is partially listed. After more than 50 years of continuous operation and incremental adaptation, the building is beginning to display significant functional, energy efficiency and organisational shortcomings and must be renovated resp. redeveloped. An area schedule adapted to current needs creates space for the Chancellery, Switzerland Tourism, and the semi-public interior spaces that allow for multiple uses, a pool of representative rooms, as well as service flats. The project should, on the one hand, deal with the cultural, economic, and political context of the guest country at the highest architectural level and, on the other, self-confidently, precisely, and elegantly articulate Swiss values such as a cosmopolitan and modern approach.

Key Data

City

London

Organizer

Swiss Confederation | Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics FOBL | Projectmanagement Abroad

Task Types

Sanierung, Umbau

Procurement Type

Projektwettbewerb

Language

German

anonymous Competition

yes

Type of Competition

open competition

Conformity

SIA 142

Stages

single-stage

Main Field

Generalplanung

Other Fields

HLKK-Ingenieurwesen, Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen, Elektroingenieurwesen, Haustechnik, Sanitäringenieurwesen

Optional Fields

Landschaftsarchitektur, Weitere

Regional Restriction

GATT-WTO

Source of Competition Text

simap.ch

Jury Members

Fachleute

Hanspeter Winkler

Head of Project Management FOBL (Chair)

Jodok Brunner

Head of Buildings Abroad FOBL (Member without voting rights, is replacement)

Jonathan Sergison

Sergison Bates Architects, London/Zurich (Member with voting rights)

An Fonteyne

noAarchitecten, Brussels (Member with voting rights)

Thomas Padmanabhan

Lütjens Padmanabhan Architects, Zurich (Member without voting rights, is replacement)

Sachverständige

Tania Cavassini

Director FDFA-RD (Member with voting rights)

Sophie Romanens

Head of Real Estate FDFA (Member without voting rights, is replacement)

Elke Maier

Portfolio Manager FOBL (Member with voting rights)

Rahel Hänggi

Programme and Project Developer FOBL (Member with voting rights)

Experten

Markus Leitner

Head of Mission, Swiss Embassy, London (Expert with advisory vote)

Bernhard Baumgartner

Real Estate FDFA (Expert with advisory vote)

Chris Lloyd

Planning Consultant, AZ Urban Studio, London (Expert with advisory vote)

Bruno Wegmüller

Construction Economist, E’xact, Bern (Expert with advisory vote)

Siegfried Burkhalter

Specialist Electrical Consultant, FBOL (Expert with advisory vote)

Felix Gamper

Specialist Structural Consultant, Head of Specialist Constulting FBOL (Expert with advisory vote)

Niklas Strahm

Specialist MEP Consultant, FBOL (Expert with advisory vote)