Evidence of research undertaken for the Major Project

Warehouse, Baselstrasse 91, Hof (yard), Laufen 1986-1987 by Herzog and de Mouren



This building is consits of a steel structure, 50 m long, 26 m wide and 17 m high. The warehouse takes the form of a large simple building. "The structure appears to rest on ribs which can be seen protruding below the bottom-most of these layers. They are attached to the slab which has been cast directly on the rocky ground forming the foundation of the warehouse".

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