Basel School of Business (HSW)
The Basel School of Business (HSW), one of the largest business schools in Switzerland, will move to the northern part of the Dreispitzareal. Like the Academy of Art and Design (HGK), the HSW headquarters will substantially impact the burgeoning neighborhood in Münchenstein. The HSW is a public building and looks like one. Despite conspicuously cantilevered concrete floor slabs, it is perceived as a transparent glass building. The repetitive, linear structure resembles a finely articulated skeleton and consists of prefabricated concrete supports, of the kind seen elsewhere in the Dreispitzareal. The building runs from west to east on the elongated plot. The end of the building facing east affords a view of Münchensteinerstrasse. It is still no man’s land, but the area will be filled with lively urban life over the next few years. At the other end of the building, the façade faces the vibrant Gundeldingen neighborhood. The public functions are accommodated in the raised ground floor, the piano nobile. In the Dreispitz neighborhood, where trade and industry still dominate, this elevated level is more apt for vitalization than the street-level.
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