Interior Design

Posted: 01/04/2013

Zinc-alloy mesh combines with glass to clad a new research center, the focal point of the 1-acre Jansen Campus für Innovation und Technik in Oberriet, Switzerland, by Davide Macullo Architects. Photography: Enrico Cano.

Zinc-alloy mesh combines with glass to clad a new research center, the focal point of the 1-acre Jansen Campus für Innovation und Technik in Oberriet, Switzerland, by Davide Macullo Architects. Photography: Enrico Cano.

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Davide Macullo Architects Recasts Industrial Site as Corporate Campus

From the Magazine: Aspiring to the Classics

Davide Macullo Architects riffs on tradition to recast an industrialized landscape in Switzerland’s Rhine Valley as a playful corporate campus.
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Haruhiko Sunagawa’s wood, stone, and glass sculpture sits on a custom solid-surfacing cabinet, surrounded by Christophe Pillet’s chairs, in the conference center. Photography: Pino Musi.

Beneath the cafeteria’s laser-cut MDF ceiling, spelling out “Enjoy your meal” in four languages, Alberto Meda chairs pull up to his tables. Photography: Enrico Cano.

Zinc-alloy mesh combines with glass to clad a new research center, the focal point of the 1-acre Jansen Campus für Innovation und Technik in Oberriet, Switzerland, by Davide Macullo Architects. Photography: Enrico Cano.

A 3-D printer was used to create the sculptural lacquered-MDF legs under the boardroom’s table. Photography: Pino Musi.

Tinted plastic foil beneath the mesh provides texture and color and protects insulation from the elements. Photography: Pino Musi.

In reception, wool-covered two-part seating stands on oak parquet flooring before the custom desk faced in solid surfacing. Photography: Enrico Cano.

In front of the research center, Jasper Morrison chairs and Giulio Cappellini tables gather on the pine terrace beside an irrigation pond. Photography: Enrico Cano.

This existing wood-clad building dates to circa 1900. Photography: Pino Musi.

The aluminum-mesh suspended ceiling system contains technical elements and maintains the Swiss aesthetic of the sloped roof. Photography: Enrico Cano.

An abstract tree was painted on the oak that wraps a structural column at the cafeteria’s entrance.

In the dining area, stacking chairs by Riccardo Blumer and tables by Alfredo Häberli stand by architect Davide Macullo’s abstracted coffee maker printed on acrylic. Photography: Enrico Cano.

The tallest of the research center’s roof pinnacles reaches 69 feet. Photography: Pino Musi.

A pair of Tom Dixon rockers stand before the lounge’s custom 23-foot-long pine table, which employees are free to carve. Photography: Pino Musi.

Windows hidden during the day are revealed at night, when light shines through the zinc-alloy mesh. Photography: Enrico Cano.

More Morrison chairs surround the custom 25-foot-long table in the boardroom. Photography: Pino Musi.

The boardroom chairs are covered in leather. Photography: Pino Musi.

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