DEVELOPMENT OF THE DREIROSEN-KLYBECK SCHOOLHOUSE BACK
1991 Design Study 1993 - 1996 Design Development and Realization At the edge of the Klybeck quarter, where 19th century Basel suddenly ends, the old Dreirosen Schoolhouse stood as a solitary object in the midst of a half-complete city block. The outside of the block fragment is completed by the new construction and thereby defines the edge of the city; within, the old schoolhouse playground is enclosed and protected above a new subterranean gymnasium. The mixture of schoolrooms and apartments in the wing running along the street reinforces the functions of the existing buildings adjoining the square. Their common movement around the old schoolhouse allows... Photo © Ruedi Walti Architecture © Morger & Degelo, Basel