Basel gets a new research center
The Basel office of Guerra Clauss Garin Architects has been awarded the contract for a new research center for child and youth health on the corner of Schanzenstrasse and Spitalstrasse. The canton of Basel-Stadt selected Guerra Clauss Garin's designs from a total of 48 entries.
The R2-D2 project by Guerra Clauss Garin Architekten from Basel has won the tender for a new office building on the corner of Schanzenstrasse and Spitalstrasse in Basel. The Botnar Research Center for Child Health ( BRCCH ) of the University of Basel and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ( ETH ) will move in there, according to a press release .
The BRCCH will be located in the immediate vicinity of the Basel University Hospital, the Basel Children's University Hospital and the Schällemätteli Life Sciences Campus. It is intended to expand the pediatric and adolescent medicine cluster and "develop into the leading application-oriented research institute for child and adolescent health" over the next few years. The canton of Basel-Stadt is building the building on its own.
The project competition was won unanimously by Guerra Clauss Garin Architects. They are now revising their designs for the low-emission and sustainable research building based on the jury's recommendations. The preliminary project will then be created with detailed information on costs, deadlines and standards, according to the press release.
Interested parties can view the competition entries from January 14th to 25th, 2022 at Uferstrasse 90.