The Ciba-Geigy Administration Building - Basel - Switzerland

Abstract

This building consists of two identical blocks —with four storeys above ground and a basement— connected by a third body in which the main entrance of the complex is located. The two first mentioned units have rectangular platform and contain: basement with technical installations; ground floor with a restaurant and a kitchen for the staff, service rooms and an air raid shelter; and on the three upper floors the offices are located which are reached by means of the connecting body. The offices are planned as office-landscapes thus forming a single space that occupies the entire floor. The working places have been placed in the periphery and in the centre the auxiliary rooms. The complex is completed by a three level parking place, situated on the other side of the approach road and joined directly to the building entrance by means of a subterranean passage.