Bale/Mulhouse Airport Business Centre in Switzerland

June 08, 2010 Category: Airports, Urban Design

Designed by serero architects, Bale/Mulhouse Airport Business Centre is located in Switzerland. Serero Architects is to create a sleek and functional business center at the Airport of Bale/Mulhouse in Switzerland by hanging a deck to the astonishing steel branches of the terminal.

Serero’s competition winning design features ten work and reception halls across 680 sq m. Facilities integrate videoconferencing abilities and interactive presentation pads organized on the length of the platform to create a working hub for busy fliers. The design is hoped to reinforce the strategic positioning of this airport, precisely located at the border between France and Switzerland by allowing physical meetings in transit zones, interactively with remote users using VC Technology.

The BC platform is placed in the terminal by following the logic of reciprocal setbacks of the airport slabs on the atrium. The access has been staged by a long suspended bridge that crosses the airport atrium from the existing vertical circulations cores. A peripheral access balcony, opened to the atrium, gives access to each meeting space. In order to avoid a normalized work environment, the architects have designed and furnished each space in a singular manner by changing their floor area size and form. The underside of the slab is covered by a polished stainless steel ceiling, reflecting natural light as well as the airplanes on the airport runways behind.

Bale Mulhouse Airport Business Centre Architecture Plan