Therapeutic art on the Rhine – Novartis Campus Basel, Asklepios 8

Situated directly on the Rhine, at the north­-eastern periphery of the Novartis Campus next to the Drei­rosen­brücke, this high-­rise designed by Basel archi­tects Herzog & de Meuron makes a striking impres­sion. It creates a con­nec­tion between the campus and the Rhine pro­me­nade. The side facing the river houses a public restau­rant, func­tion­ing like a huge plinth for the build­ing that towers up behind it.

The Asklepios 8 build­ing effec­tively doubles the build­ing height envis­aged in the master plan by means of a three-­storey vol­ume whose struc­ture is clearly vis­i­ble from the out­side. A seem­ingly count­less series of fili­gree round col­umns, stag­gered down­wards, lend the façade a shim­mer­ing qual­ity.

Client

Novartis Pharma AG, Basel

Architecture

Herzog & de Meuron, Basel

Completion

2016

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Administration