Gigon / Guyer

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Gigon / Guyer is a Swiss architecture firm based in Zurich. The office is owned by the architects Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, who have held a chair for architecture and construction at the ETH Zurich since 2012 .

partner

  • Annette Gigon (born May 24, 1959 in Herisau , Switzerland) completed her architecture diploma in 1984 at the ETH and then worked in the offices of Marbach and Rüegg and from 1985–1988 Herzog & de Meuron . From 1987 she had her own office. Gigon is a member of the BSA and, since 2003, of the Berlin Academy of the Arts . She held guest lectureships from 2001–2002 at EPF Lausanne and in 2008 at ETH Zurich. Since 2012 she has been a full professor for architecture and construction at the ETH Zurich.
  • Mike Guyer (born July 5, 1958 in Columbus , Ohio, USA) worked for Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam from 1984–1987 after graduating from ETH Zurich . Since 1987, again in Zurich, he has been running his own office alongside a position as a research assistant to Hans Kollhoff . Also a member of the Association of Swiss Architects , he taught as a guest lecturer at EPF Lausanne in 2002 and at ETH in 2009. Since 2012 he has been a full professor for architecture and construction at the ETH Zurich. Mike Guyer is the son of the architect couple Esther and Rudolf Guyer .

buildings

The office's buildings are internationally acclaimed and are widely published. Gigon / Guyer have established an international reputation for themselves in museum construction in particular with buildings such as the Museum Liner, the Kalkriese Archaeological Park and the Kirchner Museum in Davos.

Kirchner Museum
Extension of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur
Exhibition and observation tower from the Kalkriese Museum and Park
  • 2015–2019: Apartment building, Küsnacht
  • 2013–2018: Labitzke Areal residential development, Zurich
  • 2013–2018: Andreasturm office high-rise, Zurich-Oerlikon
  • 2015–2018: Office building Claridenstrasse 35, Zurich
  • 2014–2017: Francis Bouygues University Building, Ecole CentraleSupélec, Paris Saclay, France
  • 2012–2017: Hotel Züri, Heinrichstrasse, Zurich
  • 2008–2015: Entrepôt Macdonald residential development, Paris
  • 2008–2014: Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno
  • 2008–2013: Housing development Zellweger-Areal, Uster
  • 2007–2013: House Lagerstrasse, office building, Europaallee 21, Zurich
  • 2004–2012 / 14: Löwenbräu-Areal - art center, residential high-rise and office building, Zurich
  • 2009–2013: Würth Haus Rorschach, administration and training center with congress hall and art museum «Forum Würth»
  • 2007–2012: Résidence du Parc de Grange-Canal, Geneva
  • 2007–2011: Platform office building, Maag area, Zurich
  • 2004–2011: Prime Tower high-rise office building with Cubus and Diagonal annex buildings, Zurich
  • 2005–2009: Visitor Center of the Kalkriese Museum , Osnabrück, Germany
  • 2005–2009: Swiss Museum of Transport , entrance building and hall for road traffic, Lucerne
  • 2004–2008: Résidence du Pré-Babel, Geneva
  • 2003–2007: Brunnenhof residential development, Zurich, apartments for large families
  • 2001–2007: Conversion of the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Laurenzbau library
  • 2002–2004: Henze & Ketterer gallery warehouse, Wichtrach
  • 2001–2004: Donation Albers- Honegger “Espace de l'art concrete” (EAC) in Mouans-Sartoux, France
  • 1999–2002: Housing development and renovation of the Pflegei area, Zurich
  • 1998–2002: Kalkriese Archaeological Museum and Park in Osnabrück, Germany
  • 1996–2002: University lecture hall , Zurich
  • 1996–1998: Museum Liner, Appenzell
  • 1995–1998: Renovation and extension of the Oskar Reinhart collection “Am Römerholz”, Winterthur
  • 1993–1995: Extension of the Kunstmuseum, Winterthur
  • 1992–1996: Davos Sports Center
  • 1989–1992: Kirchner Museum, Davos

Honourings and prices

  • Building award of the Architecture Forum Zürcher Oberland
    • 2019 Apartment building in Küsnacht
    • 2016 Residential development Zellweger-Areal, Uster
  • Architecture Prize Canton Zurich 2016 - Zellweger Park, Uster with the residential development Zellweger-Areal
  • Award for good buildings from the city of Zurich :
    • 2016 Prime Tower office tower
    • 2005 Housing development Pflegei-Areal in Zurich
    • 2001 Two houses in Zurich
  • Daylight Award 2012 for the Kirchner Museum Davos
  • Award of good buildings by the city of Wädenswil for the Park Grünenberg residential buildings in Wädenswil, 2008
  • BDA Prize Lower Saxony 2003, for the Museum and Park Kalkriese
  • Fritz Schumacher Prize for exemplary achievements in architecture, 2002
  • Weser-Ems Prize for Architecture and Civil Engineering 2001 for Museum and Park Kalkriese in Germany
  • Alcopor Prize for the museum extension in Winterthur, 2000
  • Award for building in the mountains , 1st prize for Sesto Culture Italy for the Kirchner Museum Davos
  • RIBA international Fellowship 2009
  • Award for good buildings in Graubünden
    • 2001 Sports center in Davos
    • 1995 for the Kirchner Museum Davos

Publications (selection)

  • Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer, Arend Kölsch (eds.): Office buildings . gta, Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-85676-396-1
  • Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer, Gregory Grämiger, Barbara Schlauri, Ulrike Traut (eds.): Library buildings . gta, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-85676-381-7 .
  • Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer, Felix Jerusalem (Eds.): Residential Towers . gta, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-85676-349-7 .
  • a + u 14:08 Architecture and Urbanism No. 527: Gigon and Guyer . Tokyo 08: 2014
  • Gigon-Guyer Architects: Works 2001–2011 , on the occasion of the exhibition Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer at the ETH Zurich, December 2011 - January 2012, Müller, Baden 2012, ISBN 978-3-03778-257-6 .
  • El Croquis , No. 143: Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer 2001-2008 . Madrid 2009.
  • a + u Architecture and Urbanism, Special Issue November 2006, Gigon / Guyer - matter, color, light and space . Tokyo 2006.
  • Adrian Schiess (photos), Max Wechsler (text), Heinz Wirz (ed.), Maureen Oberli-Turner (translation): Farbräume, collaboration with the architects Herzog & de Meuron and Gigon / Guyer 1993–2003 . Quart, Luzern 2004, ISBN 978-3-907631-38-6 (German, English).
  • Edelbert Köb (ed.): Museum Liner Appenzell, Gigon & Guyer , Kunsthaus Bregenz, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2000, ISBN 3-7757-1010-8 .
  • Christoph J. Bürkle (Ed.): Gigon Guyer Architects. Works 1989-2000 . Niggli, Sulgen 2000, ISBN 3-7212-0344-5 .
  • El Croquis No. 102: Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer 1989-2000 . Madrid 2000.

Web links

Commons : Gigon / Guyer  - Collection of Images

supporting documents

  1. ^ Press release from the Academy of Arts
  2. ↑ Mike Guyer. In: archinform. Retrieved on August 22, 2020 (German).