Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein set up their own office in Basel in 1998, right upon completing their studies at ETH Zürich, and barely a year later they had already carried the day in one of the most important competitions in the country. Ho

Luis Fernández-Galiano   Cézanne said that “you are not a painter until you have painted a grey,” Peter Sloterdijk claims that “you are not a philosopher until you have thought about grey” and, with their rigorous and demanding work, Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein s

Reto Geiser   The collective journey of Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein started in architecture school at ETH Zurich in the mid-1990s, a time of renewed optimism following the end of the Cold War and the rise of a global architectural production. Trained i

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   The eclectic amalgam of buildings forming the city’s foremost museum welcomes a fragmented volume that rises on the border of the park and traces the new exhibition route. The new wing attaches itself to the academic composition to close it off, but

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   These dwellings designed for Wohnwerk, a Basel-based foundation devoted to supporting disabled people, sought to reaffirm the institution’s importance in the neighborhood by replacing outdated facilities and offering a more visible image, open to the

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Located between two busy intersections in Basel, Voltaplatz and Lothringerplatz, the residential development completes the broken outline of a traditional perimeter block north of the city. With the introduction of an underground highway in 2008, the

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Located between the Jura mountains and Basel, the town of Liestal is characterized by a strong productive activity that its good railway connections has favored. However, over the last decades, some industries in the area have started to close down.

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Located on the square of the railway station of the Swiss municipality of Pratteln, this mixed-use building is the result of superposing two constructions differing in form and function: a podium and a tower. The expressivity achieved through the sup

Christ & Gantenbein   Germany   This is the third building that the Basel practice of Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein raises on the Roche Pharma campus in Grenzah-Wyhlen, a German municipality near the Swiss border. Standing 23 meters and making a 50x30-meter footprint, the

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Reinforcing the connection between the museum and city, two new openings accessible via the arcaded sidewalk will be the primary change to the outer shell. The garden is to be doubled in size, while its interior courtyards and terrace will be updated

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Crossing a bridge is always an experience, but even more in Switzerland. From the Kappelbrücke in Lucerne with its paintings depicting events of the city’s history to the acrobatic Salginatobel built by Robert Maillart, the country is a fertile field

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Immersed in the extensive garden of a 1930s villa in a residential neighborhood, a small wooden structure stands as a contemporary interpretation of the backyard barn. It is built with rough and inexpensive material: a simple structure of prefabricat

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Located in a picturesque valley, a building quotes from local forms and the industrial aesthetic to house a customer center and testing facility for a global technology firm. A structural grid pursues optimal occupation of the irregular site, with fi

Christ & Gantenbein   Germany   The connection between the two buildings is assured by new stairs that lead to basement exhibition spaces in the new building. This solution respects the integrity of the existing design while ensuring a cohesive spatial experience for the visitors.

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Apart from harboring new services for the renowned chocolate company, the project seeks to generate an immersive and dynamic spatial experience. The new flagship building is a rectangular brick volume that reformulates the appearance of the chocolati

Christ & Gantenbein   France   On the left margin of the Seine River, the 15th arrondissement of Paris – also known as Vaugirard – is the most populated city district, where a varied residential fabric coexists with extensive parks and one of the tallest skyscrapers. The intervent

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   A few kilometers from Lucerne, the town of Kriens is promoting sustainable and controlled development, applying policies to densify the urban fabric and create compact neighborhoods with highly diversified uses. Much of this growth is taking place so

Christ & Gantenbein   Germany   Located in the heart of Hamburg, the Willy-Brandt-Strasse is a road that was cut across the city after World War II, when a good part of the center was destroyed. The road was conceived as a fast way for vehicles crossing the city from east to west.

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   To update the hospital complex to modern medical practice, the buildings will be attached to the existing by gardens, courtyards, and terraces. The modular floor plans in the two volumes of the first phase make future adjustments possible...

Christ & Gantenbein, Harquitectes   Spain   The new volume is placed opposite the current venue, the Meier building, with the purpose of including the convent and chapel on Plaça dels Angels, which will become the MACBA’s new center of gravity and a symbolic axis connecting the whole public s

Christ & Gantenbein, Bovenbouw Architectuur    Belgium   The firms Christ & Gantenbein (Switzerland) and Bovenbouw Architectuur (Belgium) have won the competition to design the new Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M KKA) on what is currently the site of the Court of Appeal in the Waalsekaai neighborhood