Westside Shopping and Leisure Centre

Competition: 2000 Completion: 2008

Client: Neue Bruennen AG

Building Address: Riedbachstrasse 3027 Bern Switzerland

Building Area: 1.5 million sq.ft (150,000 sq.m)

Shopping: 23,500 sq.m. with 70 shops Food Court: 3,000 sq.m. with 20 bars/restaurants

Wellness Center: 10,000 sq.m. Mall: 9,000 sq.m.

Multiplex Cinema:11 auditoriums with 2,400 seats Hotel: 144 rooms and 12 seminar rooms

Senior Residency: 95 apartments and 20 caring rooms Car Parking: 1,275 spots

Bicycle Parking: 400 spots

Structure: Reinforced concrete skeleton. Steel structure. Facade with pre-fabricated modular wooden elements and metal.

Design Team Leader: Barbara Holzer

Design Team: Jochen Klein, Birgit Rieder, Stefan Zopp, Guillaume Chapallaz, Attilio Lavezzari, Philip Peterson, Ka Wing Lo, Ina Hesselmann, Jens Hoffmann, Jean-Lucien Gay, Stephanie Tippmann, Bianca Baumgart, Marian Chabrera, Thomas Deuble, Gerrit Grigoleit, Michael Heim, Mauricio Martins, Emil Muenger, Julia Voormann, Nicolas Rossier, Roberto Forte, Ross Anderson, Stephane Carnuccini, Sidsel Kromann, Vaugn Borlund, Hans-Adam Weibel, Stefan Kiener, Gerhard Brun

Joint Venture Partners: Architekt Daniel Libeskind AG with Burckhardt + Partner AG

Schematic Design, Design and Planning of Planting and Execution: Studio Daniel Libeskind

General Contractor: ARGE TU Westside /Rhomberg Bau AG/Strabag AG

Project Management: Sulzer + Buzzi Baumanagement AG

Fire Protection Consultant: Christian Wälchi, Bern, Switzerland

Façade Consultant: Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG

Building Physics: Zeugin Bauberatungen AG Landscape Architect: 4d AG Landschaftsarchitekten

Structural Engineer: Ingenieurgemeinschaft Westside /B+S Ingenieur AG / Moor Hauser & Partner AG

M&E: Kannewischer Ingenieurbüro Lighting Designers: Hefti Hess Martignoni Elektro AG