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Article: Worb's weave: a warp of concrete and a weft of stainless steel clothe a sinuous little station.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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When we published Smarch's Worb railway station (AR August 2004, p67) a certain amount of heat was generated about whether or not it was a true exemplar of Gottfried Semper's Bekleidungstheorie, and whether that theory is relevant to current production of architecture (see AR November, p36). The argument was of no consequence to the jury which commended the building because of its ingenuity, innovative use of material and urban contribution.
The site was very constricted, necessitating that the building should be honed to essence. It is a two-storey column and slab concrete structure with the train tracks at ground level and a car park on the upper floor. Between ...