{"id":81209,"date":"2025-09-23T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/81209\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:49:08","slug":"foster-partners-arranges-alpine-gallery-around-three-story-car-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/81209\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster + Partners arranges Alpine gallery around three-story car ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"

British studio Foster + Partners<\/a> has designed a sinuous timber showroom<\/a> to mimic the “contours of the landscape” in Gstaad, Switzerland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Set to be nestled into a valley, Gstaad House will encompass three floors of gallery<\/a> and auction space, along with a private members’ club on its top floor and a subterranean level.<\/p>\n

Foster + Partners<\/a> designed the structure with a ramp that will wind up from its base to provide\u00a0circulation between the programmes for both cars and pedestrians.<\/p>\n

\"RenderFoster + Partners has designed a showroom in Gstaad<\/p>\n

“The landmark building is nestled within a valley and responds to the unique contours of the landscape,” the studio said.<\/p>\n

“The architectural form reflects the undulating mountains and winding roads, with a gently sloping facade, flat roof, and an integrated ramp for cars and pedestrians that wraps around the building.”<\/p>\n

Topped with a rounded, flat roof, the building’s exterior will be cloaked entirely in larch wood used to create rhythmic screens interspersed with glazing.<\/p>\n

\"ViewA ramp will wind around its timber exterior<\/p>\n

At each level, matching timber balustrades will enclose the ramp to create external terraces overlooking the surrounding valley.<\/p>\n

“Our design generates a spectacular arrival experience, as the building comes into view from the road,” senior partner at Foster + Partners Kirsten Scott said.<\/p>\n

“Its distinctive facade is made from local larch and diffuses natural light into the spaces above ground, while providing panoramic views of the valley.”<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Plywood<\/p>\n

Foster + Partners “pushes the boundaries of what plywood can do” with Isokon furniture\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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At ground level, an exhibition space designed to host a series of public events will include double-height glazing that can be opened up to the adjacent outdoor space. Renders of the space also reveal a raised level that will overlook the ground floor area.<\/p>\n

The upper floors of Gstaad House are set to offer private gallery spaces where collections can be showcased in a “tailored and climate-controlled environment”.<\/p>\n

Above this, the top floor will contain a private members club, which will be flanked by a wraparound roof deck. A dining room and kitchen will also be held on the top floor for private events.<\/p>\n

\"GroundThe ground floor will contain exhibition space<\/p>\n

A 3,000-square-metre flexible space will be built in a subterranean level and will include “bespoke storage spaces” for the collections.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the studio has completed a revamp of the Carrington Training Complex for Manchester United<\/a> and designed a luxury retail complex designed to “breathe new life into Istanbul’s waterfront”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The visualisations are courtesy of Foster + Partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British studio Foster + Partners has designed a sinuous timber showroom to mimic the “contours of the landscape”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,366,18,117,7264,9127,19,17,54496,10357,10358,10359,54495,2423,43846],"class_list":{"0":"post-81209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-foster-partners","16":"tag-galleries","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-larch","20":"tag-sectionall","21":"tag-sectionarchitecture","22":"tag-sectionnews","23":"tag-showrooms","24":"tag-switzerland","25":"tag-timber-cladding"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}