Inclus dans:

• Fonds: Fonds Ábalos&Herreros, 1920-2009
•    Série(s): Architectural projects, 1953-2009
•      Projet: Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland (2005), 1967-1973, 1996-2005, predominant 2004-2005

Personnes et institutions:

• Abalos & Herreros (archive creator)
• Abalos & Herreros (architectural firm)
• Iñaki Abalos (architect)
• Juan Herreros (architect)
• Blaise Sahy (role unspecified)
• Radio-télévision suisse romande (client)

Titre:

Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland (2005)

Date:

1967-1973, 1996-2005, predominant 2004-2005

Niveau de description archivistique:
Project

Collation:

• 236 printouts
  73 graphic records
  32 reprographic copies
  12 drawings
  5 photographic materials
  4 CD-Rs
  2 DVD-RWs
  1 artefact
  1 model
  0.2 l.m. of textual records

Présentation du contenu:
The project series documents the renovation of the Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) tower in Geneva, Switzerland. There were two competition finalists: Abalos & Herreros received the second phase of the project which was not realised. The firm identified this project as number 197.

"The project approaches the two presented problems in a single way: the image change of the existing complex and the extension of the floor area at the roof top. […] [A] single type of curtain wall has been developed with windows of reasonable shape and format which curve at the top floor to take advantage of the maximum volume allowed by local building laws, generating an image of the building which is completely different than the actual one.

The use of silk printed glass in the whole building, with motives from plants, creates an impression from the interior to be situated in a garden. At the same time the exterior appearance underlines the building’s singularity at the pedestrian level. […] The created extension of the building has a trae [sic] singular shape which one day could host a possible showroom or multifunctional rooms or as executive floor.” (ARCH270975)
Abalos & Herreros worked with Blaise Sahy.

Documenting the project are conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, digital, graphic, presentation and reference materials, correspondence, notes, and a model.

Numéro de référence:

AP164.S1.2005.D1

Mode de classement:
Materials in this project series were kept in their original order.

Localisation:

Geneva Suisse

Langue et écriture des documents:

• English
• French

Contient:

• ARCH277444, Presentation drawings, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005
• ARCH277900, Competition documents and correspondence, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004-2005
• ARCH277901, Competition documents and correspondence, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004-2005
• ARCH277902, Views of the model and design development drawings, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, ca. 2005
• ARCH277904, Working drawings, views of the tower and close-ups, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 1967-1973, 1996, 1999, 2002-2004
• ARCH277906, Three CD-Rs, two DVD-RWs, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, circa 2004-2005
• ARCH277907, Sketches and reference materials, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, ca. 2005
• ARCH277908, Reference materials on glass, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, ca. 2005
• ARCH277909, Correspondence and design development drawings, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005
• ARCH277910, Correspondence and views of the model, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005
• ARCH277911, Correspondence, competition documents, views of model and working drawings, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004-2005, predominant 2005
• ARCH277912, Presentation booklets, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005
• ARCH277913, Presentation materials and correspondence, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005
• ARCH277914, Correspondence, notes, sketches and working drawings, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 1967-1969, 2004-2005, predominant 2005
• ARCH277915, Correspondence, reference materials and design development drawings, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, ca. 2005
• ARCH283691, Model, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005
• ARCH283695, Component of a model, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, circa 2005
• ARCH283717, CD-R, Tour TSR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005