Oiken

Location Daval, Switzerland

Program Logistic center

Client Oiken

GFA 12 750 m2

Collaborators Studio Vaaro, Christopher Lunde

The proposed new home for two merging data & logistics companies, Side by Side arrays the three primary programs—parking, logistics/storage, and offices—one next to the other. These three entities remain distinct and structurally independent, following their respective spatial and structural needs; however, the façade and roof that envelop them, as well as the south gallery that functions as a backbone and pedestrian connection, present the reading of a unified building.

The parking lots, logistics and workshops are condensed into a low, horizontal volume, from which emerges the administrative and operational building, stacked vertically and providing exceptional views and daylighting. The facade of the low volume, made up of corrugated and (in specific locations) perforated metal panels, homogenizes the building while offering different levels of openness and transparency. Its roof, covered in more than 10,000m2 of solar panels, is a lightweight and flexible modular system within which windows can be positioned as required, providing generous natural light to the parking and logistics spaces and reducing the need for artificial lighting.