{"id":22166,"date":"2019-04-17T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T02:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/?p=22166"},"modified":"2019-04-17T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T02:08:06","slug":"day-5-vitra-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/day-5-vitra-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 – Vitra Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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April 5, 2019<\/p>

Weil am Rhein, Germany<\/strong><\/p>

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To my surprise Basel is located in a really unique corner of the Switzerland border. Maybe I should have looked closer at a map before I arrived but it led to the nice surprise that France or Germany is only a short walk away from the city. That worked out perfectly for my Friday plans of a quick bus trip to Vitra Campus; the production site for renowned Vitra furniture company in Germany.<\/p>

It was a day of starchitect immersion. The campus boasts a handful of buildings, some public and some industrial, by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, SANAA, Herzog de Meuron, and even Buckminster Fuller.<\/p>

As I eaves-dropped on a guided tour of Zaha Hadid\u2019s first built work, I discovered that the private fire station was staffed not by local emergency workers but instead the factory labourers. Cool fact? I thought so!<\/p>

So hey, check it out. Eaves drop on a tour yourself. Or join one for the full experience. It\u2019s a great place to spend the day, and if you\u2019re feeling up for it, watch your very own Eames Lounge Chair made to order.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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