- BuildingsMixed-Use Conversion Denkmalstrasse Lucerne
- Vertical Factory Komax AG
- Plant Manager's Home
- Cultural youth centre Schappe Süd
- Primary school
- Residential building Mühle
- Residential building in a tree grove
- Extension for the Thun Panorama
- Single-family home W
- New replacement building Bühlegg
- Stahlton Bauteile AG office building
- AWZ housing
- Uri curative education centre
- Pilatus Kulm panorama gallery
- Villa by Lake Zug
- Villa by Lake Lucerne
- Window factory extension
- Single-family house in Ermensee
- Residential and commercial building
- Sports and multifunctional hall
- Municipal centre / Raiffeisenbank
- Obermarch school centre
- Stucki single-family home
- ProjectsNew Lucerne Theater
- «Paradies» residential buildings
- Tivoli lake restaurant and yacht club
- Transportation headquarter
- Lakeside residence
- Car park with exhibition hall
- Silo tower
- Rowing centre Rotsee
- Refuse incineration plant
- Recycling centre
- Exhibition halls Allmend
- Art Museum Schlossberg
- Place of contemplation
- PublicationsBuildings and Projects
- Window factory extension
- Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger Anthologie Bd. 1
Place of contemplation
| Location | Altdorf UR |
| Client | Stiftung für einen Ort der Besinnung an der A2 in Uri |
| Commission | Competition 1996, 2nd Prize |
| Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten |
| Consultants | Father Marin Graber, Baldegg monastery |
The high-speed journey on the motorway between northern Europe and the South causes a changed perception of spatial and temporal dimensions: Stretches that structure the route can hardly be recognised, since one’s awareness of the landscape through which one travels is only fleeting, thereby largely dissolving one’s own relationship to the environment. This dynamic situation is countered by a «place of contemplation». A solid, layered envelope made of stone creates a peaceful retreat that is protected from weathering and the busy motorway. The interior, which is divided in a cruciform way, guides visitors step by step to a place of spiritual reflection: the entrance area that receives its visitors; the long, narrow room with a panorama window that directs one’s view towards nature; the dark, composed contemplation room that allows one to direct one’s thought inwards. Along the River Reuss, a soothing, meditative walkway includes text passages from different world religions, recalling the collective knowledge of the world community.
