School Complex in Solothurn

Issue
11/2025 Building in Existing Contexts
Author
Barbara Zettel
Source
DETAIL
Task
Conversion / Refurbishment
Location
Switzerland, Solothurn
Year of construction
1959
Year of refurbishment
2023
Architecture
spaceshop Architekten
Glazed building on stilts, standing in an inner courtyard with other associated buildings.
© Rolf Siegenthaler
Bruno and Fritz Haller created the Wildbach school complex in 1959, a prototype of Swiss postwar modern architecture. The renovation by Spaceshop preserves a major share of the original fabric as well as the design signature of the Haller brothers.
Glazed building on stilts, standing in an inner courtyard with other associated buildings.
© Rolf Siegenthaler