Marché International operates autobahn restaurants in various countries of Europe. For its headquarters, a building was required that would impose as small a burden on the environment as possible, that would consume a minimum of energy and provide a qualitative, healthy working climate. The site is roughly 5 km south of Winterthur next to the Marché autobahn service area at Kemptthal.
The Beat Kämpfen office was commissioned to design the scheme and from the very outset allotted aspects like sustainability, ecological balance and energy consumption equal importance alongside function, workplace quality and design. Completed in 2007, after a planning and construction period of only 12 months, the building has a simple, cubic, timber structure with a flat-pitched roof. It was set facing directly south for purely solar reasons. The Marché International headquarters is the first office building in Switzerland with a zero-energy balance and was awarded the Minergie-P Eco certificate, the strictest standard in that country.
The Beat Kämpfen office was commissioned to design the scheme and from the very outset allotted aspects like sustainability, ecological balance and energy consumption equal importance alongside function, workplace quality and design. Completed in 2007, after a planning and construction period of only 12 months, the building has a simple, cubic, timber structure with a flat-pitched roof. It was set facing directly south for purely solar reasons. The Marché International headquarters is the first office building in Switzerland with a zero-energy balance and was awarded the Minergie-P Eco certificate, the strictest standard in that country.