Elsässertor II
This commercial and office building next to Basel's main train station sits between the train tracks and the Centralbahnstrasse, a major thoroughfare. The façades along the building's length (facing the street and the tracks) consist of floor-height glass panels tilted at various angles, giving off a fractured reflection of the surrounding historic context. The shorter sides of the building are indented to allow for open public space. These façades are a double-skin, with the outer layer of glass screen-printed with a colored dot pattern (red on one side, blue on the other). This gives a soft colored glow to the exterior, but (unlike tinted glass) allows clear daylight into the office interior.
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