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Titlis
With its summit over 3,000 meters high, Mount Titlis is one of Switzerland’s best-known tourist destinations. However, its current infrastructure, including the 1967-built Rotair cable car station, no longer meets the demands of today’s visitor numbers. Nearby stands a 50-meter-high steel tower from the 1980s, now only partially in use. A tunnel links it to the mountain station.
In 2017, Herzog & de Meuron were commissioned to create a master plan for the summit, including a new mountain station and repurposing the tower for tourism. A structural review revealed that renovating the old station would be inefficient and inadequate. A new building will therefore replace it, integrating the existing cable car within the new structure.
The steel tower will be transformed into a landmark through the addition of two glazed, cross-shaped horizontal volumes housing a bar and a restaurant with 330 seats. Four new vertical elements will support the added load and contain elevators and stairs. The concrete base remains and connects to the tunnel, providing weather-protected access.
The new station emerges from the mountain like a crystal, with the cable car appearing as an inclusion. It forms a horizontal structure that echoes the tower’s industrial character without competing with it. A complex support system distributes the load into the rock ridge beneath, creating a spacious, hall-like interior. A sloped level guides visitors from the arrival platform to the glacier exit and continues into a panoramic walkway, opening up new westward views. The top floor will house two restaurants with around 600 seats.
In 2017, Herzog & de Meuron were commissioned to create a master plan for the summit, including a new mountain station and repurposing the tower for tourism. A structural review revealed that renovating the old station would be inefficient and inadequate. A new building will therefore replace it, integrating the existing cable car within the new structure.
The steel tower will be transformed into a landmark through the addition of two glazed, cross-shaped horizontal volumes housing a bar and a restaurant with 330 seats. Four new vertical elements will support the added load and contain elevators and stairs. The concrete base remains and connects to the tunnel, providing weather-protected access.
The new station emerges from the mountain like a crystal, with the cable car appearing as an inclusion. It forms a horizontal structure that echoes the tower’s industrial character without competing with it. A complex support system distributes the load into the rock ridge beneath, creating a spacious, hall-like interior. A sloped level guides visitors from the arrival platform to the glacier exit and continues into a panoramic walkway, opening up new westward views. The top floor will house two restaurants with around 600 seats.
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