St Gallen - Stadtlounge
It might not be the Pompidou centre, or even the South Bank, but the citizens of St Gallen have their own feature to be proud of.
Designed by architect Carlos Martinez and Multimedia-artist Pipilotti Rist, the Stadtlounge is a novel way of making a clinical financial area (Bleicheli) seem more people-friendly.
The entire area is covered in a red surface, a playground surface for pedestrian areas and tarmac for the car areas. Even the Porsche 911 shaped lump that’s supposed to discourage you from parking. You wouldn’t want to come back and find your car has been resurfaced, would you?
At night the area is lit by floating “things” that are variously described as blimps, eggs or even planetoids. What do you think?
The stadtlounge is considered to be Switzerland’s largest outdoor living room.
So where’s the TV?
Photos: Flickr - mightymightymatze
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