Tramhaltestelle Europaplatz
3008 Bern
2000 Competition
2009–2014, design and implementation by extra Landschaftsarchitekten AG
Stadtplanungsamt / Tiefbauamt Stadt Bern
extra Landschaftsarchitekten AG
Markwalder & Partner, Burgdorf
Lighting designer: Priska Meier Lichtkonzepte, Turgi
The Best of 2015, Bronze Award for Hase in the Landscape Architecture category / Atuprix Bernese Baukultur Award 2018
Like petrified tree stumps, the pillars of the motorway bridge now stand as uninvited props on the asphalted thoroughfare. They are disguised as columns: at the bottom, the exposed foundations, stepped out to form seating, serve as column bases; at the top, the lighting collars wrapped around the pillars act as capitals. At night, the piers glow as luminous bodies beneath the rope-tensioned canopy of lights.
Project page: Landscape Architecture / Bernese Baukultur Award 2018
Type of tour: Guided group tours in public spaces and self-guided tours
Registration: Not required – first come, first served
Group size: no limit
Meeting point: At the Europaplatz tram stop
Guided tours with Simon Schöni from extra Landschaftsarchitekten: Urban and open-space planning concept for a square at a central urban junction: design, use and functional logic
We recommend visiting the “Zentrum Europaplatz” event either before or after this tour.
Sunday, 12:15-13:00 - Simon Schöni landscape architect FH
Sunday, 15:30-16:15 - Simon Schöni landscape architect FH
Sunday, 16:15-17:00 - Simon Schöni landscape architect FH
Tram no. 7 or 8 to the "Europaplatz" stop, or the S1, S2, S3 or S6 to "Europaplatz Bahnhof", or a PubliBike ride from the station (approx. 12 minutes) – meeting point at the tram stop
Tramhaltestelle Europaplatz
3008 Bern