Fellerstrasse 11
3027 Bern
Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB
Talent factory in the old textile factory
Planning and execution
1958-1959 Textile factory Schild AG
2004-2006 Conversion to art college
Client
Textile company Schild AG
Civil engineers
Engineering office Emch and Berger
Further information
The factory complex in Bern-Bümpliz, which was commissioned by Schild AG in 1960 and now houses part of the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), was built in 1958/59 by architect Henry Daxelhofer in collaboration with the engineering firm Emch und Berger as a two-storey low-rise building with an extended basement.
The two-storey 70 x 70 m skeleton building with a shed roof was built in an area that was still sparsely built-up at the time, directly next to the Bümpliz Nord railway station, to the south of the Tscharnergut. The experienced architect Daxelhofer skilfully combined design elements of the form-conscious 1950s with the early ideas of rationalism in the industrial complex, designed as a "factory on the outskirts" between the residential area and the railway station, in a manner typical of the time.
Visits and guided tours
Type of visit: Guided tours in groups and individual tours
Registration: not required
Meeting point: at the main entrance
Directions
S-Bahn 51 S51 / S-Bahn 5 S5
to Bern Bümpliz Nord stop
Tram no. 8
to Bethlehem b. Bern, Säge
Location
Fellerstrasse 11
3027 Bern