Open House - Architecture for all

Come on in! Open House Basel offers insights behind the otherwise closed doors of Basel! Who wouldn't like to take a look inside a private home whose doors are normally closed to strangers? Can you imagine visiting a historic building like the Sandgrube estate from 1751, an ideal example of the heyday of baroque architecture in Basel, or the imposing company buildings of Novartis or the vitra headquarters? The association "Open House Basel - Architecture for All" with many helpers makes these wishes possible.

The great architecture and city experience takes its audience behind the scenes of over 100 selected buildings in the greater Basel area. The wide-ranging program illustrates the richness of urban life and architectural diversity in historic and contemporary buildings. In addition to free tours, most buildings offer free guided tours with architects. They illustrate how architecture and urban development contribute to the quality of life. They explain what has been completed, what has been created and what has been planned, place it in its urban context and communicate building culture in a direct way. One experiences how versatile people work and live here.

What will be shown?
In its fourth edition, the Basel metropolitan area is once again clearly presenting itself as a residential, educational and cultural city on the basis of the buildings on display. The extensive program shows how much new, exciting and award-winning architecture can be found in Basel-Stadt but also in its neighboring municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. Among them are contemporary buildings such as the impressive FHNW Campus in Muttenz as well as private houses in Binningen and Bottmingen.

In the canton of Basel-Stadt, we are showing communally organized residential buildings in Lysbüchel by young architectural firms and more than 20 protected historic buildings such as the Haus Frey from the classical modern period in Riehen or city-defining buildings of the former chemical company Ciba on the transformation area Klybeck. We would also like to highlight this year's focus on Allschwil from the canton of Basel-Landschaft. Then a series of large urban buildings such as the Mövenpick Hotel/Baloise Park, the Biozentrum or the Meret Openheim high-rise building with important significance for the public and last but not least, the diverse residential buildings, whether as courtyard developments, as large urban forms or as pearls in the green.

The Baselstrasse residential building is one of five buildings in Muttenz that will open its doors during Open House Basel. The total of 100 buildings have individual opening hours - for a few, a reservation is required.

Plan an individual tour:
Get an overview of the diverse program via the gallery, the city map or the schedule. Click on the building image to find opening hours, guided tours and additional information on the individual buildings, as well as links to Google Maps that lead directly to the destination. Registered users can use various filters to mark their favorites and plan an individual tour. If you then call this up on your smartphone, it becomes child's play to get to your favorite places.
It should be noted that some tours (12) have space restrictions.

This year there will be guided tours in English again and the offer for families will be extended: According to the motto "fill out - stamp - send in", the architectural experience becomes an entertaining family outing with the Open House Kids trading cards.

Architecture Week Basel:
This year, the city on the bend of the Rhine presents itself as the architectural center of Switzerland. The first Architecture Week Basel as a national and international forum for architecture and urbanism will take place in the week before Open House Basel from May 9 to 15.


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