Luzern Postal Center (canopy)
Frohburgstrasse
Luzern (Lucerne)
Switzerland
Santiago Calatrava 1985
A modest and early Calatrava work,
the canopy on the front of the PTT Postal Center in Lucerne is an elegant
and pleasing addition to a dreary building (by Amman and Bauman).
The thin glazed structure,
cantilevered 11 meters out from the building, allows natural light through
to the loading bay, and interferes only minimally with the building's
original facade.
Simon Glynn 2001 (updated 2004)
How to visit
The postal center is adjacent to
both the Culture and
Congress Center (by Jean Nouvel) and Lucerne train station, with a hall
by Calatrava. As you come out of the station the congress center is on
your right; turn round to the right, go up the side of the train station
building, and the postal center is on the left just behind the congress
center.
