Nestlé WellNes Centre, architecture d'intérieur

This project for the Nestlé Headquarters was motivated by the company's desire to replace the existing dining facilities and to provide its collaborators with a new restaurant and other amenities representative of the company's vision and leading position in the nutrition industry. Located at the east end of the lakefront site, the new building's position, as well as the landscape design associated with the project, expand the park toward the west. This positioning was intended to preserve and extend the most striking part of the site.

The top floor houses a restaurant and kitchen, and the ground floor, a cafeteria with food preparation areas. At the lower ground level are meeting and gathering rooms in addition to a gym and a small medical center. Echoing the curved form of Tschumi's Y-shaped building, the new restaurant's circular shape and glass curtain facade - completely open to the surrounding site - creates optimum conditions for circulation and takes advantage of the spectacular views. All of the tables are oriented toward the perimeter of the restaurant, and thus capture views toward the park, the lake, and the Alps in the distant background. At the heart of the building, an ample spiral staircase invokes Tschumi's double-spiral "Chambord" staircase as it connects all three levels. Two staircases and an elevator complete the circulation scheme. Concrete pillars that support exposed concrete slabs and the asymmetrical metal roof canopy contribute equally to the essentially contemporary architectural expression of the building, at the same time paying homage to Tschumi's original project.

Nestlé WellNes Centre, architecture d'intérieur

Project
Nestlé WellNes Centre, architecture d'intérieur
Program

Corporate restaurants and cafeteria on two floors, self-service dining for 620, table service for 150, a cafeteria and a fitness center

status
Built
location
Suisse, Vevey
year
2005 - 2008
Client
Nestec SA
Floor area
4515 m2
Team
Lausanne

Jacques Richter, Ignacio Dahl Rocha, Kenneth Ross, Fabrizio Giacometti, Alexis Wintsch, Olivier Wavre, Tiziano Piazzalunga, Christophe Gachnang, Marco Petruzzi, Mark Chaille,Eva Sanchez, Sébastien Sterchi, Diego Comamala, Bruno Goroni, Michel Gribi, Mauro Branco, Martin Mouzo, Maria Losana Vela, Marco Turin, Bernard Freymond, Nathalie Khelfi

Team
Design Area

Jacques Richter, Ignacio Dahl Rocha, Cédric Simon, Claudia Dell'Ariccia, Marie Jaquier

Structural
engineer
Tappy Bornand Michaud SA
HVAC
engineer
Jakob Forrer SA
Sanitary
engineer
Olivier Tinelli
Electrical
engineer
Amstein + Walthert SA
Facade
consultant
BCS SA
Acoustical
consultant
Bernard Braune
Interior
design
RDR design
Landscape
architect
Hüsler & Associés Sàrl
Others
consultants
Planification cuisines: Tercier & Schmidt SA
Artist
Daniel Schlaepfer
Nestlé WellNes Centre, architecture d'intérieur

Nestlé WellNes Centre, architecture d'intérieur

2005 - 2008 · Suisse, Vevey · Design » Interior

This project for the Nestlé Headquarters was motivated by the company's desire to replace the existing dining facilities and to provide its collaborators with a new restaurant and other amenities representative of the company's vision and leading position in the nutrition industry. Located at the east end of the lakefront site, the new building's position, as well as the landscape design associated with the project, expand the park toward the west. This positioning was intended to preserve and extend the most striking part of the site.
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Project
Nestlé WellNes Centre, architecture d'intérieur
status
Built
location
Suisse, Vevey
year
2005 - 2008
Client
Nestec SA
Floor area
4515 m2
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