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THE LAUFEN FORUM IS A 6,500 CUBIC METER

ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT, A VISITOR AND

PRESENTATION CENTRE DESIGNED BY BASEL

BASED ARCHITECTS NISSEN & WENTZLAFF,

PHOTOGRAPHED BY MAURIZIO MERCATO.

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IN FOUR EUROPEAN CITIES AND IN MIAMI,

YOU CAN EXPERIENCE LAUFEN LIVE

LAUFEN is pursuing a new type of

presentation and encounter with the

LAUFEN Spaces concept, which has

so far been implemented in Berlin,

ienna, rague, Madrid and Miami Each

location has its own identity, with its

own individual interior design In Madrid,

interior designer atricia Uruiola styled

the rooms of a historic villa rague also

hosts temporary exhibitions on an area

over 600 m

EOOS Design drafted the exhibition in

ienna and used analogies to the firing

process of ceramics In Berlin, Konstantin

rcic pursued a clear, industrial, visual and

material language with his interior design,

which is based on the production in the

factory, whilst the space in Miami is part

of the Miami Ironside, a complex in old in-

dustrial halls with oces and restaurants

Individual

solutions

TAILOR-MADE SOLUTIONS CAN BE REALISED

TO MEET CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS

In the meantime, modern solid surface

materials are also available that can

be used to realise individual customer

reuirements in the shortest possible

time in small uantities When it comes

to washbasins, wortops, accesso-

ries, furniture, shower trays, bathtubs,

sins, and even wall coverings, there are

almost no limits to creative drive

VARIETY OF SHAPES THANKS TO

MINERAL MATERIALS

LAUFEN is synonymous with perfection

in terms of form and craftsmanship

and for advanced technology with

an unobtrusive face LAUFEN’s head-

uarters in the conton of Baselland

reflect this identity

his enables architects and designers to

create their own designs that harmonise

perfectly with the room and decor

LAUFEN also oers a complete ser-

vice pacage, which includes feasibil-

ity checs, assistance with technical

drawings, the manufacture of mod-

els and prototypes, the adaptation of

accessories, direct shipping, and

after-sales service

Ludovica + Roberto alomba designed

bowl / 08, a washbasin for the

alomba Collection Architects Nissen

Wentla then created a larger

version of this object in the form of

the building which stands out with its

impressive exposed concrete and

elegant statics

An inventive spirit and desire for tech-

nical innovation are also part of

the building’s concept and reuire

ecient resource usage and an

acceptable ecological footprint As a

result, the multi-award-winning build-

ing is an outstanding feature in the Ba-

sel area, an area which is rich in superb

architecture

The individual planning and design of

bathrooms is a growing segment of the

sanitary maret Architects and planners

of high-uality private residences in par-

ticular, but also public and semi-public

buildings, such as hotels, often reuire

individual solutions that can be fitted

precisely into the floor plans of sanitary

rooms and bathrooms, in order to meet

the special reuirements of the client

LAUFEN is adapting to these require-

ments with numerous solutions from its

range of products and creating bath-

rooms made to measure

With the Forum, LAUFEN has created

a new architectural setting for

its products it is a comprehensive

architectural statement in concrete

with the bathroom at its centre and

acnowledges Switerland uneuivocal-

ly as the company’s headuarters and

production site

A space for the bathroom with the pow-

er to inspire clients, architects, re-

tailers and tradesmen alie as well

as providing a source of information his

is also the home of the training centre of

LAUFEN Bathrooms A

hese include, for example, wash-

basins, ceramic shelves, mirrors and

bathroom furniture manufactured to

the millimetre, but also colour or custo-

misation options Even faucets can

be individualised, and special handles,

logos, colours, and surfaces can be pro-

vided as reuired

A wide range of seminars is held here

to train groups and communicate product

nowledge

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