Haus 6 new-build laboratory: a building for research and education
On 18 August 2021, the team that won the project competition for what’s known as Haus 6 was announced: architectural firm Karamuk-Kuo Architekten and HSSP won over the jury with their PETRI project. The proposed compact building is designed as a timber and concrete hybrid construction and is the most economical of all 13 projects submitted for the competition (Jurybericht).
The building is an investment in the municipality of Basel’s own financial assets. The primary tenant will be the University of Basel with its chemistry department, while the remaining areas will be leased to other companies. The project involves a ground floor accessible to the public, with shops and a café serving as an important means of linking Rosental Mitte with the surrounding Rosental neighbourhood. There will also be plenty of bike parking spaces, an underground car park and other spaces for technical infrastructure. So that the building can be erected, former laboratory and auxiliary buildings 1038, 1030, 1037 and 1065 need to be demolished to create ‘construction site A’. Haus 6 will be opened in spring 2028 at the earliest.
