fabric&light Sefar AG Hinterbissaustrasse 12 9410 Heiden Switzerland Bus Station Phone +41 71 898 51 04 Rapperswil-Jona (CH) [email protected] www.sefararchitecture.com [FactBox] At many public transport stations, the wait- The east roof has 75 membrane panels ing areas are uninviting and the platforms covering 75 m x 19 m, and the west roof Project/Location long, wet, and windy. A sense of personal has 36 membrane panels with a span of Reconstruction rail and bus station security is often also lacking. By contrast, 70 m x 7 m. Rapperswil-Jona (CH) the city of Rapperswil-Jona has succeeded Architect in turning its combined rail and bus station Low-maintenance, light-technical SEFAR® Oliver Schwarz Architekten ETH BSA SIA into a visual masterpiece despite facing a Architecture EL-55-T0 Fabric frequently Margreth Blumer Architektin ETH SIA, Zürich (CH) challenging task in a limited space. Today offers weather protection, but here in con- www.oliverschwarz.ch the bus station has an entirely new, over- junction with a glass skin, it provides a Contractor lapping glass roof for the bus and train host of other benefits: fire safety, protec- City of Rapperswil-Jona (CH) boarding platforms. The overhead roof tion from intense sunlight, and aesthetic Steel construction is made of laminated safety glass, which qualities. Many architects and designers Stahlbau Pichler, Bozen (IT) ensures protection from the elements as appreciate the optimal light transmission www.stahlbaupichler.com well as providing shade and other wel- values, combined with the light scattering Assembly/Implementation come advantages thanks to the Sefar properties of the textile surface, its color HP Gasser AG, Lungern (CH) fabric membrane. fastness, and permanent UV resistance. www.hpgasser.ch Fabric SEFAR® Architecture EL-55-T0 © HP Gasser AG, www.hpgasser.ch © HP Gasser AG, www.hpgasser.ch © HP Gasser AG, www.hpgasser.ch ARCHITECTURE.