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city lounge

by deputydog ⋅ 24 / 07 / 2007 ⋅ post a comment

take a look at this brilliance..


nice furniture huh?

well this is actually outdoors. it’s called the stadtlounge (city lounge) and it’s situated in the centre of st.gallen in switzerland.

here are more photos. remember, this is outside, amongst the buildings in the city centre.

and in the daytime…

fucking brilliant.

this ‘look’ was the result of a design competition to create a ‘public living room’ in the financial district of the area and since 2005 it has stayed, the red ‘carpet’ seemingly flowing over all furniture, roads and even some fake cars littered around the streets.

if only all local governments were this adventurous.

(pics from here and here)

discussion

15 comments for “city lounge”

  1. Nobody EVER lounges in Switzerland……
    (but they could have flown in some foreigners for the PICs!)

    posted by Zwingli | 24th of July, 2007, 8:12 pm

  2. Interesting and amazing!

    posted by Buğra | 24th of July, 2007, 8:33 pm

  3. too bad they wasted a totally good parking space with that stupid car sculpture
    otherwise, neat

    posted by Parking Enthusiast | 24th of July, 2007, 9:07 pm

  4. So, how do they stop the black marks from vehicle tires?

    posted by Kim Siever | 24th of July, 2007, 9:17 pm

  5. How do they deal with rain and runoff? dirt? trash?
    Very cool though.

    posted by Sandy | 24th of July, 2007, 9:55 pm

  6. I’M POOR TOO

    posted by rafe | 25th of July, 2007, 6:48 am

  7. This is a lot of fun.

    posted by =) | 25th of July, 2007, 7:01 am

  8. Is it actually carpet or some sort of synthetic material? Looks very, very cool indeed.

    posted by Dalla | 27th of July, 2007, 5:55 am

  9. @Dalla: It’s the stuff you find on outdoor sport places. In German it’s called Tartan; I don’t know if you know it.

    @Kim: Your are not allowed to drive through this area. Only a few with a special license can go in there with their car.

    @Parking Enthusiast: If you ever tried to find a parking slot in St. Gallen, you wouldnt mind the one missing slot. It’s almost impossible to park one’s car in the city. And as I mentioned before: Not everyone can drive trough the lounge area.

    posted by Halli | 27th of July, 2007, 10:27 am

  10. It’s very nice!

    posted by k.w.andersson | 5th of August, 2007, 10:25 pm

  11. This looks… abnormal.

    So, does someone go around cleaning up the oil drips from the carpet?

    posted by Ian | 9th of August, 2007, 8:10 pm

  12. @ parking enthusiast
    ppl in swizerland hardly drive cars!!!!
    but its an amazing piece of work!

    posted by Anuj | 13th of June, 2008, 2:02 am


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