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                                    | steel, reinforced concrete, wood, metal Reinforced concrete skeleton. Steel structure.
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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Residential buildings Buildings for single social categories Commercial buildings Department stores, supermarkets, shopping centres, etc. Shops Buildings for health and well-being Wellness centre Buildings for recreational activities Cinemas Buildings for travel and tourism Hotels |  |  
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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Commercial buildings Bars, cafeterias Restaurants Transport buildings and structures Garages, car parking, etc. |  |   
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        | BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |  |  |  |  |  |   
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                                    |  "Daniel Libeskind. Westside Shoppingcenter in Bern, Schweiz / Westside Shopping Centre, Bern, Switzerland", Architektur Aktuell 1-2/2009, januar-februar/january-february 2009 [Shopping. Die Inszenierung der Sehnsuchte / The engineering of desire], pp.52-63 Dominika Glogowski, "Kinderland für Groß und Klein / Children's wonderland for large and small", Architektur Aktuell 1-2/2009, januar-februar/january-february 2009 [Shopping. Die Inszenierung der Sehnsuchte / The engineering of desire], pp.52-63
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                                    | Hubertus Adam, "Von der Infrastruktur zur Freitzeitkultur Parks über Verkehrsflächen / From Infrastructure to Leisure Culture: Parks Created over Traffic Routes", Detail 12/2008, [Stadraum und Landschaft / Urban Space and Landscape], "Diskussion / Discussion" p. 1390 (1386-1394) |  
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                                    | "Westside Centre for Leisure & Shopping, Brunnen, Bern, Switzerland. Studio Daniel Libeskind", GA Document 97, june 2007 [International 2007], pp. 26-31 |  
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                                    | Joachim Fischer, Architektur neue Schweiz, Verlagshaus Braun Publishing, German 2007 |  |  
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                                    | Genossenschaft Migros Aare |  |   
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                                    | building area sq.m. 120.000 shopping sq.m. 23.500
 food court sq.m. 3.000
 wellness center sq.m. 10.000
 mall sq.m. 9.000
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                                    | car parking 1.275 posti bicycle parking 400 posti
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                                    | multiplex cinema 11 auditoriums with 2.400 seats hotel 144 rooms and 12 seminar rooms
 senior residency 95 apartaments and 20 caring rooms
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                                    | B+S Ingenieur AG Moor Hauser & Partner AG
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                                    | 4d AG Landschaftsarchitekten |  |   
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                                    | Architekt Daniel Libeskind AG |  |  
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                                    | Jochen Klein, Birgit Rieder, Stefan Zopp, Guillaume Chapallaz, Attilio Lavezzari, Philip Peterson, Ka Wing Lo, Ina Hesselmann, Jens Hoffmann, Jean-Lucien Gay, Stephanie Tippmann, Bianca Baumgart, Marian Chabrera, Thomas Deuble, Gerrit Grigoleit, Michael Heim, Mauricio Martins, Emil Muenger, Julia Voormann, Nicolas Rossier, Roberto Forte, Ross Anderson, Stephane Carnuccini, Sidsel Kromann, Vaugn Borlund, Hans-Adam Weibel, Stefan Kiener, Gerhard Brun |  |  
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                                    | Sulzer + Buzzi Baumanagement AG |  |  
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                                    | Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG |  |  
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                                    | Hefti Hess Martignoni Elektro AG |  |  
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                                    | Rhomberg Bau AG Strabag AG
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