Schindler City Center Lucerne2020
Over a period of three years, we realized the Holistic Sound Scenography for the new Visitor Center at Schindler's headquarters in Lucerne. The entire exhibition extends over four floors and a total space of 2000 square meters. Within this space there are eight unique installations equipped with 293 loudspeakers. Each sound installation has its own distnct character, while embedded in a holistic sound scenography concept we developed for the space as a whole.
A huge variety of musical elements and sound effects find their place in the overall composition that reflects the company`s philosophy, technological orientation and high-quality standards. In the entire process starting with technical loudspeaker planning and multi-channel compositions up to the implementation of interactive sound elements, every step was developed in close cooperation with iart and Schindler. The building on the Schindler Campus in Ebikon was designed by the architects Burckhardt+Partner. Through the glazed exterior facade, guests can already see the moving lifts and escalators from the outside. Nonetheless, they not only move visitors, but are also a central element of the scenography: For instance, when standing on an escalator, one can see the Schindler Campus and the surrounding landscape cinematically passing by. This is precisely the experience one makes in the Schindler Visitor Center with a wide variety of exhibits: You move yourself and the installations move around you. This creates a human-technology performance: a model case for the mobility of the future.
