Flower Market West
Flower Market West
Key facts
Location
Switzerland, Kerzers (canton of Fribourg)Delivery
2024
Client
Genossenschaft Berner Blumenbörsen
Architect
Kunik de Morsier
Contractor
Losinger Marazzi
An innovative hybrid timber flower marketplace
Blumenbörse West in Kerzers is a new, high-performance commercial hub developed by Losinger Marazzi—Bouygues Bâtiment International’s Swiss subsidiary—in collaboration with the Lausanne-based architects Kunik de Morsier. This site was purpose-designed as a specialized flower market and headquarters for the Blumenbörse cooperative, providing flexible, modern facilities for their forty employees and professional clients. By relocating its operations from Bern to Kerzers, Blumenbörse West now benefits from proximity to a wider customer base, especially serving clients from French-speaking Switzerland. The building’s architecture, with its functional layout and distinctive hybrid timber design, ensures an optimal environment for wholesale market activities, logistics, and administrative work.
Key figures
- 560
- m³ total volume of Swiss wood
- 85%
- load-bearing structure in Swiss wood
- 34
- m³ of Swiss pine exterior cladding
A Functional and Sustainable commercial hub
Timber transformation and construction were managed by JPF Ducret SA, while Maeder executed the exterior timber cladding. The façade features ground-floor panels crafted exclusively from locally sourced Swiss spruce, ensuring a high-quality, certified, and comfortable environment. This commercial hub demonstrates efficient use of space through thoughtful site planning and highly flexible interiors, tailored for the needs of the market and its operators. Blumenbörse West stands as a reference in sustainable, regionally focused timber construction, and highlights Losinger Marazzi AG’s commitment to innovative, environmentally responsible buildings.
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