When Swiss aviation giants, Pilatus (based in Stans, Lucerne) was looking to extend its production facilities, the company enlisted architects Scheitlin Syfrig. The result is a vast new asymmetric structure, the size of 38 tennis courts, that sits on the valley floor and is constructed almost entirely from local timber.
For the full story on the brand new assembly line, turn to W* 140. Wallpaper.com however are able to take you on a mesmerising tour of the vast structure, as photographed by Wallpaper* favourite Joël Tettamanti
If you’re as smitten by Joël’s photographs as we are, and fancy owning some of his or other Wallpaper* photographer’s work, go to Wallpaper* selects to find out more
The Making of W*140 cover shoot, Switzerland
More than is probably is wise, producing this magazine can feel like a publishing version of Mission Impossible. Or Mission Unlikely, at least. For the Top 200 issue, one of the missions was to produce ten cover shoots, in ten locations all over the globe. Here, we follow our photographers, models and crew as they commandeer helicopters and scale Alpine glaciers, to reach the chosen Swiss location: the Monte Rosa cabin, perched 2,883m high.
More than is probably is wise, producing this magazine can feel like a publishing version of Mission Impossible. Or Mission Unlikely, at least. For the Top 200 issue, one of the missions was to produce ten cover shoots, in ten locations all over the globe. Here, we follow our photographers, models and crew as they commandeer helicopters and scale Alpine glaciers, to reach the chosen Swiss location: the Monte Rosa cabin, perched 2,883m high.
