page_title: Marc Kocher
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Marc Kocher / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Wohnhaus Jablonskistrasse, Berlin
context_page_description: Marc Kocher is a Swiss architect. He is considered a representative of New Urbanism, an architectural current that seeks to combine contemporary building with elements of classic European urban architecture.
context_section_description: In 1998, Kocher built his first building in Berlin with a corner house that influenced the cityscape at the Hackescher Markt as part of the “Neuer Hackescher Markt” ensemble. Together with ARAssociati, he continued as of 1998 with the planning commenced with by Aldo Rossi for the reconstruction of the Venetian opera house Teatro La Fenice, which was destroyed by fire in 1996. Here he was primarily responsible for the reconstruction of the interior, especially of the sophisticated wall and ceiling decoration. This participation in the reconstruction of the opera house from the year 1792 was Marc Kocher’s first principal work.
  From 1999–2000, he was guest professor for two years at the University of Syracuse in New York state.
  With the conversion and expansion of the so-called Backfabrik, an industrial building in the Prenzlauer Allee in Berlin, the architect was in 2001 successful in revitalizing a historic ensemble into a modern office and commercial location. With his concept, Kocher expanded the surviving old buildings of the Backfabrik with his own additions. The elevated lift tower of the building has since then been crowned by a 12-meter high light column visible from afar.
  In subsequent years, Kocher realized a series of residential buildings and refurbishing projects for existing structures, primarily in Berlin. Up to 2006, a residential and office ensemble was realized on the business premises of the machinery manufacturer Müller-Martini in Zurich as a perimeter development according to plans of Kocher and the Milan agency ARAssociati, the successor to the previous agency of Rossi.
caption: Residential building Jablonskistraße
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