THE SNAKE OF BIEL
"Jetzt haben wir alle Marken, die das Herz der Swatch Gruppe sind, erstmals unter einem Dach" Nick Hayek Standing on the top of the hill from an house that my friends and I rented during our period in Switzerland, admiring the beautiful view that the place offers, I was intrigue by a dragon/snake figure down the hill. Going then down the hill, walking along the river Schuss with Marvin Gaye soft music playing on my headphones, my feet felt like floating, pushed by serenity and peace after 20 minutes of walk I have reached to one of my most enjoyable construction site. Yes, right next to the small canal, in tha small fantastic city the swatch group was building something faboulous designed by Shigeru Ban. It is the new headquaters of the Swatch group. Is it a snake or a dragon? Well, it is what it is and I believe it is hard to say but it is a timber construction that the group Blumer Lehman was building up. Since I have happened to be th...