The rectangular floor plan runs alongside the railroad and the River Emme and covers a workshop, a transformer station, an air-conditioning room and a small granny apartment for 24-hour shift operation. In the basement, the treated drinking water from the city of Lucerne flows through the pump shaft into the pipe cellar, from where it is pumped into the Sonnenberg and Gütsch reservoirs at a rate of up to 234 liters per second. The originally simple exposed concrete building was given a more sculptural form during the course of the project development together with Lucerne sculptor Charles Gehrig. The undulating façades of the building, which reference the flowing water, structure the building. The only opening is the bronze entrance gate, also designed by Gehrig.

– Excerpt from the book BRUTALES LUZERN (2023), written by Giacomo Paravicini (Original in German; this is an AI-generated translation)

In use. The building has been classified as worth protecting (last updated on April 15, 2024).