7th May 2014.
Basel, Switzerland.
Literally translated as “to kiss”, the Zum Kuss Basel has a perhaps
morbid past as a former mortuary and chapel up till the turn of the century
when it was transformed into a hip bar/café in 2001 by Basler architecture
firm, Christ & Gantenbein.
Despite its past, the inspiration for this café bar is the
social interaction and non-verbal communication that could meant so much in the
act of kissing, which is a form of greeting in the western society, apparently
in Corsica, it could take at most five kisses for a greeting.)
This small little structure with its iconic circular glass window
has a beautiful interior. Its centrepiece is a communal round table with a
still-art like décor where strangers and friends sat together for coffee, a
light meal or reading the newspapers.
Markuss Engeler
Elisabethenstrasse 59
4051 Basel
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