Architectural design team Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) recently finished its contemporary extension of Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet's historic premises. Nestled next to the historic home where Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet set up their workshop in 1875, the Danish architecture firm has created a contemporary spiral that rises from the earth. This space is now a museum that celebrates the watchmaker's most innovative models and allows the public to come into contact with the craftspeople who create them.
The spiral structure is an homage to the internal mechanisms of a watch and is also used to guide visitors along a natural path through the collection. As visitors move through the museum, they'll take in almost 300 pieces from the Audemars Piguet collection, including an 1899 vintage watch with over 1,100 parts.