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The KUFA-Roundabout in Lyss

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Influencer

An enormous record player has turned a new round­about in the Swiss region of Lyss (located between Biel and Bern) into an inter­na­tional attrac­tion.

The project’s initiator was the neigh­bou­ring concert-orga­ni­sing body KUFA. The player is not only very well suited due to its round shape but also creates a closeness to its surroun­dings as symbolic as it is funny.
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LP of the week

The easiest ideas are of course often the best. The turn­table is as circular as a round­about, while vinyl achieves a coherent and emotional rela­tion to music in general and to the KUFA in parti­cular.

Yet it was a long journey from its incep­tion to imple­men­ta­tion. KUFA, the Gehri Aarberg cons­truc­tion firm, the Lyss county council and the depart­ment of civil engi­nee­ring held their breath for four years, to ulti­m­ately set in motion and execute their project.

Along­side the plan­ning and appr­oval, the works them­selves were not quite a walk in the park, with one example seeing volun­teers busy for a full week, with atta­ching the approx. 800 metal plates to the record player.

You sexy thing

Since its inau­gu­ra­tion in May of 2019 the KUFA round­about has been cele­brated on social media. The drone video quickly received over 150,000 views – could any traffic faci­li­tator keep up with that?

At the same time, one may well assume that “the sexiest traffic round­about on earth“ is able to draw a smile from drivers too.

33 ⅓

You might also say: The KUFA round­about is the right blend of func­tion, shape and reco­gni­tion value, with both the council and spon­sors thus bene­fit­ting equally.

What the turn­table is still missing, however, is a tone arm. It has not (to date) been included, for secu­rity reasons and due to a scar­city in funds. It may still happen, when the speed is turned down to 33⅓.

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Client

Gemeinde Lyss
Maarkt­platz 6
CH — 3250 Lyss

Opening

2019

Idea & Design

Kultur­fa­brik KUFA Lyss
Werdtstrasse 17
CH — 3250 Lyss

Gehri AG Aarberg
Seiden­gasse 7
CH — 3270 Aarberg

Text

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Kultur­fa­brik KUFA Lyss, Thomas Hässig (Drohne)
Gehri AG, Marc Gehri

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