Located in the center of Basel, in the old main post office building, Lago105 is a mere example of how adaptive reuse can be illustrated at its finest. Once a department store from the middle ages which was built in 1376, the old main office building is a pure landmark of Basel, that signifies the city’s early dates of trade and merchandise.

The passageway of the main post office between Freie Strasse and Gerbergasse was not a place where one would have wanted to spend time voluntarily in recent years if it had been open to the public. Originally, it used to smell of horse manure here; mail coaches drove back and forth transporting people, letters and packages. This has changed, where the previously functional, gloomy room was transformed into a blue lagoon. The space is meant to be a reminiscent of the Birsig river, that runs just below the passage, connecting the below with the above, just as Freie Strasse and Gerbergasse are now connected again.

The pop-up bar is revolving around an all-chrome elliptic bar, with a 3-dimensionalsculpture hanging above it, by the Basel-based artist Stefan Ebner. The space is meant to be a hanging-out spot for residents and tourists of Basel city, where they can escape the busy city life and relax in a mesmerizing urban node.Lago105 is not just the usual bar or eatery, but acts as an urban corridor, activated within its natural urban context.