Zurich-Hottingen, 2011–2015
Competition, 2011, 1. Prize
The building ensemble between Steinwiesstrasse and Irisstrasse in Zurich-Hottingen consists of three separate buildings that each has its own contextual reference, thus reflecting the heterogeneous development pattern of the surroundings. The landmarked brick villa is typical for the neighborhood. The studio building, set in the villa’s garden, makes reference in content and form to the early modern experimental houses built on the Zürichberg – such as the Doldertal houses. The apartment building ultimately possesses yet another character.
It seeks a close link to the mighty trees on the edges of the property. Therefore the starting point for the formal development was not established by the surrounding buildings along the street, with their massing and classical formal vocabulary, but was instead research on natural forms and the formal qualities of ruins. Rock formations such as basalt were studied for their structural features and made productive for design.
The plasticity of the building form also pervades the interior. The floor plans build upon polygonal chambers that combine in the area of habitation to form an open spatial figure. The foundation of this figure is a spatial sequence that culminates in each case at the fireplace along the building front.
Competition team
Ron Edelaar, Elli Mosayebi, Christian Inderbitzin, Jonathan Roider, Michael Reiterer, Lukas Prestele
Project team
Ron Edelaar, Elli Mosayebi, Christian Inderbitzin, Theres Hollenstein, Philipp Schneider, Michael Reiterer, Nina Villiger, Marion Sigrist, Simon Cheung, Manuel Däster, Julia Neubauer, Dominique Kühnhanss, Lukas Gschweitl, Lucia Semetkova, Isabelle Weber
Client
Metzger-Versicherungen Genossenschaft, Zurich
Landscape Architect: Ganz Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH, Zurich
Civil Engineer: Dr. Lüchinger + Meyer Bauingenieure AG, Zurich
Building Services: Raumanzug GmbH, Zurich
Electrical Engineer: Gutknecht Elektroplanung AG, Au
Building Physics: Raumanzug GmbH, Zurich
Photographs
Roland Bernath
Publication
archithese, 2/2023
Architekturführer Zürich, DOM publishers 2022
Foreign Exchange, Conversations on Architecture Here and Now, Story Building 2022
mur+betong, 2/2022
Zeit Magazin Schweiz, 21.10.2021
Contextes. Le logement contemporain en situation, EPFL PRESS 2021
youtube.com, 24.8.2021
Architekturführer Zürich, Edition Hochparterre 2020
Selbstentwurf, Wilhelm Fink 2018
House Tour: Views of the Unfurnished Interior, Park Books 2018
werk, bauen + wohnen, 4/2018
archithese, 4/2017
HIC> arquitectura, 12.11.2017
Grundrissatlas Wohnungsbau, Birkhäuser 2017
Zürcher Wohnungsbau 1995–2015, Quart Verlag 2017
Garten+Landschaft, März/2017
cahier de théorie, 13/2016
werk, bauen + wohnen, 6/2016
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 28.6.2016
www.baunetz.de, 15.4.2016
Das Ideale Heim, 4/2016
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 31.3.2016
Hochparterre, 9/2015
Baumeister, 2/2012
trans 19, ETH Zürich 2011
Hochparterre Wettbewerbe, 3/2011
www.hochparterre.ch, 14.4.2011
Auszeichnung
best architects 17 gold