Zurich, 2018–2022
Direct Commission, 2018
With the commission to build small apartments on Stampfenbachstrasse in Zurich, we sought to create living space that stakes out a position beyond a “downsized” family apartment and beyond an ordinary single-room loft. The idea for such housing builds on the notion of a “performative space” that adapts to the individual needs of its inhabitants: Much like a gown, it wraps around the human body, can be opened and closed, and offers various “pockets” and spaces to store miscellaneous household belongings.
In the spirit of this performance, the basic elements of architecture have been rethought: floor and ceiling, doors and walls, fixtures and furniture, windows, structural elements, curtains, mirrors, etc. In addition to movable elements, platforms along the facade are of particular importance. Here, the floor becomes a surface for sitting or lying on. Linked to this is the idea of living with little furniture. Prior to construction, a mock-up of an exemplary apartment was erected and then studied at ETH Zurich.
The building on Stampfenbachstrasse occupies a corner site opposite the park grounds of the Beckenhof manor, adjoins the existing building to one side and leaves room behind for a small courtyard. The prefabricated wood construction with cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels for walls and floors is built above existing basements. Outside, the apartment house is clad with a thin metallic skin that conceals the construction within.
The following sponsors and partners have contributed to the success of the mock-up project:
Engel & Völkers Schweiz, Flück Holzbau AG, KLS Müller AG, moyreal immobilien ag, Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG, UTO Real Estate Management AG, Verit Immobilien AG, ABB, Argolite AG, Blumer Techno Fenster AG, Böni Gebäudetechnik AG, Christian Fischbacher Co. AG, Ehrat AG, Electrolux AG, Gerflor FEAG AG, Gutknecht Elektroplanung AG, Hansgrohe, Holz Stürm AG, KEIMFARBEN AG, Miele AG, Neumarkt 17 AG, Pfister PROFESSIONAL AG, riposa AG SWISS SLEEP, Preisig AG, REPOXIT AG, Sanitas Troesch AG, Schibli Elektrotechnik AG, Sika AG, SPLEISS AG, Urech Metallbau GmbH, WB Bürgin AG, wlw Bauingenieure AG
Project team
Ron Edelaar, Elli Mosayebi, Christian Inderbitzin, Christian Franke, Michael Brotzer, Lukas Burkhart, Fabian Lauener, Nicolas Cuénod, Andreas Monn, Veronica Berardi, Sven Fawer, Ludwig Hänssler, Gilles Scapin, Rose Schuller
Client
UTO Real Estate Management AG, Zurich (Mock-up: ETH Zurich, Architecture Department, Chair of Elli Mosayebi)
Landscape Design: EMI Architekt*innen, Zurich
Civil Engineer: wlw Bauingenieure AG, Zurich
Timber Construction Engineer, Building Physics: Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG, Zurich
Building Services: Böni Gebäudetechnik AG, Oberentfelden
Electrical Engineer: Gutknecht Elektroplanung AG, Au
Photographs
Roland Bernath
Publication
www.baunetz.de, 09.05.2023
werk, bauen + wohnen 5/2023
FIRST 1/2023
archithese 1/2023
TEC21 6/2023
Bauwelt 3/2023
arc mag 1/2023
Wohnoptionen, Wüstenrot Stiftung 2022
Hochparterre 12/2022
NZZ am Sonntag, 2.10.2022
Mehr als gewohnt, vai, Dornbirn, 30.9.2022–21.1.2023
www.baunetz.de, 1.3.2022
Schweizer Baudokumentation, 9.11.2021
ABZforum N°2, Juni 2021
Tsüri.ch, 29.11.2020
10vor10, 18.9.2020
md Juni/Juli 2020
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 12.4.2020
SRF Forward, 19.2.2020
Slide 2/2020
www.watson.ch, 15.2.2020
SRF Kulturplatz, 12.02.2020
www.dear-magazin.de, 14.1.2020
Wohnrevue 10/2019
www.igloo.ro, 7.10.2019
Tages-Anzeiger, 16.9.2019
www.swiss-architects.com, 12.9.2019
Hochparterre 9/2019
Limmattaler Zeitung, 2.8.2019
Zürichsee-Zeitung, 31.7.2019
Der Landbote, 31.7.2019
www.baunetz.de, 26.7.2019
Auszeichnung
Arc Award 2023
best architects 24
Die Besten 2022, Gold