Architects:EM2N

Area :14950 m²

Year :2017

Photographs :Damian Poffet

Manufacturers :  Leicht, Otis, Dietlikon, Illnau-Effretikon, Jegen AG, Liechtenstein, Mowa Norm, Santa & Cole, Sarna-Granol AG, Vaduz, WaremaLeicht

Civil Engineer :Wismer + Partner AG

Construction Consultants :Losinger Marazzi AG

Partner : Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli

Associate : Christof Zollinger, Fabian Hörmann

Project Leaders : Martin Broder, Ines Schmid, Martin Schriener

Project Team : Onur Akin, Duarte Brito, Pascal Dechenaux, Oke Hauser, Fabian Kleine, Bernard Radi, Sabine Ricken, Hugo Torre, Jorrit Verduin, Caroline Vogel, Winfried Schneider

Construction An Project Management : Losinger Marrazi AG, Zurich

Construction Consulting / Construction Economics : Losinger Marrazi AG, Zurich

Planning Heating / Ventilation / Sanitary : Amstein + Walthert AG, Zurich

Building Services : Amstein + Walthert AG

Electrical Services Planning : Schmidiger + Rosasco AG, Zurich

Fire Protection Planner : Wälchli Architekten Partner AG, Bern

Geologist / Geotechnics : Dr. Heinrich Jäckli AG, Zurich

Specialist Vibration : FEAG Facility Engineering AG, Dietlikon

Traffic Planning : IBV Hüsler AG, Zurich

Landscape Architecture (Surrounding Area) : Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten AG, Zurich

Landscape Architecture (Roof Terrace, Courtyard) : Balliana Schubert Landschaftsarchitekten

Light Concept (Surrounding Area) : Reflexion AG, Zurich

Signage (Surrounding Area) : Formpol AG, Zurich

Signage (Building) : EM2N, Caroline Vogel, Zurich

Construction : Losinger Marrazi AG, Zurich

Project Management : Losinger Marrazi AG, Zurich

Hvac Planning : Amstein + Walthert AG, Zurich

Sanitary : Amstein + Walthert AG, Zurich

Building Services : Amstein + Walthert AG, Zurich

Electrical Services Planning : Schmidiger + Rosasco AG, Zurich

Fire Protection Planner : Wälchli Architekten Partner AG, Bern

Geologist/Geotechnics : Dr. Heinrich Jäckli AG, Zurich

Specialist Vibration : FEAG Facility Engineering AG, Dietlikon

Traffic Planning : IBV Hüsler AG, Zurich

Landscape Architecture (Surrounding Area) : Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten AG, Zurich

Light Concept (Surrounding Area) : Reflexion AG, Zurich

Surrounding Area Signage : Formpol AG, Zurich

Building Signage : Caroline Vogel, EM2N

City : Zürich

Country : Switzerland

The elongated plot A forms the start to the new urban district ‘Greencity’ and is strongly influenced by the neighbouring street and railway. We used this essentially ʻimpossible situationʼ as the impulse to develop a narrow, elongated building with an expressive character that can develop a sense of identity.

The unique geometry of the site leads to mostly east-west facing apartments which are all connected by means of a ʻstreet in the airʼ to the communal room and the shared roof garden. The building is massively constructed using a wall and slab system. The motif of interwoven vertical and horizontal bands produces depth and a feeling of volume. In combination with windows of different sizes this leads to a facade composition that is richly varied, yet also calm.

The ground floor is used for commercial functions. It takes up the robust nature of the street and the railway line and is made as a concrete plinth. The passageways leading through the building and the entrances located in them are announced by metal framing. The communal space and the ‘street in the air’ can be read in the façade through their generously sized window openings.

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