Designed by Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten, The project aims to compensate for what is a rather unfavorable access situation by means of outstanding living qualities. The building plots are situated within the second row of buildings on Waffenplatzstrasse, meaning that they are treated from their rearward aspects in terms of the building regulations. This, in turn, has a potential effect on the volume of the new building. Taking the building codes into account, in particular, the boundary and building setbacks result in a complex and versatile volume.
Photography: Valentin Jeck
The new building is conceived as an overall form, intended to be read as a connecting link between the disparate neighboring vicinities. In this sense, the facade correspondingly responds as a whole to the varying situations. The subtly undulating volume of the building creates multi-orientated apartments arranged around the centrally placed circulation core, located at the narrowest point of the building. The western facade is designed to be seen as an answer to the heterogeneous, intermeshed character of the neighborhood. Photography: Valentin Jeck
By means of the concave articulation towards the city, the volume retreats at the proper point vis-à-vis the adjacent buildings, the old and the new together forming a type of courtyard space. The animated eastern facade furthermore allows the building to dovetail with its surroundings. The raised position of the building plots provide...