Just like the Siedlung Halen did back then, the ?urban island? on the Areal Giessen site on Lake Zurich translates the village motif into a contemporary form. Ten houses with 34 freehold  ats and up to eight commercial units were built in Meilen in to- tal. Even though the design is clearly based on the countryside character of the place, its abstract, geometrical shape creates a dialectic tension with the surrounding landscape. The residential units have been arranged densely on a narrow rectangular plot, forming an island in the landscape of Lake Zurich. The residential buildings have been arranged on the plot like on a chessboard and in a staggered order, so that all  ats have a view of the lake. The terraces and staircases provide a range of different vistas on the lake.
© Stefan Müller

Architects: Max Dudler

Location: Bergstrasse, 8706 Meilen, Switzerland

Area: 15050.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Stefan Müller , Courtesy of Max Dudler

Team: Florian Pischetsrieder, Lucyna Zawistowska, Maike Lausen, Markus Weissenmayer

Project Managers: Jörg Jakubczak, Henrik Mundorf (until 2011), Hans Kolbeck (until 2012)

Construction Supervision: Schwendener Baumanagement AG

Structural Engineers: Urech Bärtschi Maurer AG

Building Services: Kopitsis Bauphysik AG...