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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. House Z22 and Warehouse F88 in Switzerland by Gus Wüstemann ArchitectsApril 2nd, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Gus Wüstemann Architects This is a Reconstruction of a multi-family house with workshop rooms underneath in the area Seefeld of the city of Zurich. The house has been in a core zone since the new regulations. Therefore the outlines of the existing volumes are protected and the project had to be developed in collaboration with the conservation of monuments.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling
 Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling The project is a contextual dialogue with history, the house is 170 years old. The historic, massive stone walls were the starting point for applying new contemporary forms of living – fresh typologies:  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling The dwelling house is a townhouse built 170 years ago. The natural stone walls were created so long ago, but even then the walls were plastered. Now we have removed the original plaster layers and this led to a raw state of the natural stone walls, which never existed. It is a reference to the material, the construction and to the ‘work’ itself, how was it made?  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling In a confined space, we have developed a flowing, free-flowing space along the natural stone walls. A new typology of ‘promenade architecturale’ in a confined space, where, depending on the social structure and the course of the day, the programs unfold and communicate with the periphery, the natural stone wall.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling The wooden windows were mounted directly onto the natural stone slabs with 20cm thick solid wooden frames. Stone Arches And Concrete Topography In the workshops we answered to the large natural stone arches with a topography of concrete – a contemporary response to a strong historical element.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling Raw Is Finished We have natural stone walls of one meter width, concrete furniture and wooden windows with a 20 cm thick solid frame. The dialogue on the historical context consists in the reference of the ‘work’, how and by whom was it made – at that time large stone blocks were stacked together – today, topographies were formed from reinforced concrete.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling All the elements were put into the raw original state or it was rebuilt raw – a tribute to the material – without hierarchization. There are no inferior materials. Social contamination and connotation disappear. As a result, the space becomes free and authentic – just as people can be.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Gus Wüstemann Architects  Image Courtesy © Gus Wüstemann Architects  Image Courtesy © Gus Wüstemann Architects  Image Courtesy © Gus Wüstemann Architects
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