Apartment Building On The Zurichberg in Zurich Witikon,

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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.

Apartment Building On The Zurichberg in Zurich Witikon, Switzerland by Jan Henrik Hansen

August 18th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Jan Henrik Hansen

The site possesses an impressive view over Zurich, the lake and the mountains due to its location on the Zürichberg. The building geometry was developed as a result of maximization of space within the legal framework. In order to let the surfaces of the volume respond to light and environment through their inclination angle, a sculptural relief in anodized aluminum was developed for roof and facade, which gives the building a natural appearance, despite its materiality.

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Architects: Jan Henrik Hansen
Project: Apartment Building On The Zurichberg
Location: Zurich Witikon, Switzerland
Project team: Jan Henrik Hansen, Ioanna Intze (project manager), Vadim Unger, Manuel Weber
Status: Completed 2014

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The building’s facade facing the street reacts rather introvertedly with limited size windows, while it opens generously on the southern and western facades with panoramic windows for views. In the climatically open staircase, a perforation of the building skin causes a textile-like shell that accompanies the transition from public to private space with a play of light and shadow. It gives access to three apartments that develop over four floors : a top appartment with roof terrace, an upper floor apartment and a two-story apartment with garden access.

The exterior spaces recessed from the building`s facade are generating spaces with a haptic quality in solid wood. The roof terrace is invisible from the surroundings.

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: Image Courtesy © Jan Henrik Hansen

: Image Courtesy © Jan Henrik Hansen

: Image Courtesy © Jan Henrik Hansen

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: Image Courtesy © Jan Henrik Hansen

: Image Courtesy © Jan Henrik Hansen

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Tags: Switzerland, Zurich Witikon

Categories: Apartments, Building, Residential

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