1/11© Hannes Henz
2/11© Hannes Henz
3/11© Hannes Henz
4/11© Roger Frei
5/11© Hannes Henz
6/11© Hannes Henz
7/11© Roger Frei
8/11
9/11
10/11
11/11
Reinhardstrasse Apartment Building
location: Zürich, Switzerland
client: Stiftung Gemeinnütziger Frauenverein Zürich
status: Realized
project: 2010⁠–⁠2016
en
de

Bay windows of various sizes and rooms and balconies of this multi-family house with six apartments and an office interweave with the cityscape, pushing outwards like force vectors. The residential apartment building in Zürich’s Seefeld merges into the dense area like a hinge. 

Its spatial idea emanates from within: distinct room chambers surround a centrally placed, zenithally lit concrete core. Units are accessed through a central corridor that unifies the radiating spaces. Each flat, with a more than 40 m2 living area, is illuminated from three sides. A meticulously crafted, bespoke carpenter-made kitchen is integrated into the generous room layouts. In contrast, living spaces extend outward through a large bay window or a balcony. The duplex penthouse apartments further expand into the urban landscape with extensive terraces.

Rooms, bay windows, balconies, and attic terraces are characterized by a dynamic interior spatial arrangement, which is externally expressed and visible through subtle and nuanced plasterwork. The facade accurately articulates the building's floors between rough, self-shadowing, coarse, trowel-thrown plaster stripes and refined, smooth bands. Strictly positioned openings, originating from the interior layout, weave into a unified structure, instilling an urban expression.

moreless
facts
commission: Competition
program: Residential
size: 800 m²
team: Annette Spillmann, Harald Echsle, Rico Furter, Guillaume Chapallaz, Thomas Fässler, Piotr Margiel, Christian Schönthaler
consultants: Caretta Weidmann Baumanagement AG; Haag + Partner GmbH; ryffel + ryffel AG
previousnext