Floating House
2006
Autostadt GmbH & Wolfsburg AG
Wolfsburg, Germany
Prototype
Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG, Zürich
Commissioned Study
Innovida GmbH
Mitsuhiro Kanada, Arup, London
The task for the Innovida project was to think in new ways and design an unconventional structure using a technology that originated in the boat building industry. The material used is a sandwich board with a polyurethane core, coated with fiberglass and produced and licensed by Innovida.
These foam boards provide interesting possibilities for new building processes. Since the panels are construction material and insulation at the same time, it is possible to build monocoque structures without additional supports, frames or fasteners. The boards are cut by common tools or a CNC milling machine and are simply glued together, making detailing and construction very easy. The whole building process works like model-making on a large scale. It is also cheap and takes only a very short time to construct.
Based on this, material building prototypes and a pavilion for the Autostadt in Wolfsburg were proposed.
Primary School Christoph Merian, Basel, 2019 –
Current phase: preliminary design
Airport Engadine, St. Moritz, 2020 –
Current phase: preliminary design
Mobility Hub, Zug, 2019 –
Future Parking Facility with retail component
Current phase: tender documentation
Station Square and Roof, Herisau 2015 –
Current phase: public vote
MEWA-Areal, Wädenswil, 2018 –
Transformation Project from the former industrial estate to the mixed-use development with housing
Current phase: framework plan
Viererfeld, Bern, 2018 –
Housing
Current phase: on hold
Office Renovation, Zug, 2020 –
Current phase: execution
House Renovation, Zug, 2020 –
Current phase: study
Salina Raurica / Salinenhofquartier, Pratteln, 2018 –
Current state: urban framework plan
Metalli, Zug, 2017 –
Current state: urban framework plan
Tech Cluster Zug, 2015 –
Current state: transformation plan
Elbinselquartier Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, 2015 –
Current state: design guidelines
Bahnstadt Nürtingen, 2017 –
Current state: design manual
KNZ Wil West, Thurgau / St. Gallen, 2011 –
Current state: urban framework plan
Bell-Areal, Kriens, 2020 –
Current state: competition
Station Area Dietikon, 2019 –
Current state: study with recommendation for further development
Areal Dübendorf, 2020 –
Current state: study
Areal Oerlikon, 2020 –
Current state: study
Areal Dierikon, 2015 –
Current state: urban framework plan
Station Herisau, 2013 –
Current state: areal development
cividi gmbh – civic data intelligence, 2019 –
Digital tools for the analogue city
Current state: ongoing
The Industrious City – Book Publication, 2017 –
(Lars Müller Publishers)
Published in fall 2020
Workplace Area Development, Winterthur, 2019 –
Current state: ongoing
Network strategy 2040 and
future public transport 2050, Zurich
Current state: ongoing (with IBV Hüsler)