Project:

Winkelstrasse Apartments

Year:

2024 -

Client:

Musikvertrieb AG

Location:

Zurich, Switzerland

Program:

Housing

Area:

PLOT: 2'250 sqm
GFA: 4'200 sqm

Commission:

Invited competition,
1st Prize
Commissioned for further development

ARCHITECTS:

Hosoya Schaefer Architects

PLANNING TEAM:

Arcanus Baumanagement
Amstein+Walthert
Bakus Bauphysik + Akustik
Ferrari Gartmann
Noa Landschaftsarchitektur
Rapp Brandschutz
Rapp Verkehr

VISUALIZATION:

ArtefactoryLab

 

In the new building for the properties at the Winkelstrasse in Neuaffoltern Zurich, 32 residential units are being arranged in three full stories and an attica floor.
Proposing a freestanding volume and replacing the former row of buildings restores the urban situation in the neighborhood with its detached individual houses. The building follows the sloping terrain in steps of half stories leaving as much open space as possible on the garden side. The form derived from the internal floor plan follows the principle of rotational symmetry, allowing for a house without backsides.
The outer walls open in facets towards the light in an expressive form, extending the living space and providing each flat with a private outdoor space protected from views. The building figure balances the external constraints of the plot geometry, as well as the distance from the border, the neighboring buildings, road and creek, and combines these with a spatial figure which is organized towards the light for the best possible quality of living.

Extract from the jury report:
“An unconventional contribution at first glance, which is consistently developed based on its inner structure. The highly compact and efficient building is designed in such a way that light can enter the flats in the best possible way. The modular and flexible structure allows for different combinations of apartments. The building has no rear sides and is characterized by two equally high-quality main façades, both on the street and garden side.”

Projects

Architecture

2024 –

  • Winkelstrasse Apartments, Zürich
  • Walder Areal, Wangen-Brüttisellen

2023 –

  • Station Square, Dietikon
  • Viererfeld Apartments, Bern

2022 –

  • Brügglimatt Muttenz, Muttenz
  • Bahnhofstrasse, Tägerwilen

2021 –

  • House A, Geneva

2020 –

  • Pluggendorf buildings and highrise, Münster (D)
  • Morgentalquartier, Wetzikon
  • Wilhelmsburg Rowing Clug, Wilhelmsburg (D)
  • Herriberg-Feldmeilen station, Herriberg-Feldmeilen
  • Fabrik.sg, St. Gallen

2019 –

  • Primary School Christoph Merian, Basel

2018 –

  • Airport Engadin, St. Moritz
  • MEWA-Areal, Wädenswil

2015 –

  • Station Square and Roof, Herisau

Urban Design

2024 –

  • Areal Zurich Nord
  • Areal Olten
  • Areal Winterthur
  • Areal Wädenswil

2023 –

  • Berlin Stadteingang West, (D)
  • Ara und Neumann & Büren Areal, Langenfeld, (D)
  • Weinfelden, Thurgau
  • Mühlental Schaffhausen

2022 –

  • Stiftungsareal Neumünster
  • Kaserne Aarau
  • Masterplan Grenchen
  • Hafenperron, Romanshorn 

2021 –

  • Lakeshore Wollishofen

2020 –

  • Masterplan HB / Central 2050
  • Riga Waterfront, Lettland
  • Innovationspark Bergedorf, (D)

2019 –

  • Otterbach, Weil/Basel

2017 –

  • Metalli Zug Richtprojekte / B-Plan
  • Bahnstadt Nürtingen, (D)

2015 –

  • Elbinselquartier Wilhelmsburg, (D)
  • TCZug Transformationsplan

2014 –

  • IPZ Aviatik

2011 –

  • KNZ Wil West, Thurgau / St. Gallen

Urban System Research

Contact

Zürich office

Flüelastrasse 10, 8048 Zürich, Switzerland (Google Maps)
T. +41 43 243 6313 F.

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Kyoto office

Jimukinoueda bldg. 603, 21 Sakaicho, Gojo-Takakurakado, Shimogyoku, Kyoto 600-8191, Japan
T. +81 75 744 1503
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