2011, Im Forster, Zurich

Three basically identical three-storey houses clearly articulate the upwardly sloping western edge of the largest and still mostly undeveloped plot of land on the Zürichberg. The broad meadow surrounding a country house from the late 1930s (architects: Henauer & Witschi) has been turned into an architectural theme: visually the meadow continues, only dotted by a few plastically modelled supporting pillars, under "outriggers" of the houses. This vertical uplift from the ground is answered in the horizontal by the interweaving of structures and spaces.

Address
Mittelbergsteig 4–10, 8044 Zurich, Switzerland

Study contract 2004

Planning and implementation 2009–2011

Client
represented by Immopoly Zürich

Room program
27 apartments and 3 studios

Architecture
Jakob Steib

Project team
Maya Gunz, Silvia Burgermeister