Client
Housing cooperative
Size
46 flats · 5,200 m²
Structure
Timber frame, brick court walls
Loggia opening
2.40 × 3.20 m
Year
2021
Forty-six cooperative flats around a shared court, with access balconies wide enough to sit on.
The cooperative asked for homes its members could grow old in. We kept the plan shallow so every flat has light from two sides, and spent the money on what people touch: the stair, the balcony rail, the front door. The ground floor holds a laundry, a workshop and a room anyone can book.
We visit every finished building after the first winter and again after two years, and we publish what we would do differently.
Location
Winterthur
Programme
Housing
Main wall
Brick oxide
Status
Built
The court at six in the evening
Loggia, 2.40 × 3.20 m
Stair landing, brick and oak
Section A–A through court and flats
