HHF Architekten ETH SIA BSA

Lichtstrasse

Lichtstrasse
© Julien Lanoo

LICHTSTRASSEA

HHF Architects

ARCHITECTS
Hhf Architects

LOCATION
Basel, Switzerland

YEAR
2015

CATEGORY
Apartments

AR
3059.0 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Julien Lanoo, Maris Mezulis, Tom Bisig

Lichtstrasse
© Maris Mezulis
Lichtstrasse
© Maris Mezulis
Lichtstrasse
© Maris Mezulis

Text description provided by architect.

One of the qualities of the residential and industrial area of St. Johann in Basel is the close coexistence of old and new buildings.

Lichtstrasse
© Julien Lanoo
Lichtstrasse
© Julien Lanoo

This coexistence is kept and emphasized in this project, only one of the four existing houses of the corner parcel, Lichtstrasse 9, has been built anew; while others, Lichtstrasse 11 and Kraftstrasse 1, have been renovated and benefit from the newly built infrastructure.

A new staircase and an elevator have been introduced in the courtyard to create a direct access to the old houses and the old staircases were demolished in order to gain floor area.

Lichtstrasse
© Julien Lanoo
Lichtstrasse
© Julien Lanoo

The new measures raise the desirability of the old houses and the ability to keep and lease the existing houses in the future.

In the interior the new building is connected to one of the existing ones to allow spacious apartments orientated to all four sides. 

Lichtstrasse
© Julien Lanoo
Lichtstrasse
© Maris Mezulis


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© Julien Lanoo
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© Maris Mezulis
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© Maris Mezulis
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© Maris Mezulis
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© Tom Bisig

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