ELLI – Residential Building and Studio
ELLI – RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND STUDIO
Holzer Kobler Architekturen
ARCHITECTS
Holzer Kobler Architekturen
LOCATION
Zürich, Switzerland
CATEGORY
Apartments
PHOTOGRAPHS
Radek Brunecky
MANUFACTURERS
Arper, Kinnasand, Reggiani, WALO Bertschinger, Norma
YEAR
2016
LIGHT DESIGN
Lichtvision Design GmbH
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
R+B engineering
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
Concept G
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Weber + Brönnimann AG
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Rfp Architekten
OVERALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Holzer Kobler Architekturen
ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Zweikant Architekturen
AREA
1060 m²
CONSTRUCTION PHYSICS (SOUND PROTECTION, ACOUSTICS)
Michael Wichser + Partner AG
CONSTRUCTION PHYSICS (THERMAL INSULATION)
Michael Wichser + Partner AG, Dübendorf
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Hager Partner AG, Zurich
Text description provided by architect.
ELLI – Residential Building and Studio The "ELLI" project is a prototype for individual inner-city redensification.
In a commercially used courtyard area, a five-story residential building emerges, with a minimal footprint and a double underground floor with a spacious studio and event room.
With a footprint of only around 5 by 10 meters, the new building has highly compact living space.
At the same time as the construction of the residential building, a studio was also installed.
For this purpose, the full courtyard was given an underground level and an extensive column-free space with large skylights was created.
The objective was to utilize the courtyard of a pre-existing office and commercial building in Zurich's District 4 as optimally as possible while practicing cost-efficient construction
As a means to make the newly built space affordable to rent. The tall, slim, new structure inconspicuously nestles up to the adjoining residential building.
Concrete elements, prefabricated using optimised production techniques, form the envelope of the new single-family house and characterize its architectural expression, both inside and out.
Thus, the building is a kind of "building shell", which can be lived in without any compromises in terms of comfort or appearance. A "rough" aesthetic predominates, inside and out.
The facade is characterized by the pattern of joints between the industrially manufactured concrete elements.
Inside, a palette of various red hues brings out features that contrast with the grey color of the "béton brut".
The residential building, the studio and the pre-existing offices in the neighboring building represent combinable units that can react to changing conditions, in work, and in life, at any time.
They supplement each other harmoniously, but can just as easily be used independently of each other.This environment flexibly adapts to current requirements, which guarantees sustainable and long-term usage of these new spaces.
https://vimeo.com/238579981
ELLI has won the 1st prize in the competition HÄUSER DES JAHRES (Houses of the Year) 2017, which is awarded by the Callwey publishing house and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM.
