Lindenrinde

Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz

LINDENRINDE

Ken Architects

CATEGORY
Apartments

LOCATION
Zurich, Switzerland

ARCHITECTS
Ken Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hannes Henz

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Schweingruber Zulauf, Zurich

CIVIL ENGENEER
Heyer Kaufmann Partner, Baden and Zurich

YEAR
2011

Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz


The historical origin of this place explains the unconventionnal position of the building as well as its rural character.

Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz

Four buildings were creating a courtyard which was located at a path outside of the city.

Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz

In the meantime this arrangement of buildings with its massive stock of trees had been enclosed by the city.

Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz

Thanks to its offset the new strong volume is adapted to the granularity of the adjacent buildings.

The arrangement of the floor plan finds its correspondence in the section: Both parts of the building are placed shifted to each other within following the terrain.

Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz

Each of the eight rental appartments is characterized by a living space exposed on three sides.

The rooms which are neutral of use are all southeast oriented. The top of the building constitutes a roof terrace which can be accessed by a lift.

The rear position of the building is thematically assigned to outdoor space.

Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz
Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz

According to the vertical stripes structure of the surrounding tree trunks, the fassade is also cladded with a vertical glazed wood.This abstract appearance of the fassade strengthens the connection of the building to the landscape.

The irregular wooden stripes and their specific staining in different shades of green and blue refer to the bark of the massive lime tree which is close to the building.

Lindenrinde
© Hannes Henz


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