Müller Sigrist Architekten AG

Kalkbreite

KALKBREITE

Müller Sigrist Architekten

Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk

MANUFACTURERS
Sika, Franke, Hamotec

CLIENTS
Housing Cooperative Kalkbreite (Live-work-complex), City Of Zürich (Tram Depot)

COLOR DESIGN
Jörg Niederberger

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Freiraumarchitektur Gmbh

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Müller Sigrist Architekten Ag

BUILDING PHYSICS
Bws Bauphysik Ag, Winterthur

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
B&p Baurealisation

CIVIL ENGINEER
Dr. Lüchinger + Meyer Bauingenieure Ag

AREA
22900 m²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Zürich, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Commercial Architecture, Sustainability, Residential

Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk

Text description provided by architect.

The residential and commercial complex with integrated tram depot stands at a prominent point marking the boundary between two city districts.

It combines residential, service and commercial uses in an identity-lending, large but compact form.

Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk

A cascade of access points links indoors and outdoors, walkable roofs and a courtyard above the tram depot.

The building complex contains 88 flats, »joker spaces« that can be added on, various communal areas as well as cultural, catering, retail and service premises for 256 residents and providing 200 jobs.

Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk

Kalkbreite hence offers new and flexible forms of living and working, serving as a model for cooperative living in the city.

The complex was built according to the energy and ecology targets of the 2000-watt society and meets the Minergie-P-Eco standard.

Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk

The seven-storey building is a hybrid construction with a façade of prefabricated wood elements.

The plaster walls of the polygonal perimeter block development dazzle in colours ranging from orange to turquoise.

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Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
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Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk
Kalkbreite
© Martin Stollenwerk


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Ground floor plan
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1st floor plan
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2nd floor plan
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3rd floor plan
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4th floor plan
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5th floor plan
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6th floor plan
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Site plan


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Basement plan
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Mezzanine floor plan
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Roof supervision floor plan
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Attic floor plan


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Section 01
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Section 02
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