Ried B Monarch Apartments
RIED B MONARCH APARTMENTS
Hildebrand + Ruprecht Architekten
ARCHITECTS
Hildebrand, Ruprecht Architekten
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Thomas Hildebrand & Rafael Ruprecht
YEAR
2022
LOCATION
Köniz, Switzerland
TYPE
Apartments
Text description provided by the architects.
The 217 apartments of the Ried Baufeld B «Monarch» are directly derived from the logic of the masterplan: the buildings are surrounded by the green landscape on the outer edge with a contrasting dense courtyard towards the inside of the neighborhood.
The incorporation of the buildings into the context emerges from the close inter weavement of landscape and built environment.
The courtyard plays a central role in the settlement, as it serves as a space for social interaction.
The architectural elements of prefabricated brick elements serve as a strong identity and signal a high appreciation of the collective living space.
In these elongated, plaza-like courtyards, a neighborly social life can unfold.
The expanded courtyard structures contain laundry rooms, stroller rooms, and roof terraces for the respective residencies.
The brick volumes successfully structure the housing estate and create clear addresses. The east-west orientation allows floor plans to have continuous living areas and therefore benefit from both the wide landscape and the qualities of the neighborhood courtyard.
This allows for a new, lively neighborhood–the primary goal in the implementation of the project.
