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Leimenegg – garden apartments
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multi-family homes
Place
Winterthur, Switzerland
Studio
Photos
Claudia Luperto
Description
The apartment building is set back from the street between the two
houses by Hermann Siegrist. The dialogue that links the front façades of the Siegrist houses remains intact. The three segments of the house each offer space for two apartments
placed one above the other, a garden apartment and a roof garden apartment. All
six apartments benefit from direct access to the road from the ground floor as
is typical for this street. The accentuation of the horizontal plane on the
longitudinal façade by means of a canopy and a recess in the façade unites the sections of the house, while the roof
structures, on the one hand, highlight the tripartite nature of the house and,
on the other hand, accentuate the orientation in two directions. The front façades are closed and kept plain. The external appearance of the building is calm and uniform due to the
homogeneity of the concrete poured on site and the consistently minimalist
detailing. The unobtrusive design and materialisation of the interior fittings
adequately suits the standard of rental accommodation.