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Building and housing cooperative "Kraftwerk1" in Zurich

8005 Zurich, Switzerland: 100 apartments in 4 buildings with a total floor space of 11866 m². Infrastructure in the neighbourhood: restaurant, hairdresser, flower and fruit shop, a consumer depot with organic vegetables (opening hours in the off-peak hours), the "Pantoffelbar" with drinks around the clock, a guest room and a large common room with kitchen on the roof. The "Hardturm Settlement" as it is called by the "Kraftwerk 1" building and housing cooperative, which according to common definition would be called a quarter due to the building density and the mix of uses, is located in the Zurich West district. Completion: Completion: 2001

Project management: Andreas Hofer, Andreas Wirz, Dominique Marchand
Total contractor: Allreal AG
Architecture: Stücheli Architekten with Bünzli Courvoisier
Landscape architecture: Ryffel + Ryffel

 

Object data

Key data Details
Property size 6’700 m2
Main usable area (SIA 416) 11’866 m2
Residential area  9’251 m2
Area commercial  2’440 m2
Area of common rooms  175 m2
Area occupied / person  35 m2
Investment costs CHF 45 million
Energy standard Minergie

Photo gallery 2007


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Publications
Christoph Gunßer (2003): Stadtquartiere. Stuttgart, p.62 - 71

Link
www.kraftwerk1.ch/hardturm/siedlung.html



Last Updated: November 19, 2020

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