Maison Uitikon

Zürich, Switzerland
Photo © Bartosz Kolonko

This house in Zurich was originally built in the 70's. It is part of our upcycling series, aiming at the reduction of grey energy waste in the building industry. Instead of demolishing and rebuilding the entire house, we decided to preserve all valuable building parts and to add a rooftop addition constructed with prefabricated timber elements. Now, the renovated house fulfils highest energy saving standards. A titanium zinc cladding packages old and new building parts into one consistent volume. As a response to the location of the site with fantastic landscape views, the gable facade of the upper floors has been fully glazed.

Photo © Bartosz Kolonko
Picture © Bartosz Kolonko
Photo © Bartosz Kolonko
Photo © Bartosz Kolonko
Photo © Bartosz Kolonko / playze
Drawing © playze
Photo © playze
Photo © playze
Photo © Bartosz Kolonko
Architects
playze
Year
2020
Project Status
Built
Team
He Mengjia, Pascal Berger, Marc Schmit, Rossella Marinozzi
Structural engineering (main structure)
Gruner Wepf AG, Zürich
Structural engineering (timber)
Renggli AG, Schötz

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