Weggishof
Iwan Baan
Product Spec Sheet

ElementBrandProduct Name
Windows: Wood/AluminumEgoKiefer
Facade modular steel grid, Staircase handrailsAellig Metallbau
Entrance door windowsHuber Kontech AG
Sun blindsKÄSTLI-STOREN
Sun blindsSchenker Storen AG
Apartment doorsTT Turenfabrik Turbenthal AG

Product Spec Sheet
Windows: Wood/Aluminum
Facade modular steel grid, Staircase handrails
Entrance door windows
Sun blinds
Sun blinds
Apartment doors

WEGGISHOF – A Wood-based Sustainable Hybrid Project

HHF architects as Architects

The sustainable hybrid project Weggishof, a wood-based mixed-use development in Weggis, consists of 39 apartments made of prefabricated wooden elements. These are intersected with a bracing concrete fundament, which houses 1,200 m2 of commercial space – approximately a fifth of the total usable floor area. All flats, ranging from simple studios to five-room apartments, are double faced and in contact with the green, seasonal and biodiversity-oriented courtyard; a garden/playground, which is a communal meeting place.

photo_credit Iwan Baan
Iwan Baan

Weggishof is a pioneering project in the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM). A digital workflow was crafted to allow for dimensional steering of the prefabrication of the standardised, wood elements, whose surfaces are left raw for visual impact. The BIM usage also aided the project's high sustainability intentions as it facilitates a more precise layering and system separation of structures and materials. Thus future material recycling will be easier and more efficient.

photo_credit Iwan Baan
Iwan Baan

The modular metal façade works as what HHF Architects refers to as soft spaces – the often neglected space where private meets the public. In this case this ambivalent room that receives signals from both directions adds a vivid identity to the public space while adding a layer of privacy – thus acting like an open threshold between the two worlds of prefabricated precision and the untamed landscape with an astonishing alpine panorama.

photo_credit Iwan Baan
Iwan Baan

The building nestles into an existing natural U-shaped slope, which allows for structural diversity. Storey heights are staggered to let the new building blend in with the surroundings without blocking the view of the lake from existing structures. Interestingly the 39 flats offer a small and large version of each of the different flat types, offering comparable qualities at different scales.

In the end Weggishof is so much more than a sustainable housing project – it also adds a new urban expression and a public space in the centre of a small town.

photo_credit Iwan Baan
Iwan Baan
photo_credit Maris Mezulis
Maris Mezulis
photo_credit Maris Mezulis
Maris Mezulis
photo_credit Maris Mezulis
Maris Mezulis

Material Used :
1. Facade modular steel grid: Aellig Metallbau
2. Staircase handrails: Aellig Metallbau
3. Windows: Wood/Aluminum-Fenster / Ego®Allstar and Ego®Woodstar from EgoKiefer
4. Entrance door windows: Huber Kontech AG
5. Sun blinds: Schenker Storen and Kästli and Co.
6. Apartment doors: TT Türenfabrik Turbenthal

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